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- Global health in the 21st Century
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- Can the UK ever be sustainable?
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- Not In My Back Yard
- Digital Divide in the UK?
- Importing goods, exporting drought?
- Britain’s ageing population
- Engineering our climate
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- Migration: skills and the job market
- Razing the Rainforest
- London under water
- Concreting the countryside
- Future of low carbon energy.
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London under water : In the News
Study reveals UK flooding risk
- Source: BBC News
6th May 2008
Hundreds of vital installations in the UK are vulnerable to severe flooding, a confidential government study says.
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A million new homes could be ‘uninsurable’
- Source: The Independent
- 15th February 2008
A third of the governments planned target 3 million new homes are to be built on flood plains against advice from the Environment Agency, meaning many could be classed as ‘uninsurable’ by the insurance industry.
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Fixing the flood infrastructure
- Source: BBC News
- 29th July 2007
One of the greatest challenges facing the UK government after the recent flooding is finding the resources and skilled labour to rebuild infrastructure.
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Review of London’s flood defences
- Source: BBC News
- 29th July 2007
Landmark buildings in central London are to be reassessed for flood vulnerability as uncertaintity created by climate change has forced authorities to develop a plan to deal with a worst case scenario.
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