Bangkok floods reveal inadequate risk assessment by multinationals

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Andrew

October 23rd’s Financial Times article on the current flooding in Thailand tells us that the global supply chain of auto-parts and hard-disc drives has been interrupted by the inundation of the industrial heartland to the north of Bangkok. A quick online search reveals that Bangkok is known to be highly vulnerable to flooding. A 2009 paper by the East-West Centre states [...]

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Sydney city recycled water network to employ ASR

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Andrew

A recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald reported that the City of Sydney plans to utilise an aquifer to the south of the city for storage in the operation of a city-wide non-potable water network. The network will be integrated with a  decentralised trigeneration  network. The most interesting thing about this is that the corporatised [...]

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