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When Worlds Collide #18: Living with Floods in Colombo: Between rain and the sea
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 3 June 2012 World Environment Day is once again being observed on June 5. It’s 40 years since the first UN Conference on the Human Environment … Continue reading
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Tagged A T G A Wickramasuriya, Abhas K Jha, Colombo, Colombo floods June 1992, Colombo floods Nov 2010, flood control, flood mangement, floods, GFDRR, Global Facility for Disaster Risk and Recovery, Greater Colombo Flood Control and Environmental Improvement Project, half-life memory, Sri Lanka Parliament, UNEP, urban flood risk management, World Bank, World Environment Day
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When Worlds Collide, by Nalaka Gunawardene 