Residents whose homes cluster along waterways, canals and shorelines have built organised systems for living with climate change.
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Canals can provide cooling corridors in cities, a study shows.
Long before Pittsburgh’s modern Irish celebrations existed, Irish immigrants helped shape the city in the 19th century via the railroads, canals and steel industry.
Ditches and canals can be climate heroes.
Two hundred years ago, the Erie Canal was often derided as a ‘folly.’ Yet the waterway went on to transform the American frontier.
The Erie Canal solidified New York’s reputation as the Empire State, but it also opened up an expressway for invasive species to reach the Great Lakes.
Agricultural sustainability is as much about power and sovereignty as it is about soil, water and crops.
The lasting problems of infrastructure aren’t of need or construction, but of overbuilding, delayed costs and the challenges of thinking ahead.
Installing solar panels over California’s 4,000 miles of canals could generate less expensive, renewable energy, save water, fight climate change – and offer a solution for the thirsty American West.
Repurposing derelict Victorian canals could boost people’s mood and their physical activity levels.
Do canal boats have toilets? Yes, and they’re greener than your average bog.
For decades, canals were an unloved relic of industrial Britain – but people power has brought them back to life.
The Nicaraguan government has granted a concession to a mysterious Chinese company owned by Jing Wang, a little-known Hong-Kong based businessman, to build an inter-oceanic canal. This would provide an…
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