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| Water resilient cities: how is business building them? Live chat | Water resilient cities: how is business building them? Live chat |
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| Panel guests | Panel guests |
| Arjen Hoekstra, professor in water management, University of Twente | Arjen Hoekstra, professor in water management, University of Twente |
| Mandy Ikert, head of the adaptation and water initiative, C40 Cities | Mandy Ikert, head of the adaptation and water initiative, C40 Cities |
| Søren Hvilshøj, global market director: water, Ramboll | Søren Hvilshøj, global market director: water, Ramboll |
| Katherine Hyde, lecturer in environmental sustainability, University of Reading | Katherine Hyde, lecturer in environmental sustainability, University of Reading |
| Christian Schou, application manager, Grundfos Global Water Utility Segment, Grundfos | Christian Schou, application manager, Grundfos Global Water Utility Segment, Grundfos |
| Hadley Arnold, executive director, Arid Lands Institute | Hadley Arnold, executive director, Arid Lands Institute |
| Matt Rose, CEO, Apana | Matt Rose, CEO, Apana |
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| What we'll be discussing - and leave your question | What we'll be discussing - and leave your question |
| One in four major cities is struggling to provide clean water to residents. In Perth, for example, the city’s dams received just 72.4bn litres of water in 2014 – a far cry from the 300bn demanded by its two million-strong population. | One in four major cities is struggling to provide clean water to residents. In Perth, for example, the city’s dams received just 72.4bn litres of water in 2014 – a far cry from the 300bn demanded by its two million-strong population. |
| There is a growing interest in the concept of sponge cities as a way to address such water insecurity. These cities are designed using everything from green roofs and rainwater harvesting to permeable road surfaces to keep water in rather than send it away. | There is a growing interest in the concept of sponge cities as a way to address such water insecurity. These cities are designed using everything from green roofs and rainwater harvesting to permeable road surfaces to keep water in rather than send it away. |
| China, for example, has recently selected 16 urban districts to become pilot sponge cities, each receiving up to 600m yuan (£62m) to develop urban infrastructure that will help the country address both water scarcity and flooding. | China, for example, has recently selected 16 urban districts to become pilot sponge cities, each receiving up to 600m yuan (£62m) to develop urban infrastructure that will help the country address both water scarcity and flooding. |
| The private sector is a critical component in the sponge city conversation. Businesses both rely on functioning cities that are adequately prepared to deal with the consequences of climate change, such as increasingly erratic rainfall, and can provide a crucial funding stream for urban infrastructure. | The private sector is a critical component in the sponge city conversation. Businesses both rely on functioning cities that are adequately prepared to deal with the consequences of climate change, such as increasingly erratic rainfall, and can provide a crucial funding stream for urban infrastructure. |
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| Make sure you’re a registered user of the Guardian and join us in the comments section below. | Make sure you’re a registered user of the Guardian and join us in the comments section below. |
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| You can submit questions for the panel in advance using the form below or tweeting them to @GuardianSustBiz using #askGSB. | You can submit questions for the panel in advance using the form below or tweeting them to @GuardianSustBiz using #askGSB. |
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