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A view from vancouver christine thuring, vancouver. The book is based on research conducted in australia and around the world. Now, a new study has estimated that collectively the worlds large cities, defined as those with at least 750,000 people, move 504 billion liters 3 billion gallons of wate. Cities are dynamic hotspots that are constantly evolving due to societal development, economic activity and environmental change. Jul 14, 2018 for this, our second roundtable, we invite eleven artists to present their conversation with water in cities. Coming from seven different countriesczech republic, france, mexico, south africa, spain, turkey, and the united statesthese artists inspire our own experiences with water in cities.
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