CAPE TOWN, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Water-saving efforts have yielded good results by helping push back Day Zero in the City of Cape Town, authorities announced on Tuesday. "Thanks to the water saving efforts of many Cape Town residents, I can confirm that we have begun to push back Day Z...
Cape townCrisis constructionDay Zero was a purposefully designed narrative in political communication to change middle-class water consumption behaviour in a highly visible metropolitan context of persistent drought. As an "affective fact", however it didn't so much elicit panic, but elicited a sense...
CAPE TOWN, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's Cape Town has managed to steer itself away from disaster known as Day Zero, when the city runs out of water, executive deputy mayor Alderman Ian Neilson said on Monday. Giving the latest update on rainfall the city has received in the past...
In early 2018, Cape Town (population ~3.7 million) was at risk of being one of the first major metropolitan areas in the world to run out of water. This was due to a severe multi-year drought that led to the levels of supply dams falling to an unprecedented low. Here we analyze ...
How did Cape Town, South Africa, get into a Day Zero situation—when the city’s taps would go dry because its reservoirs (水库)would become dangerously low on water? The city gets its water from six reservoirs in Western Cape province, which usually 1 during the rainy season, from May ...
How did Cape Town,South Africa,get into a Day Zero situation—when the city's taps would go dry because its reservoirs (水库)would become dangerously low on water?The city gets its water from six reservoirs in Western Cape province,which usually (1) B during the rainy season,from May thr...
Zero.That was the date when the city's taps would go dry.It was first expected to arrive in April,2018. Thanks to hard efforts and a rainy season,it has been put off(推迟).(1)___.And it may hit cities all over the world. How did Cape Town get into a Water Day Zero situation...
Thecitymanaged to stave off "Day Zero," but does that mean Cape Town's water system is resilient? We think not. This may well foreshadow troublebeyond Cape Town. Cities across the Northern Hemisphere, includingin Canada, are well into another summer season that has already broughtrecord-settin...
Cape Town was hit by the worst drought on record between 2015 and 2018, forcing South Africa's secondbiggest city to clamp down on usage by boosting water tariffs and advising residents to spend no more than 90 seconds in the shower. The municipality repeatedly warned of "Day Zero" - when...
【1】细节理解题,根据:“This restriction (限制) was introduced in preparation for April 22nd, also known as Day Zero,这一限制是为4月22日,也就是所谓的零日(Day Zero)做准备”和“When Cape Town reaches Day Zero, there will be 200 water stations scattered(分布) across the town for people to...