{"id":10224,"date":"2025-12-01T16:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avangardtech.com\/vesta\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=10224"},"modified":"2025-12-14T13:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:01:19","slug":"urbanization-and-climate-change-adaptation-in-caspian-sea-region","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/vesta-eng.com\/en\/portfolio\/urbanization-and-climate-change-adaptation-in-caspian-sea-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Urbanization And Climate Change Adaptation in Caspian Sea Region"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10224\" class=\"elementor elementor-10224\" data-elementor-post-type=\"portfolio\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4327a14 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4327a14\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5abb6ff e-con-full e-flex e-con 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fa-star\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f72e81 color-scheme-inherit text-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f72e81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Project Location:<\/strong> Caspian See<\/p><p><strong>Consulting Firm:<\/strong> VestA and Protek-Yapi<\/p><p><strong>Start Date:<\/strong> 2021<\/p><p><strong>Duration of Consulting Services:<\/strong> 12 months<\/p><p><strong>Client:<\/strong> \u00a0UNDP Iran Office<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b71b294 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b71b294\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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