Urban environment
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- What are the causes of urban water conflicts?
- ( United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , 2006)
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This document is a collection of essays which survey the controversial aspects of the management of water resources in urban areas in view of the increasing urbanisation and privatisation of water ...
- How can urban farmers be supported to improve their livelihoods?
- ( R. van Veenhuizen / RUAF Urban Agriculture Magazine , 2008)
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Urban farming systems are in constant development as urban farmers adapt their existing practices or come up with new ones, yet are rarely given formal support for their innovations. This issu...
- What are the environmental and economic impacts of urbanisation?
- ( R. Perera;M. Khan;L.Y. Linh / Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand , 2007)
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This paper addresses environmental and economic issues around increased urbanisation. Concentrating on the suburbs of Ho-Chi-Min city, it aims to provide information on demonstration projects with ...
- What are the key gender and urban environmental issues in southeast Asian cities?
- ( K Kusakabe;M. Mozammel;R.A. Rajbhandri / Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand , 2007)
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This compiled report deals with the gender issues in three sectors of Urban Environmental Management: water and sanitation, solid waste and air pollution in Southeast Asia.
Authors prov... Can environmental design make cities safer?: a tool for identifying good practice
- ( P. Higuera / Eldis Document Store , 2007)
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Many Latin American countries continue to experience a high incidence of crime and violence, especially in urban areas. While policy makers have tended to focus more on arrest and punishment than o...
- Emerging consensus on urban environmental issues
- ( D. Mitlin / Human Settlements Programme , 2006)
- This briefing paper explores the current debates on urban environmental and ecological issues. The report outlines key studies on ecological urbanisation, the ecological footprint analysis, and new m...
- Ecosystem approach a valuable policy tool for addressing urban environmental challenges in Asia
- ( P. Marcotullio; C. Wilson / Institute of Advanced Studies. United Nations University, , 2004)
- Some of the world’s most severe urban environmental problems are found in Asian cities and the environmental challenges faced by these cities differ from those previously experienced in the West durin...
- Clearer codes for cleaner cities. Cross- matching policy to curb pollution in China
- ( John Taylor / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002)
- China has environmental laws and the apparatus to enforce them, yet regulations are frequently ignored. South Bank University researchers investigated major pollution concerns in Wuhan, one of China’s...
- Trouble in the air for food production as urban pollution hits rural development
- ( Fiona Marshall;Mike Ashmore / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002)
- Concern over air pollution has traditionally been focused on urban situations. Fresh evidence from a study by an Imperial College research team, the International Institute for Environment and Develop...
- Child’s play? Involving young people in urban planning and environmental management
- ( David Driskell;Louise Chawla;Robin Moore;Nilda Cosco;Jill Swart-Kruger;Karen Malone;Hanne Wilhjelm;Kanchan Bannerjee;Barry Percy-Smith;Ilaria Salvadori / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002)
- How can young people be involved in creating more livable cities? Can the noble participation principles set forth in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Agenda 21 of the Earth Summit, and Habi...
