Habitat And Urbanisation

Reducing urban risk in Asia: status report and inventory of initiatives

This thematic review report on urban risk reduction in Asia was prepared by the Asia Regional Task Force on Urban Risk Reduction (RTF-URR) in the context of progress review in the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2009
& et al, Rajib Shaw, Yukiko Takeuchi, Yuki Matsuoka
UNISDR
Tags:
Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Urban Management, Urban Environment, Population, Asia
Habitat And Urbanisation

Improving municipal management for cities to succeed

Improved municipal management has become increasingly challenging as cities grow, costs increase, and service expectations rise. This study reviews World Bank efforts to help strengthen three dimensions of municipal management: planning, finance, and service provision.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2009
The World Bank
Tags:
Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Finance, Urban Planning, Urban Management, Poverty, India, Developing Countries
Habitat And Urbanisation

Eco2 cities: ecological cities as economic cities

An overview of the

Publication Date: 
01/07/2009
& et al, Hiroaki Suzuki, Arish Dastur, Sebastian Moffatt
The World Bank
Tags:
Environment Economics, Water Resources, Transport, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Environment, Solid Waste, Energy, Japan, Singapore, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, India, Sustainable Development, Developing Countries, Water Policy
Habitat And Urbanisation

A coordinated policy needed

After six years of campaign and persuasion, the Government of India published its first National Policy on Urban Street Vendors in 2004. Even before that policy could be fully tested, a new policy has been unveiled by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.

Publication Date: 
24/06/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Urban Habitat, Urbanisation, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)
Water Resources

Water bodies being filled in Sherpur town

Ponds and other water bodies are being filled brushing aside environmental aspects in Sherpur town, which graduated to a district town from a thana town even after the liberation of the country.

Filling the ponds and water bodies, the residents of the town are making houses and other infrastructures.

Publication Date: 
17/06/2009
New Nation (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Environment, Water Resources, Habitat, Urbanisation, Bangladesh
Habitat And Urbanisation

Sanjeev Sanyal: Small-town India holds the key

Sanjeev Sanyal / June 11, 2009, 0:25 IST

India needs to urbanise more quickly and this can be done by making smaller urban centres a magnet for rural migration.

Publication Date: 
11/06/2009
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Migration, Urbanisation, Slums, People
Water Resources

Govt urged to form save-river commission

Paribesh Bachao Andolan (PBA) yesterday urged the government to form a high-powered commission to save rivers from encroachment and pollution and to increase navigability across the country.

The demand rose at a PBA sit-in programme in front of Krishi Bank Bhaban in Motijheel. They also formed a human chain as a part of the programme.

Publication Date: 
04/06/2009
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Tags:
River Pollution, Land Encroachments, Water Resources, Rivers, Dams, Urbanisation, Waste Disposal, Bangladesh
Agriculture

Resilient Chinese cities: Examples from Beijing and Shanghai

Resilience is a dynamic process. City resilience refers to the ability of a city to adapt or adjust to changing situations or recover from economic, social or ecological disturbances. The current high rate of urbanisation in China creates many such disturbances. Urban agriculture plays a role in enhancing the resilience of China

Publication Date: 
01/06/2009
Cai Jianming, Wang Yan, Xie Liou, Liu Junping
Urban Agriculture Magazine
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Tags:
Water Pollution Control, Agriculture, Urban Agriculture, Mushroom, Farm Residues, Food Prices, Food Supply, Water Conservation, Migration, Urbanisation, Farmers, Tourism, China, Food Security
Climate Change

Framework for city climate risk assessment: Buenos Aires, Delhi, Lagos, and New York

Estimation of spatially and temporally disaggregated climate risks is a critical prerequisite for the assessment of effective ad efficient adaptation and mitigation climate change strategies and policies in complex urban areas.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2009
& et al, Shagun Mehrotra, Claudia E. Natenzon, Ademola Omojola
Columbia University
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Urbanisation, Nigeria, Argentina, Delhi, Developing Countries, New York
Climate Change

Ask the climate question: adapting to climate change impacts in urban regions

As the first responders to the impacts of climate change, local governments play a crucial role in implementing the actions and strategies that will reduce their communities

Publication Date: 
01/06/2009
Ashley Lowe, Josh Foster, Steve Winkelman
Center for Clean Air Policy
Tags:
Water Resources, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Sea Level Rise, Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, Drought, Urbanisation, United States Of America (US)

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