Habitat And Urbanisation

City of the future

THE Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) was launched in December 2005 by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in keeping with its Common Minimum Programme. It was a form of reform that urban areas in the country desperately needed before they spiralled into haphazard and over-flowing cities.

Publication Date: 
18/12/2009
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Desalination, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), High Capacity Bus, Sanitation, Sewage, Solid Waste, Waste Management, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Pune (T)
Solid Waste

People's war on garbage

Subir Roy / New Delhi December 05, 2009, 0:36 IST

Kolkata

Publication Date: 
05/12/2009
Subir Roy
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Solid Waste, Garbage, Waste Management, West Bengal, Calcutta (T)
Climate Change

Waste and Climate Change

This ISWA White Paper says that waste sector offers a portfolio of proven, practical and cost effective technologies which can contribute to GHG mitigation. When adapted and deployed according to local traditions and needs, they can help secure significant global GHG emission savings.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
International Solid Waste Association
Tags:
Climate Change, Green House Gases, Climate Mitigation, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Landfill, Waste To Energy, Waste Incineration, Waste Management
Environment

Use of industrial by-products in urban roadway infrastructure

Incorporating the beneficial use of industrial by-products into the industrial ecology of an urban region as a substitute or supplement for natural aggregate can potentially reduce life cycle impacts.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
Alberta C. Carpenter, Kevin H. Gardner
Journal of Industrial Ecology
13
6
965
Tags:
Environment, Roads, Waste Conversion, Waste Management, United States Of America (US), Fly Ash, Climate Mitigation
Environment

The state of water, sanitation and solid waste management in Doddaballapur

Svaraj

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
Society for Voluntary Action Revitalization and Justice
Tags:
Water Pollution, Roof Top Water Harvesting, Health Effects, Eco Sanitation, Water Supply, Sanitation, Solid Waste, Waste Disposal, Industrial Waste, Waste Management, India, Karnataka, Bangalore (T)
Environment

2009 top news on the environment in Asia

"Top News" is a compilation of important environmental news topics selected by environmental experts from the Asia-Pacific region as well as by international organisations and research institutes from twenty countries in the region.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
IGES
Tags:
Environment, Global Warming, Energy Efficiency, Waste Management, Biodiversity, Asia, India, Climate Change
Environment

Urban metabolism of Paris and its region

The article presents the results of a research project aimed at (1) examining the feasibility of material flow analysis (MFA) on a regional and urban scale in France, (2) selecting the most appropriate method, (3) identifying the available data, and (4) calculating the material balance for a specific case.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
Sabine Barles
Journal of Industrial Ecology
13
6
898
Tags:
Environment, Consumption Patterns, Habitat And Urbanisation, Urban Sprawl, Building Materials, Waste Management, Exports, France, Waste Recycling, Trade
Environment

Material flows and mass balance analysis in the United Kingdom: Implications for the 10-year horizon of waste management

January 2006 saw the release of the European Union's revised strategy statement on waste and the incorporation of this debate into a more holistic approach, centered on life cycle issues for particular goods and services in society.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
Peter T. Jones
Journal of Industrial Ecology
13
6
843
Tags:
Environment, Waste Incineration, Waste Management, United Kingdom (UK), Waste Recycling, European Union (EU), Carbon Dioxide
Sanitation

Strengthening capacities for planning of sanitation and wastewater use: experiences from two cities in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

This report starts with a description of the methodology followed in the Wastewater Agriculture and Sanitation for Poverty Alleviation (WASPA) in Asia Project, including the overall project approach and some key concepts applied.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
Stef Smits, Carmen Da Silva Wells, Alexandra Evans
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
Tags:
Agriculture, Health Effects, Wastewater Treatment Cost, Sanitation, Solid Waste, Waste Disposal, Waste Management, Planning, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, South Asia
Solid Waste

Assessment of plastic waste and its management at airports and railway stations in Delhi

Disposal of plastics waste has drawn attention of environmentalist due to their nonbiodegradability and unaesthetic views since these are not disposed scientifically and

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
CPCB
Tags:
Solid Waste, Plastics, Waste Disposal, Waste Management, Delhi, Waste Recycling

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