Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Subject "URBAN AREAS"
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Assessment of Urban Air Quality
(1988)The overall purpose of this report is: - to continue the ongoing process of producing periodic evaluations of the global air pollution situation in urban areas; - to continue to develop and advance the techniques used for ... -
Environmental Quality Management for Selected Small and Medium Scale Industries in Urban Areas of ASEAN: Assessment, Problems, Recommendations
(1982)This study was made in connection with the proposed ASEAN/UNEP Workshop on Environmental Quality Management for Small and Medium Scale Industries in Urban Areas. The study's objective was to prepare background paper for ... -
GEO Cities Manual: Guidelines for Integrated Environmental Assessment of Urban Areas
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2012)Planning and management for sustainable development require an understanding of the linkages between environmental conditions and human activities and encourage participation by all sectors of society in decision-making. ... -
GEO for Youth in Latin America and the Caribbean: Open your Eyes to the Environment
(2001)This is a report on the state of the environment in the region, in addition to being a real source of inspiration for people and institutions to contribute to the safeguarding of the environment. The young authors offer a ... -
International Conference on Water and the Environment: Development Issues for the 2lst century
(1992)The International Conference on Water and the Environment (IGWE) was held In Dublin, Ireland, from 26 to 31 January 1992. ICWE provided the major input on freshwater problems to the United Nations Conference on Environment ... -
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Efficient Water Use in Urban Areas: Innovative Ways of Finding Water for Cities - IETC Report Series No. 9
(1999)The symposium was aimed at enhancing the capacity of urban managers and decision-makers in water resources management. About 150 delegates from 45 developing countries, mostly managers and decision/policy-makers, from ... -
Promoting Low Carbon Transport in India - Low Carbon City: A Guidebook for City Planners and Practitioners
(2013)This guidebook is produced as part of a larger research project on “Promoting Low Carbon Transport in India”, a major initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), hereafter referred to as the Low Carbon ... -
A Sustainable Future for the Mediterranean : The Blue Plan's Environment and Development Outlook
(Earthscan, 2005)This report constitutes an indispensable tool for each and every coastal country, the European Union and all those trying to build a Euro-Mediterranean zone of stability and shared prosperity.2 It presents a new analysis ... -
Towards Zero-Pollution Cities: Circular Economy Strategies in Rapidly Industrializing Urban Areas - 637 Chinese Cities Case Study
(2017)Air pollution is a global killer and predominantly an urban one, responsible for about 7 million premature deaths worldwide each year. Air pollution by particulate matter (PM) in cities can be reduced through system-based ...