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Liveable Cities: The Benefits of Urban Environmental Planning - A Cities Alliance Study on Good Practices and Useful Tools

dc.contributorEcosystems Divisionen_US
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programmeen_US
dc.contributor.authorCities Allianceen_US
dc.contributor.authorLocal Governments for Sustainabilityen_US
dc.coverage.spatialGlobalen_US
dc.coverage.spatialKenyaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialBrazilen_US
dc.coverage.spatialBulgariaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialColombiaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialChinaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Africaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialCanadaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialThailanden_US
dc.coverage.spatialPhilippinesen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-26T08:45:45Z
dc.date.available2020-05-26T08:45:45Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/32525
dc.descriptionThis report, focusing on the urban challenge, brings together concrete case studies from cities around the world which are struggling, but also in many cases succeeding in tackling issues from waste and transportation to river and air pollution. Capturing and sharing experiences and lessons learnt is essential. Therefore the experiences of these 12 urban areas—from coastal cities such as Alexandria, Egypt, Bayamo in the Caribbean island of Cuba and a sub-Saharan setting such as Nakuru, Kenya to the rapidly developing city of Yangzhou, China and an industrialised one like Calgary, Canada—are more than a good read. They offer lessons on what has worked, what may work and what may fail elsewhere—lessons that can, if sensitively and carefully considered, offer mayors and managers of urban environments across continents the chance to test innovative ideas that others have proved successful elsewhere. The report uses the unique approach of highlighting the simple message of,“Why this Case Study is Important”. It also showcases some intriguing options for sustainable urban development. The city of Bayamo in Cuba, faced with a situation where motorised transport was available to just 15 percent of local commuters, has in 2004 reverted to horse-drawn carriages. Horse-drawn services now take care of around 40 percent of local transport needs, demonstrating that motorised transport is not the only solution to a public transport problem.en_US
dc.formatTexten_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectCITIESen_US
dc.subjectURBAN ENVIRONMENTen_US
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHen_US
dc.subjectPOPULATION DENSITYen_US
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCESen_US
dc.subjectURBAN PLANNINGen_US
dc.subjectSOCIAL INTEGRATIONen_US
dc.subjectEGYPTen_US
dc.subjectTHAILANDen_US
dc.subjectCUBAen_US
dc.subjectPHILIPPINESen_US
dc.subjectBULGARIAen_US
dc.subjectCANADAen_US
dc.subjectSOUTH AFRICAen_US
dc.subjectBRAZILen_US
dc.subjectCOLOMBIAen_US
dc.subjectKENYAen_US
dc.titleLiveable Cities: The Benefits of Urban Environmental Planning - A Cities Alliance Study on Good Practices and Useful Toolsen_US
dc.typeReports and Booksen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communitiesen_US
wd.tagsCitiesen_US
wd.topicsCities and lifestylesen_US
wd.identifier.pagesnumber162 p.en_US


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