General "Make Money While Saving the World". From Water Environment & Technology, Vol. 19, No. 12, pp.46 to 53 (2007). "Shaping the Urban Environment in the 21st Century: From Understanding to Action". (pdf file) Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development. (2000) This reference manual highlights the potential contribution of sound urban-environment management to both environmental and development goals. It stresses how urban environmental problems can be addressed to contribute to poverty reduction and emphasizes how good practices in environmental management can bring about important transformation in urban services provision.
"Defining an Ecosystem Approach to Urban Management and Policy Development". (pdf file) United Nations University, Institute for Advanced Studies. (2003). This is a policy brief presented at the Capacity Development and Scoping Workshop in Tokyo. The report is based on work conducted at the Institute in collaboration with the UNESCO and the WHO. The document sets forth an ecosystems vision of city management and policy development and provides groundwork for future studies and assessments on urban ecosystems.
"Environmental Management of Small and Medium Sized Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean". de Vries, J., Schuster, M., Procee, P. amd Mengers, H. Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies. Prepared for the Inter-American Development Bank. (Working Paper, 2001) In addition to this previous paper, the Sustainable Development Department from the Inter-American Development Bank and through its Urban Environment and Pollution Control Department studies urban environmental problems in Latin American and Caribbean cities. This link offers other papers on Urban Environmental Management and Environmental Policy.
"Participatory democracy and sustainable development: integrated urban environmental management in Porto Alegre, Brazil"Â (pdf file) Menegat, R. (2002). Environment & Urbanization, Vol 14 No 2, October 2002. IIIED. Urbanet (The Network for Regionalization, Decentralization and Municipal Development), a project sponsored by the GTZ, promotes the exchange of knowledge and information, interdisciplinary cooperation among actors in municipal and urban development. It provides links to Events, Documents, Training Materials and other organizations working in Urban Development issues. This website has a database with articles, reports and literature on projects related to urban development. (tip: search under Keywords i.e. 'Waste', 'Sanitation'). The Global Development Research Center, an internet-based organization for knowledge sharing carries out initiatives in education, research and practice, in the spheres of environment, urban issues, community, economy and information. The Center provides a source for articles, reports, and bibliographies on Urban Environmental Management issues and related topics through policy frameworks, cases and articles on Urban Environmental Technologies. Globenet, an internet-based association, under the Urban Popular Environmental Economy Program has compiled a list of documents relevant to the urban environment that includes: policy and official documents and analysis and recommendations (excerpts from documents). Documents can be found in English, French and Spanish. Â |
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