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A policy framework towards enhancing the operational utilization space information products and services for flood management in Asia the Pacific
(United Nations, 2004)
United Nations statistics show that losses caused by natural disasters in the world totalled US$40 billion in the 1960s, US$60 billion in the 1970s, and US$120 billion in the 1980s (CAST n.d.). Global disaster statistics ...
Green growth at a glance : the way forward for Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2006)
<p>In the Asian and Pacific region, facing ever-increasing demands for food, water, shelter, sanitation, energy, health services and economic and human security, how will we cope with all these added pressures? How will ...
A policy framework towards enhancing the operational utilization of space information products and services for drought management
(United Nations, 2004)
Drought management aims at reducing the vulnerability of the community. Space information products and services are basically used as knowledge inputs to the overall process of drought management. To examine this, the ...
An application of resilience thinking to Asia-Pacific food systems
(United Nations, 2018)
A resilience-thinking approach can help policy makers in addressing the risks confronting several critical human systems of the Asia-Pacific region. Application of the resilience-thinking approach reveals that food systems ...
Building community resilience
(United Nations, 2018)
Building resilience in Ocean Cities of the Pacific region is key to converting challenges and risks communities face into opportunities for systemic transformation toward sustainable development. Island settlements at the ...
Battambang solid waste management : baseline survey
(Cambodian Education and Waste Management Organization, 2011-10)
<p>Current solid waste management systems in Asia are strained and landfill space is fast becoming a rare commodity. Governments face increasing costs of disposal - while public health and the environment suffer from the ...
Feasibility study on sustainable and integrated wastewater collection and treatment
(Research Institute for Water and Waste Management at the RWTH Aachen (FiW), 2018)
<p>This feasibility study, prepared by the Research Institute for Water and Waste Management at the RWTH Aachen and Universitas TanjungPura, examines application of a decentralized wastewater collection and treatment system ...
Exploring the frontiers of undersea wealth
(CCOP, 1974)
The mineral wealth below the seas is beginning to be scratched. Oil is the most important mineral being exploited -offshore wells now produce about 18 per cent of the world’s petroleum supplies. Oil resources under the sea ...
Final-report : energy efficient buildings as central part of integrated resource management in Asian cities : the urban Nexus II
(Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE), 2017)
<p>This study by Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE examined impacts of passive and active measures to reduce energy demand in buildings in Thailand to advance (nearly) zero-energy or plus-energy buildings ...
Solid waste management baseline survey : Hoi An, Viet Nam
(Hoi An People's Comittee. Hoi An Natural Resource and Environemtn Section, 2011-04)
<p>Cam Kim and Cam Thanh communes are two of areas, which have positive policies for environmental management in past few years. However, related outcomes are moderated by factors rising from social economic and natural ...