The Environment and Development Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change of Vietnam (IMHEN) jointly ...

A waste crisis is emerging in the Asia and Pacific region, fuelled by rising quantities of waste, on the one hand, and poor regulation and management, on the other. This crisis threatens to overwhelm the resources and ...

<p>The State of Urbanization in Asia and the Pacific was prepared by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) to serve as a basis for the discussions at the Ministerial Conference ...

<p>Urbanization is on the rise in most developing countries of the Economic and Social Commission forAsia and the Pacific (ESCAP) region, supported by both migration from rural to urban areas and natural population growth. ...

<p>This Action Plan was developed through the project, &lsquo;Forecasting Sustainable Urbanization: Support for Sustainable Infrastructure Planning in Cities&rsquo;, led by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission ...

<p>This report presents the results of the research and analytical work initiated by ESCAP, in collaboration withthe United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Cities and Local Governments AsiaPacific (UCLG ...

Current solid waste management systems in Asia are strained, and landfill space is fast becoming a rare commodity. Governments face increasing costs for disposal, while public health and the environment suffer from the ...

<p>The relevance of management urban infrastructure in Uzbekistan is connected, first of all, with high rates of urbanization. One of the distinct outcomes over the past 20 years in Uzbekistan is the acceleration of the ...

<p>An urgent shift towards waste-to-resource approaches is required in order to address the rapidly growing quantities of waste being generated in cities in developing countries. Typically, the organic fraction of solid ...

<p>GIZ is implementing the Regional Project &ldquo;Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: the Urban Nexus&rdquo; or &ndash; in brief &ndash; &ldquo;GIZ Nexus&rdquo;. The project is commissioned by German Federal ...