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Urban environmental governance for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific : a regional overview
(United Nations, 2005)
In the ESCAP region, the urban population is expected to reach 2.23 billion by 2020, constituting 55 per cent of the region's total projected population and making it the largest urban population in the world. As rapid ...
Urbanization in Central Asia : challenges, issues and prospects
(United Nations, 2013)
<p>Urbanization in Central Asia: Challenges, Issues and Prospects is an analytical report that was commissioned by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and undertaken by the ...
The state of Asian and Pacific cities 2015 : urban transformations shifting from quantity to quality
(United Nations, 2015)
The State of Asian and Pacific Cities 2015 is the second such report published by UN-Habitat (the United Nations Human Settlements Programme) and ESCAP (the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the ...
Integrating environmental sustainability and disaster resilience in building codes
(United Nations, 2012)
<p>This document aims to provide an overview of the current status of building code formulation and enforcement in selected countries in Asia, with a focus on environmental sustainability and disaster resilience.</p>
Morgenstadt benchmarking and city development concepts : integrated resource management in Asian cities : the urban nexus and sustainable urban governance
(Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO), 2014)
<p>This report examines governance aspects in relation to food, water, and energy security in three nexus partner cities: Ulaanbaatar, Da Nang, and Korat. The study produces city-specific profiles that serve to develop ...
Matale : resource recovery options baseline survey
(United Nations, 2011)
<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 ...
Decentralized and integrated resource recovery centers in developing countries : lessons learnt from Asia-Pacific
(United Nations, 2015)
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has been promoting decentralized and Integrated Resource Recovery Centers (IRRCs) in secondary cities and small towns in Asia-Pacific with ...
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) programme in the waste sector : waste to resources for cities in Vietnam
(United Nations, 2015)
<p>Recognizing the importance of waste management and climate change mitigation for the
sustainable development of Viet Nam and in line with the strategies and targets adopted by
the Government in this regard, the Institute ...
Sustainability outlook of Mongolia
(United Nations, 2018)
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, along with its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), provide countries
with an ambitious development agenda to leave no one behind. As countries grapple with this complex and ...
Valuing waste, transforming cities
(United Nations, 2015)
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 ...