<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>The Ministerial-level Conference on Environment and Develop&shy; ment in Asia and the Pacific held at Bangkok in October 1990 reviewed the state of the environment in the region and examined the implications of global ...

<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>The main principle for the sustainable development of water resources is that the rate of extraction both from ground and surface water sources should not exceed the rate at which the resource is renewed and its extraction ...