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Towards efficient water use in urban areas in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 1998)
<p>This publication is expected to contribute to the promotion of policies and frameworks for more efficient use of water in urban areas.</p>
<p>The current patterns of urban water use in many countries in Asia and the ...
Integrated water resources management in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 1995)
<p>The Expert Meeting on the Implications of Agenda 21 for Integrated Water Management in Asia and the Pacific was held in Bangkok from 13 to 15 September 1995, organized jointly by the Economic and Social Commission for ...
Water resource project planning
(United Nations, 1972)
Reports of major studies carried out by the Division of Water Resources Development of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) are being published as the Water Resources Series (formerly ...
Overview of green business : enabling policies and private sector examples
(United Nations, 2015)
In 2015, governments agreed to a new set of universally applicable development goals — the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development — that expands the scope of internationally agreed development priorities to incorporate ...
Climate change adaptation for water management in a green economy : discussion paper
(United Nations, 2012)
While efforts to mitigate climate change continues by reducing greenhouse gases (ghg), the impacts of climate change has resulted in changes to the hydro-meteorological events of floods and droughts, translated in more ...
Multiple-purpose river basin development : part 2E water resource development in Australia, New Zealand and Western Samoa
(United Nations, 1968)
<p>The surveys deal with the physical and economic aspects of development, refer to the resources available for development, and then go on to review the stage of development attained in relation to flood control, irrigation ...
Good practices on strategic planning and management of water resources in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2006)
This publication is the second one of the series of publications on water resources management produced in connection with the UNESCAP project on "Capacity-building in Strategic Planning and Management of Natural Resources ...
Institutional changes for sanitation: discussion paper on the institutional changes required to achieve the MDG target on sanitation
(United Nations, 2009)
Policymakers in the region are more aware than ever of the economic, social, health and environmentalbenefits of
adequate sanitation. Various efforts have been made to raise the political profile ofsanitation, through a ...