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Urbanisation & population
Last updated on
22 August 2007
Urban development: promoting jobs, upgrading slums, and developing alternatives to new slum formation
This paper explores five key policy issues for urban growth, and their potential for addressing slum formation and enabling sustainable urban development. (Cities Alliance - Cities without Slums: 2005) More info >>
Ecological urbanisation
This brief summarises the key lessons from a collection of papers by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) on key environmental and ecological issues in urban environments. (International Institute for Environment and Development: 2006) More info >>
Towards an understanding of less ecologically damaging urban development
This brief explores the significant linkages between environmental concerns in urban development and poverty reduction efforts, and looks at ways in which these two concerns can be better integrated. (International Institute for Environment and Development: 2006) More info >>
Environmentally sustainable transport and climate change
This report documents the findings of a review of over 60 sustainable transport community projects, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and presents experiences and lessons from learned from community initiatives. (UNDP Energy and Environment Program: November 2006) More info >>