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| Urban Patterns for Sustainable Development: Towards a Green Economy |
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Citizens, governments and the United Nations increasingly are embracing a new paradigm for development: the Green
Economy. Proponents seek to develop their economies along pathways of higher, more equitable growth at lower
carbon, energy and reso...
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Year: 2011,
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| What Does the Green Economy Mean for Sustainable Urban Development? |
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A detailed report on the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) that took place to explore linkages between the ‘Green Economy’ agenda and UN-Habitat’s traditional ‘Urban Agenda’. It provides a summary of the conceptual linkage between cities and the green eco...
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Year: 2011,
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| Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Kigali, Rwanda |
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Kigali, capital city of landlocked Rwanda is home to population of around 880,000 . In coming years, the city is expected to grow at a fast rate of 6 percent a year, in part due to migration from densely populated rural areas.
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Year: 2010,
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| Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
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Ulaanbaatar is the capital and the largest city in Mongolia. It is located in the north central part of the country, elevated at 1,310 m (nearly 4,000 ft) above sea level and lies in the Tuul River valley.
Ulaanbaatar is probably the coldest capi...
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Year: 2010,
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| Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Asia-Pacific Region |
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Asia is known to be the region most affected by disasters, experiencing 90% of the world’s weather-related deaths since 1990. Rapid urbanization has left more than 70% of the urban population in Asia and Small Island Developing States in the Pacific ...
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Year: 2010,
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| Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Lami Town, Fiji |
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Fiji is located in the South Pacific Ocean between latitude 15° and 22° South and longitude 175° East and 178° West. The national territory contains 330 islands, of which only about 100 are inhabited.
Lami Town is equally susceptible to the risks...
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Year: 2010,
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| Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
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Port Moresby is a coastal hilly city located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the South Eastern coast of the island of New Guinea. Port Moresby is the largest urban center in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and forms the National Capital District.
Po...
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Year: 2010,
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| Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Port Vila, Vanuatu |
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Port Vila, the national capital of Vanuatu
is located on the island of Efate and serves a population of over 50,000, many of which reside in informal settlements on the peripheries of the municipal council boundary. Vanuatu is affected by the cycle...
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Year: 2010,
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| Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Apia, Samoa |
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Apia is the capital and largest city in Samoa. It lies in the central north coast of Upolu Island, the largest of the four main inhabited islands of Samoa. The combined land area of Samoa is estimated at 2,935 km2. In 2006 the Apia urban area constit...
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Year: 2010,
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| World Urban Forum 4 Brochure |
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The Fourth Session of the World Urban Forum held in Nanjing, China from 3-6 November 2008 drew nearly 8,000 participants from 146 countries. The Forum, held every two years, is now established as the world’s premier conference on cities.
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Year: 2009,
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| UN-HABITAT Climate Change Strategy 2010-2013 |
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This document helps to better understand how climate change impacts on cities and urban centres, with particular emphasis on urban slums, and how best UN-HABITAT can shape its activities at global and country levels, drawing on its comparative advant...
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Year: 2009,
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| UN-HABITAT and Climate Change |
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At the dawn of a new urban era with most of humanity now living in cities, UN-HABITAT is at the frontline of the battle against fast growing urban poverty, rapid urbanisation, unemployment, disasters and the scourge of climate change.
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Year: 2007,
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| Sustainable Cities and Local Governance (SCP, Nairobi 1996) |
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A Sustainable City is a city where achievements in social, economic, and physical development are made to last. A Sustainable City has a lasting supply of the natural resources on which its development depends (using them only at a level of sustainab...
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Year: 1996,
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