The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 5 - 2014
The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 5 - 2014

Author: UNESCO

Publisher: UNESCO

Published: 2014-03-21

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9231042599

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The WWDR 2014 on Water and Energy is now an annual and thematic report with a focus on different strategic water issues each year. It is shorter in the order of 100 pages with a standardized structure and data and case studies annexes related to the theme. The WWDR 2014 will be launched during the main World Water Day celebrations in Tokyo, Japan on 21 March 2014. Water and energy are closely interconnected and highly interdependent. Trade-offs need to be managed to limit negative impacts and foster opportunities for synergy. Water and energy have crucial impacts on poverty alleviation both directly, as a number of the Millennium Development Goals depend on major improvements in access to water, sanitation, power and energy sources, and indirectly, as water and energy can be binding constraints on economic growth the ultimate hope for widespread poverty reduction. This fifth edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR 2014) seeks to inform decision-makers

Transit Bus Service Line and Cleaning Functions
Transit Bus Service Line and Cleaning Functions

Author: John J. Schiavone

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9780309058575

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Provides a variety of approaches to transit bus service line and cleaning functions so transit agencies can evaluate the effectiveness of their own operations.

Planning Sustainable Cities
Planning Sustainable Cities

Author: United Nations Human Settlements Programme

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9781844078998

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This publication reviews recent urban planning practices and approaches, discusses constraints and conflicts therein, and identifies innovative approaches that are more responsive to current challenges of urbanization. It notes that traditional approaches to urban planning (particularly in developing countries) have largely failed to promote equitable, efficient and sustainable human settlements and to address twenty-first century challenges, including rapid urbanization, shrinking cities and aging, climate change and related disasters, urban sprawl and unplanned peri-urbanization, as well as urbanization of poverty and informality. It concludes that new approaches to planning can only be meaningful, and have a greater chance of succeeding, if they effectively address all of these challenges, are participatory and inclusive, as well as linked to contextual socio-political processes.--Publisher's description