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The Third Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF3) was held in partnership with UN-HABITAT from 19-23 June in
Vancouver, Canada under the theme of "Our Future: Sustainable
Cities - Turning Ideas into Action. "During the forum, participants
from more than 150 nations will discuss, debate and share experiences
about how to make our cities better places to live.
IGES Urban Management project organised a following session on Urban Management in Asia during the forum. |
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| Session at WUF3 |
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Networking Event
Integrating Global Concerns into
Urban Management in Asia: Challenges and Experiences - 20 June 2006 16:30-18:30, Room MR01, International Convention Center, Vancouver
The IGES Urban Environmental Management Project hosted a side event "Integrating Global Concerns into Urban Management in Asia: Challenges and Experiences" at the World Urban Forum in Vancouver, Canada on 20 June 2006. The event, attended by more than 70 people, was successful.
 Detailed report available |
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Also Dr. Xuemei Bai, the IGES Senior Research Fellow,was one
of the
panelists of the Special Session " The Future of Cities" on 23 June 2006. (Organisers: UN-HABITAT and Worldwatch Institute)
For details, please visit WUF3 official site. |
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| IGES Urban Environmental Management Project |
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 The IGES Urban Environmental Management Project
focuses on how to integrate global environmental concerns into
local management and planning in Asia, making greenhouse gas
emission reduction the ultimate goal. The project builds its
rationale on the common understanding that human activities in
cities have profound environmental impacts far beyond city boundaries.
We set the targets on the Transportation and Waste Management
sectors which present the most prominent environmental issues
for cities in Asia.
Fact sheet  470KB |
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Previous
activities
IGES Special Session at the IHDP Open
Meeting 2005
Urban Transformation and Reforms for Sustainability
- Local solutions for global change |
The IGES special session at the IHDP Open
Meeting 2005 in Bonn focused on the global
linkages of urban activities and policy measures to reduce
the global impacts such as GHG emissions, with a regional
focus in Asia.
For details |
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Journal of Industrial Ecology
special issue on
Industrial Ecology and the
Global Impacts of Cities
March, 2007
Editor: Xuemei Bai, IGES
The special issue will build upon papers from the IGES
special session at the 6th IHDP Open Meeting in October
2005.
The goal of this special issue is to examine the global
environmental implications of cities, and state-of-the-art
analysis of policy measures aimed at reducing the global
impacts. |
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| Upcoming Event |
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Sub-workshops at BAQ2006
13-15 December, Yogyakarta, Indomesia
The 5th Better Air Quality (BAQ) workshop will be held on 13-15
December 2006 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. IGES will hold a sub-workshop.
Details will be provided later on the IGES website. |
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