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BAQ2006 Plenary session |
The Better Air Quality (BAQ) was held from 13 to15 December 2006, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia with the theme being "A CELEBRATION OF EFFORTS". Over 1,000 participants from more than 40 countries attended the BAQ 2006 workshop.
IGES Urban Environmental Management Project organised sub-workshops focusing on the linkage between urban air quality control and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector, based on the research results of its Third Phase. There was also an exhibition at the “Best Practices Exhibit” to disseminate the research results of IGES.
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| BAQ 2006 Sub-workshops organised by IGES |
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SW 10: Travel Demand Reduction as a Co-benefits Policy Tool
13 December, 2006: 13:30-15:00
 This session aims to discuss an overall framework for greater synergy between land-use planning and emission reduction of air pollutants and GHGs from the transport sector. Following the keynote presentation on the role of the co-benefit approach in the Asian urban transport scenario, research on travel demand reduction through urban planning with case studies in Yokohama, Bangkok, and Shanghai were presented....More
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SW 21: Modal Shift Towards Public Transport
14 December, 2006: 13:30-15:00
 This sub-workshop assesses the possibility of accomplishing modal shift through improvements in public transport and travel demand management in Asia. Studies on policies addressing the modal share in Beijing, Jakarta, and Seoul were presented with the focus on factors that impede or facilitate those policies. The final presentation analysed policy processes of those cities focusing on the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) introduction.
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| Featured Publication |
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The results of this study indicate that Kathmandu Valley's motorised travel demand had increased 8.7 fold by 2004 from nearly one billion passenger-km in 1989. It suggests that the demand will increase to 27 billion passenger-km by 2025. Despite the drastic increase, the modal share of public and private transport modes has changed little since 1989 - public transport still meets a little over 50 per cent of the demand for motorised travel. As a result, the number of vehicles operating in the valley will triple from the 170,000 currently operating to about half a million by 2025.The study developed an inventory of priority air pollutants, energy use, and CO2 emission associated with passenger transportation in the Kathmandu Valley in the past and projected these values into the future with the help of a bottom-up, dynamic accounting model and a scenario approach.
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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.
Fact sheet  470KB
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Previous activities
Networking Event at the 3rd World Urban Forum (WUF3)
Integrating Global Concerns into Urban Management in Asia: Challenges and Experiences
IGES hosted a networking event at WUF3 in Vancouver, Canada on 20 June 2006 focusing on identifying the challenges, opportunities, barriers, experiences and strategies in integrating global concerns into urban management in the region.
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IGES Special Session at the IHDP Open
Meeting 2005
Urban Transformation and Reforms for Sustainability
- Local Solutions for Global Change
IGES held a special session at the IHDP Open Meeting 2005 in Bonn. The session focused on the global linkages between urban activities, and policy measures to reduce the global impacts, such as GHG emissions, with a regional focus in Asia.
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