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IGES Special Session
on Urban Environment at the IHDP Open Meeting 2005
Urban Transformation and Reforms for Sustainability
- Local solutions for global change |
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The IGES UE Project successfully organised
a special session entitled, "Urban Transformation and Reform
for Sustainability - Local Solutions for Global Change"
at the 6th IHDP Open Meeting, Bonn, 2005. The session consisted
of two parts.
Part I consisted of opening remarks by Prof. Akio
Morishima, chair of the Board of Directors of IGES, and
six research presentations. Topics of the presentation included:
sustainability assessment, urban carbon footprint, theoretical
and practical challenges addressing global issues at the local
level, co-benefit approaches in Chinese cities, municipal solid
waste management in Mumbai, and an evaluation of co-benefit
effects of alternative transportation sector planning.
Part II consisted of a panel discussion and open floor
discussion and was moderated by Dr. Xuemei Bai, a senior
research fellow at IGES. The discussions were centred on the
question of "What should be done, and by
whom to promote the integration of global concerns
into local management in developing cities in Asia?" The
panelists and the audience participated in a heated discussion
debating and exchanging views on issues such as:
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What should be the long-term
and short-term strategies for developing cities to mitigate
GHG emissions? |
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What are the easy entry points
for cities to address global concerns at the city level? |
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What can be done by different
governmental units, international and national funding
agencies and the scientific community to encourage the
integration at the city level? |
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What cities can do to better
to utilise the potential of the above mentioned institutions
and address the global concerns? |
Selected papers from the session will be published in a special
issue of the Journal of Industrial Ecology in March 2007.
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Tuesday, 11 October 2005,
14:00-17:30 |
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University of
Bonn, Germany |
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IGES Urban Environmental
Management project |
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Background and Structure
of the Session 44KB |
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| Agenda |
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| Overarching
Issues |
Opening
Remarks
Prof. Akio Morishima, Chair of the
Board of Directors, IGES |
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of session (Session co-ordinator)
Dr. Xuemei Bai, IGES |
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Urbanization
in Southeast Asia and Sustainability - Assessment
of Progress and Premises for Reforms
Dr. Ooi Giok Ling, Institute of Policy
Studies (Singapore) |
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Urban
transformation and Carbon Footprint in Megacities
in East Asia
Dr. Shinji Kaneko, Hiroshima University
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Integrating
Global Environmental Concerns into Local Management
in Developing Country Cities: Myth or Reality?
Dr. Xuemei Bai, IGES |
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How National
Government Can Ensure Local Cities' Participation
to GHG Reduction- Chinese Experience
Dr. Hu Tao, State Environmental Protection
Administration (PR China) |
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Issues |
Municipal
Solid Waste Management Policies in Developed
Countries and Their Implication to Asian Developing
Countries
Dr. Mara Mendes, IGES |
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Alternative
Approaches for Better Municipal Solid Waste
Management in Mumbai, India
Ms. Sarika Rathi, Indira Gandhi Institute
for Development Research (India) |
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Choosing
Between Global and Local Emission Control
Strategies in Urban Transport Sector - Which
way to go?
Dr. Sudhakar Yedla, IGES |
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Panel
Discussion: How to Bring the Global Concern
into Urban Context
(Panellists: Session Presenters / Moderator:
Dr. Xuemei BAI, IGES) |
Questions:
What should be done, and by
whom, to promote the integration
of global concerns into local management in
developing cities in Asia?
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What should
be the long term and short term strategies
for developing cities to mitigate GHG
emissions? |
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What are
the easy entry points for cities to
address global concerns at city level? |
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What can
be done by different governmental unit,
international and national funding agencies,
and scientific community to encourage
the integration at city level? |
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What cities
can do to better utilize the potentials
of above mentioned institutions to address
the global concern? |
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Closing Remarks
Prof. Akio Morishima, Chair of the
Board of Directors, IGES |
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