International Review for Environmental Strategies: The Environmentally Sustainable City

Urban environmental management is now one of the most crucial issues in Asia. This special edition of IRES on “Environmentally Sustainable City” gives broad perspectives of the urban issues including air, solid waste, water and ways to manage and foster cooperation among different stakeholders to suggest solutions to tackle these problems.



EDITOR'S NOTE
http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2423

SPECIAL EDITOR'S NOTE
http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2095


OVERVIEW/UEM STRETEGY

An Overview of Urban Environmental Burdens at Three Scales: Intra-urban, Urban-Regional, and Global
by Gordon McGranahan
http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2096

Urban Environmental Issues and Trends in Asia-An Overview
by Hidefumi Imura, Sudhakar Yedla, Hiroaki Shirakawa, and Mushtaq A. Memon
http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2097

Sustainability Assessment and Cities
by Peter Newman
http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2098


AIR/WATER/SOLID WASTE

Transport and Environment in Asian Cities: Reshaping the Issues and Opportunities into a Holistic Framework
by Shobhakar Dhakal and Lee Schipper
http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2099

Sustainable Urban Wastewater Management and Reuse in Asia
by Absar Kazmi and Hiroaki Furumai
http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2100

Financing Urban Water Supply and Sanitation
by Brendan Gillespie
http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2101

Waste Management and Recycling in Asia
by Atsushi Terazono, Yuichi Moriguchi, Yuko Sato Yamamoto, Shin-ichi Sakai, Bulent Inanc, Jianxin Yang, Stephen Siu, Ashok V. Shekdar, Dong-Hoon Lee, Azni B. Idris, Albert A. Magalang, Genandrialine L. Peralta, Chun-Chao Lin, Pireeyutma Vanapruk, and Thumrongrut Mungcharoen
http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2102

Material Flows for a Sustainable City
by Frank Ackerman
http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2103


CIVIL SOCIETY/INTER-CITY COOPERATION

The Informal Sector's Role in Urban Environmental Management
by A. T. M. Nurul Amin
http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2104

Inter-city Environmental Cooperation: The Case of the Kitakyushu Initiative for a Clean Environment
by Mushtaq Ahmed Memon, Christine Pearson, and Hidefumi Imura
http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2105


REPORT FROM ASIA

Executive Summary of the APFED Final Report: Paradigm Shift Towards Sustainability for Asia and the Pacific-Turning Challenges into Opportunities
by Asia-Pacific Forum for Environment and Development (APFED)
http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2106

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