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Today, 54% of the world’s population live in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 66% by 2050. Major cities and municipalities in the region rely either fully or partially on groundwater. Four highly relevant Asian cities (Bangkok, Bandung, Ho Chi Minh and Lahore) were selected which bear groundwater dependency in the range of...

In 2005, IGES launched the consultation "The Asia-Pacific Consultations on Climate Regime Beyond 2012" to promote new and constructive thinking in the Asia-Pacific region on future actions against climate change beyond 2012, and to contribute to the shaping of a future climate regime that adequately reflects the concerns and developmental...

'JCM in Charts' is a booklet for providing a plain and easy-to-understand description of the Joint Crediting Mechanism(JCM). Remarks: Other Languages: Vietnamese (Translated by Department of Meteorology and Climate Change, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam) http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=5619

'JCM in Charts' is a booklet for providing a plain and easy-to-understand description of the Joint Crediting Mechanism(JCM). Remarks: Vietnamese version is translated by Department of Meteorology and Climate Change, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam Other Languages: English http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php...

The Sustainable Cities Database is a new information resource to help sustainable development actors identify potential partner cities for low-carbon technology transfer projects. Spatial and Demographic Indicators: Spatial and demographic characteristics are described using a range of indicators, including population size and density, natural...

A vast range of multidisciplinary studies has been delivering extensive efforts to define and formulate development frameworks for the implementation of appropriate technologies especially within the urbansetting of developing cities. These studies are mostly related to the term “Appropriate Technology (AT)” introduced by Schumacher which refers to...

This is a final report on the project for promoting Asian regional collaboration on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), under a lump-sum contract with Ministry of the Environment, Japan in FY 2017. The project consists of three components: i) Study on policy and implementation of country EIA system in seven Asian countries, namely, Cambodia...