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Conference Proceeding

November 2022

Systemic links between COVID-19 and development: Developmental implications

JSPS-ICSSR Seminar on Understanding and Addressing Systemic Risks Behind the Socio-economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Japan and India: Developing a Roadmap for a Resilient and Sustainable Future

The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed decades of progress in many developmental areas and aggravated the already-existing gaps in implementing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Measures by countries to recover from the crisis have been varied. These measures, if designed properly and implemented efficiently, can stimulate progress in many pandemic...

Keywords:

Sustainable Development Goals

COVID-19

COVID-19 recovery

Policy development

Conference Proceeding

July 2012

Adaptation effectiveness indicators: Moving towards Local Adaptation Index

4th International Conference on Climate Change

The study on adaptation effectiveness indicators has been carried out by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in collaboration with national partners such as BCAS, ICIMOD and TERI in the Gangetic basin with the Strategic Environment Research fund of the Ministry of Environment, Government of Japan (S8). The study follows the...

Conference Proceeding

December 2006

International Symposium on Community Activities for the Conservation of Water Environment: Lessons Learned from Community Activities

Contents: (1) State and the Community in Water management Case of the Damodar Valley Corporation, India by Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt (2) Rewarding Communities for Keeping Rivers Clearn? First Steps in a River Care Program in West Lambung-Indonesia by Rudy Harto Widodo, S. Suyanto et. al. (3) Consumers Education, Representation and Participation in...

Conference Proceeding

January 2004

Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Urban Environmental Managment: Kitakyushu Initiative 7th Thematic Seminar

Conference Proceeding

January 2004

Kitakyushu Initiative Seminar on Public Participation for Urban Environmental Management: Kitakyushu Initiative 5th Thematic Seminar

Conference Proceeding

January 2003

Kitakyushu Initiative Seminar on Solid Waste Management: Kitakyushu Initiative 1st Thematic Seminar

Solid waste is a critical issue for cities in Asia and the Pacific. With changes in lifestyles, the problems faced by cities have compounded, including an increase in both solid and hazardous waste, issues pertaining to landfill management, and recycling, among others. There is often a contrast between cities with different economic levels and...