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In this paper, the authors aim to examine the role of public spaces and places in revitalization of local communities for creating livable cities in Japan. The Place-making and Social Actions based on a collection of quick, simple, temporary and sustainable changes in the spaces, intended to improve the local communities and cities consider as an...

This report was prepared with inputs from experts and speaker presentations at the APEC EGILAT-SCCP Workshop on Customs Best Practices to Identify Illegal Wood and Wood Products held in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam from 18-19 August 2017.

Non-market food provisioning services in the Hachijo Island, Japan, and their implications toward building a resilient island

The achievement of long-term targets for climate mitigation in Japan faces several uncertainties with respect to the availability of power generation technologies. Starting with the difficult situation of nuclear power deployment after the 2011 events, the effect of technological constraints on the reduction of large amounts of greenhouse gases...

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...

A new method for classifying land cover features in high resolution satellite imagery was developed. The method involves (1) performing image segmentation to delineate homogeneous ground objects in the image, and (2) using a convolutional neural network classifier to extract the land cover of the segments (i.e. whether they represent buildings...

The video explain concrete example of how to use the Indicators of Resilience in the Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes. The video introduce the example from the forests near Ecuador’s coastline live the people of Agua Blanca.

Under the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), UN Environment collaborated with modelling experts from around the globe to develop the Integrated Green Economy Modelling (IGEM) framework that aims to better respond to countries’ needs in terms of analysing the cross- sectoral impacts of Green Economy (GE) policies, so as to incorporate...

Under the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), UN Environment collaborated with modelling experts from around the globe to develop the Integrated Green Economy Modelling (IGEM) framework that aims to better respond to countries’ needs in terms of analysing the cross- sectoral impacts of Green Economy (GE) policies, so as to incorporate...

A recent trend of food consumption and food waste in Japan