There is a pressing need for sustainable development in Asia to realize more efficient use of resources and materials and to reduce the environmental impact of consumption and production activities. Promotion of 3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) thorugh theintegration of policies on waste management and resource management, is one of the keys to...
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The results of this study indicate that Kathmandu Valley's motorized travel demand increased 8.7 fold in 2004 from nearly one billion passenger-km in 1989. It suggests that the demand will increase to 27 billion passenger-km by 2025. Despite the drastic increase, the modal share of public and private transport modes have changed little since 1989...
Remarks: English version http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=749
Remarks: Paper prepared for the International Conference on Greening of Agro-Industries and Networks in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities, Bang
This report is the culmination fo three years of work by the IPCC National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme, to update its own previous guidance on National Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories. It aims to assist countries in compiling complete, national inventories of greenhouse gasses. The guidance has been structured so that any country...
Groundwater has been overexploited in some Asian cities, causing significant problems such as land subsidence. The resource is also under the threat of aquifer contamination. The SWMP project formulated 14 recommendations, beased on teh SWMP study aiming to achieve sustainable groundwater management in the Asian cities. The recommendations...
The Freshwater Resources Management Proejct at IGES has been carrying out research since 2004. The project comprises two man research components: Sustainable Water Management Policy (SWMP), and Water Environment Partnership in Asia (WEPA). Remarks: A4 size leaflet (PR materials)
In consideration of the importance of a platform for sharing knowledge and information on water environment management in Asia, the Water Envrionment Partnership in Asia (WEPA) - a partnership of 11 Asian countries - developed a database. The formation of the WEPA initiative was first proposed by the Ministry of the Environment Japan at the 3rd...
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