This edition covers the following topics:

• Buildings, Climate Change and Cities;
  
• Ecuador: Eco-Materials for Low Cost and Sustainable building;
  
• World Green Building Council;
  
• Builders Kick-Start...

La Estrategia de Apoyo a la Gestión Urbano Ambiental de Arequipa fue iniciada por la Municipalidad Provincial de Arequipa a principios del 2003 y finalizó su segunda fase en enero del 2007. Ha sido apoyada por PNUMA y UN-Habitat, organismos que ju...

In Zambia the Sustainable Cities Programme was implemented in Lusaka from 1994-2001 to address high levels of poverty and inequality experienced in the city resulting from a shrinking economy as the co...

The Sustainable Cities Programme was first implemented in 1996 in Shenyang and Wuhan, in China. From this initial experience, the environmental Planning and Management methodology was integrated in urban management to address pressing environmenta...

This edition covers the following topics:

• Ushering a new era of urban Planning and Management
• Urban Environment Strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Philippines: Strengthening institutional capacity to adapt to C...

Decision makers in local government face the ongoing challenge of how to provide services to the residents with limited resources. Whether drilling a new well to provide drinking water, renewing a road surface, buying new buses or issuing drivin...

This edition covers the following topics:

• Cities and Climate Change:The Road from Bali to Copenhagen
• Esmeraldas LA21:Planning for a Changing Climate
• UNEP Helps Bangkok Tackle Climate Change
• Climate-proofing Cape ...

This Working Paper critically assesses the potential role of local authorities in promoting biodiversity conservation in the Lake Victoria Cities within the existing global framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity. It sets the broader c...

This edition covers the following topics:

• World Urban Forum 4: Harmonious Urbanization
• Improving cities through Localizing Agenda 21: Bayamo, Cuba
• World Cities Summit in Singapore
• UNEP works with Nairobi to impro...

The world continues to urbanize at an unprecedented pace and this year, for the first time ever, over half of the world’s population will be living in cities. While cities consume a major share of the planet’s resources and have often been the loc...

Le programme Agendas 21 locaux est basé sur la compréhension du rapport entre le développement et l’environnement. Considérant que le développement urbain et économique affecte l’environnement et que la disponibilité et la qualité des ressources e...

Modern cities are generally associated with vibrant economies that have opportunities for investments and development. In both developed and developing countries, cities generate a share of gross d...

Although cities occupy just 2 per cent of the Earth’s surface, their inhabitants use 75 per cent of the planet’s natural resources. Cities draw on their surrounding ecosystems for goods and services, and their products and emissions can affect reg...

 A Decade of United Nations Support for Broad-based participatory management of Urban Development (2002),

• A secret well kept - How could 10,000 cities access it?
• SCP in Nigeria:Towards Participatory Urban Planning
• Capacity Building: Success and ...

Dar es Salaam is the main industrial and commercial centre of the United Republic of Tanzania. It is a coastal city, located along the Indian Ocean. It has a population of approximately 2.5 million with an annual growth rate of 4.3%...

The Sustainable Cities Programme (SCP) is a world-wide technical cooperation activity of the United Nations. It works at city level in collaboration with local partners to strengthen their capabilities for environmental planning and m...

Approach and Implementation

Cities are the driving force of social and economic development. They harbour tremendous energies and have the potential to generate enormous creativity and significant economic betterment. They provide shelter, jobs and services and are the centr...