Africa : Atlas of Our Changing Environment

This Atlas underscores the importance of developing, harnessing and sharing technologies that help provide deeper understanding of the dynamics of the changes. The words and pictures within these pages also serve as a vivid reminder that Africa's environment is a source of livelihoods from many African communities. It contributes significantly to socio-economic development of the continent, and sound policy decisions and positive actions by societies and individuals are needed to sustain the environment and the well-being of its inhabitants.

Planning for Change: Guidelines for National Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production

These guidelines show how national governments can plan, develop, implement and monitor a national programme on sustainable consumption and production (SCP). This is a flexible approach to SCP programme development which will be adapted to local circumstances. The guidelines are also useful to countries that already have a SCP programme but are keen to improve and sustain the process. Also contains nine case studies that illustrate how governments are implementing SCP programmes all over the world: Argentina, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Finland, Jamaica, Japan, Senegal, Thailand and the United Kingdom.

Anchoring Homes, UN-HABITAT's People's Process in Aceh and Nias after the Tsunami

Rebuilding personal and collective confidences through a participatory process takes time, especially amidst the massive personal tragedy of lost loved ones, personal assets and livelihoods. This photo and film documentation is testimony of all that we have all learned during the past two years. As a testimony, we hope it can be an inspiring tool for any person or institution overcoming a future disaster. This publication includes a DVD with the documentary film 'Playing between Elephants' by film maker, Aryo Danusiri

Scaling Urban Environmental Challenges From local to global and back

Written by leading experts in the fields of urban development and environmentalplanning, the book reviews the urban environmental shifts that have shaped today’s challenges, and examines conditions and problems in the urban centres of low-, middle- and high-income countries. Case studies address such economically diverse cities as Accra, New Delhi, Mexico City and Manchester, while thematic chapters explore issues including water, sanitation and transportation. The book concludes by exploring and analysing different scales of governance. The editors argue that we should not rely solely on local governance to address local burdens like poor sanitation, nor depend only on global governance for global challenges.

Human Settlements and Urban Development Journals