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The World Association of Major Metropolises - Bank of Cities
Photograph , courtesy Metropolis.

The accelerated urban development of the last few decades proves the importance of the role  of local authorities next to States in providing basic infrastructure and essential services  which are indispensable for local development. Nevertheless, a growing number of local  authorities lack the sufficient financial resources to make these investments. They need to  find external financial resources under satisfactory conditions.For several years now, Metropolis, The World A more...
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> Metropolis is the World Association of Major Metropolises
> Study on Metropolitan Regions
> Metropolis Technical Assistance Scheme
> Metropolis and United Cities and Local Governments
June 9, 2008
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A Tale of Two Cities: The Asphalt and the Favela
“The first favela came from the head of a pig. In 1898, the Rio de Janeiro city government  decided to demolish a tenement called Cabeça do Porco (Pig’s Head) that housed over one  thousand people in the center of city. One quarter of the city’s population at that time lived in tenements- and the Pig’s Head tenement represented the unclean and unwanted. The dislocated residents, mostly dock workers, occupied a nearby hill and built new homes from the rubb more...
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>Sebastiana "Tiana" Rosaria Jesus Souza (From Favela Faces)
>Adetrudes Justino de Souza - "Tio Souza" (From Favela Faces)
>José Manoel da Silva - "Zé Cabo" (From Favela Faces)
>Paulo "Paulinho" Cerqueira (From Favela Faces)
May 1, 2008
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History of Earth Day, April 22 and the Earth Day Network
Earth Day, April 22, each year marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, proposed the first nationwide environmental protest "to shake up the political establishment and force this issue onto the national agenda."

At the time, Americans were slurping leaded gas through massive V8 sedans. Industry belched out smoke and slu more...
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>On Earth Day Africa Action Calls for U.S. to Support Sustainable Development
>Russian Earth Day Eco Festival
>Earth Day in Caracas
>South Africa: Joburg Observes World Earth Day 2008
April 23, 2008
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EMBARQ
Established in May 2002, with the support of the Shell Foundation, EMBARQ - The World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport - acts as a catalyst for socially, financially, and environmentally sound solutions to the problems of urban mobility. Working with politically and financially empowered authorities at local and global levels, EMBARQ can dramatically reduce the costs, risk, time, and complexity required to diagnose key transport p more...
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>Diesel Retrofit for Buses in Mexico City
>Who EMBARQ Works With
>About EMBARQ
>Rapid Bus Transit System, Istanbul – EMBARQ
April 2, 2008
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Public Awareness in Sustainable Transportation Promotion - by Carlos F. Pardo and Thirayoot Limanond.
Public awareness is a fundamental for any successful sustainable transport initiative. People have thoughts, feelings and habits that are sometimes contrary to the prerequisites of a sustainable transport system, however this is somewhat easy to solve if proper steps are taken. Some of them are briefly outlined in this article, and further explained in the Public Awareness Module from the SUTP sourcebook. 

An initial question regardi more...
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>How can Sustainable Urban Transport contribute to the reduction of GHG emissions
>Eco Driving for Developing Cities
>Travel Demand Management Policies
>Bicycles as part of Sustainable Urban Transport System
March 17, 2008
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The Cities Alliance - City Development Strategies (CDS)
A rapidly increasing share of the world's population is living in cities. In the next 15 years the population of many cities in Asia and Africa will nearly double. In order to confront the challenges posed by this unprecedented rate of urban growth and increasing urban poverty, cities need to plan ahead in order to make more informed choices about the future and they need to act now. A city development strategy supports cities in this critical decisi more...
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>Scaling up Community-driven Development Process in Phnom Penh
>Johannesburg City-level Comprehensive Development Framework and Slum Up-grading
>Report for the Ground Breaking Launch of the Slum Dwellers Pilot Housing Project in Kisenyi III
>City Development Strategies – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
March 4, 2008
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Gender and Water Issues in the MDGs
The Gender and Water Alliance was formed in March 2000 at the 2nd World Water Forum in The Hague. The Alliance was formed by 110 organisations and individuals from around the world in response to the Ministerial Declaration of The Hague on Water Security for the 21st Century.

The Declaration recognised the link between integrated water resources management and poverty alleviation and urged that “special attention should be paid to t more...
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>Togo: Integrating Gender into the Promotion of Hygiene in Schools SSHE
>Pilot and Demonstration Activities Developing Appropriate Sanitation Solutions for Peri-Urban Areas - Asian Development Bank
>India: From Alienation to an Empowered Community - Applying a Gender Mainstreaming Approach to a Sanitation Project, Tamil Nadu
>Gender Equality Results in the Punjab Community Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project - Pakistan
>The Gender Approach to Water Management
February 21, 2008
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2008-2009 Appeal: Climate Change “One of the Greatest Threats Facing Humanity Today” ( IFRC )
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is warning that climate change is fundamentally altering the entire humanitarian agenda, contributing to an increase in disasters and severely impacting upon water supplies, agriculture and public health emergencies, aggravating the vulnerability of millions of people around the world. This warning comes at the launch of the International Federation’s 2008 and 2009 Programmes more...
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>Earthquakes and Mega-Cities Initiative
>Climate Risk Management – ADPC
>Zimbabwe – Flood Survivors Tell Their Stories (IFRC)
>The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
>The Federation of the Future
February 5, 2008
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International Year of Sanitation - 2008
On 21 November 2007, the United Nations today kicked off the International Year of Sanitation in a bid to accelerate progress for the 2.6 billion people around the world who do not enjoy the basic right to proper sanitation facilities. Speaking at the official launch at UN Headquarters in New York, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said access to sanitation is one of the most “overlooked, and underserved human needs.”

International more...
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>Wateraid Bangladesh - Implementation Guidelines on Urban Water Points and Stand Posts
>Urbanization and Water – A Wateraid Publication
>Wateraid and the Millennium Development Goals
>Malawi – Save Money and Invest in Sanitation
>World Toilet Organization
>The End Water Poverty Coalition
January 10, 2008
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Liveable Cities - The Benefits of Urban Environmental Planning. Published by UNEP, Cities Alliance and ICLEI.
From the use of horse-drawn carriages to solve public transport shortage in Bayamo, Cuba to an emissions trading scheme in Taiyuan, China, cities around the world are providing inspiring examples in the global quest for sustainability and the fight against climate change. The report "Liveable Cities: The Benefits of Urban Environmental Planning", more...
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>Getting the Balance Right - Point of View Article in IMF Finance and Development, September 2007.
>Excerpt - Urban Life, The Face of the Future - From Section One, " Cities and the Environment."
>Liveable Cities - The Benefits of Urban Environmental Planning. Published by UNEP, Cities Alliance and ICLEI.
>Excerpt - Guiding Urban Development in Bangkok - From Section Two, " How to Integrate Environment into Urban Planning Strategies"
>Human Dimensions of Environmental Change - Ch 7, GEO 4. Vulnerability of People and The Environment: Challenges and Opportunities.
December 18, 2007
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