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"The dynamic nature of urban populations leads to stresses on housing, transport and waste disposal within the urban environment and its periphery. Appropriate solutions need to be deployed effectively if cities are to be sustainable." WJEC specification |
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Rio+10: The World Summit on Sustainable Development will be a gathering in June 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa to assess global change since the Rio Earth Summit held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 1992 (itself the 20th anniversary of the first international Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, 1972). Under discussion will be important global environmental problems, including transport issues and waste management. http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/
UN Sustainable Development Agenda 21 homepage. UN system-wide site on implementation of the Rio commitments. http://www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/index.html Scroll down the list or click on the map to get information on particular countries. http://www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countinf.htm For example Botswana Social aspects of sustainable development. http://www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/botswana/social.htm
UN Habitat Human settlements programme. Chapters from the Global Report on Human Settlement 2001available as pdf downloads. http://www.unhabitat.org/default.asp
Global Urban Observatory & Statistics http://www.unhabitat.org/guo/ City Profiles 2001 The World's City Profiles offer a unique opportunity to draw attention to some of the major problems facing cities, the solutions adopted and some of the best practices. Headings include shelter and environmental management. http://www.unhabitat.org/guo/gui/city_intro.asp
Sustainable Cities Programme From UN Habitat. http://www.unhabitat.org/scp/scphome.htm For map of cities taking part. http://www.unhabitat.org/scp/cities/cities.htm
Best Practices for Human Settlements Searchable database with solutions from more than 120 countries to common social, economic and environmental problems of an urbanizing world. "It demonstrates the practical ways in which communities, governments and the private sector are working together to improve governance, eradicate poverty, provide access to shelter, land and basic services, protect the environment and support economic development." http://www.bestpractices.org/ Best Practices learning centre http://www.sustainabledevelopment.org/blp/learning/ Sustainable city framework http://www.sustainabledevelopment.org/blp/learning/SC_Framework.html
Towards sustainable city development strategies for the 21st century Article mentioning several examples. http://www.sustainabledevelopment.org/BLP/Conferences/articles/City%20Dev.%20Strategies%20Int.(Copy)
The Role of Cities in Achieving Sustainable Development Article which starts from Chapter 7 of Agenda 21 "promoting human resources development and capacity building for human settlement". http://www.sustainabledevelopment.org/BLP/Conferences/articles/Archive%20Articles/E.Frank_W.Kakebeeke,Nov98.html
SKAT Swiss Centre for Development Cooperation in Technology and Management - including transport infrastructure, urban development and sanitation. http://www.skat.ch/
Greatest cities Encyclopedia entries and articles on the world's greatest cities. http://www.greatestcities.com/index.html
Urbanisation and migration Page from UNPFA population briefing kit 2001. http://www.unfpa.org/modules/briefkit/07.htm
City Profiles Prepared for the UN's Cyber SchoolBus on-line curriculum Cities of Today, Cities of Tomorrow. http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/habitat/profiles/index.asp Cities of Today, Cities of Tomorrow http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/habitat/index.asp
Water Aid's Thirsty Cities report is available as a pdf download. http://www.wateraid.org.uk/research/index.html
Living Cities National Resource Recovery Program (1999/2000 to 2001/02). http://www.planetark.org/recycling/page.cfm?pageid=13.01.02.00.00
The New Colonist A US-based web magazine about sustainable city living. Has pages for most US cities. http://www.newcolonist.com/
Cities without slums The theme for World Habitat Day (1st Oct 2001). Page of links to articles and case studies (Egypt, India, Colombia, Kenya). http://www.unhabitat.org/whd/articles.htm
The Housing Project UK-based portal site which includes large section on 'social housing' and sub-sections on homelessness. http://www.housingnet.co.uk/
| DTLR Housing statistics postcard A government summary of the key figures (England only). | http://www.housing.detr.gov.uk/information/keyfigures/index.htm |
| Factsheet list | http://www.housing.detr.gov.uk/factsheet/index.htm |
| DTLR homeless factsheet | http://www.housing.detr.gov.uk/factsheet/homeless/index.htm |
| 2001 Homeless Bill | http://www.housing.detr.gov.uk/factsheet/bill/index.htm |
| 2001 housing statistics (including Wales and Scotland) | http://www.housing.detr.gov.uk/research/hss/hs2001/index.htm#4 |
Homeless pages From the Resource Information Service. http://www.homelesspages.org.uk/
The London Health Observatory monitors health and disease trends for the London NHS region. http://www.lho.org.uk/ There is a summary of the health aspects of housing and homelessness (it is estimated there are at least 100,000 homeless people in London and perhaps as many as a quarter of a million). http://www.lho.org.uk/hil/housing.htm
Thames Reach Bondway Works with those who sleep rough in London. Street news has some figures. Includes discussion page with messages posted by the homeless with their views. http://www.thamesreach.org.uk/
Shelter This charity believes everyone should be able to live in a decent and secure home that they can afford, within a mixed neighbourhood where people feel safe, can work and fulfil their potential. Lots of briefings and press releases. Facts and research. http://www.shelter.org.uk/
Housemate Shelter's Homework project site which aims to prevent homelessness by providing an opportunity for young people to learn about housing and homelessness issues. Teachers can order a pack of resources (Scottish, Welsh bi-lingual and English editions). http://www.housemate.org.uk/
54 ways you can help the homeless An e-book by Rabbi Charles Kroloff enlisting help for US homeless. http://earthsystems.org/ways/
Homeless International A UK based charity that supports community-led housing and infrastructure related development in partnership with local partner organisations in Asia, Africa and Latin America. http://www.homeless-international.org
Strategies to combat homelessness UN Habitat 2000 report in pdf format - download by chapter. http://www.unhabitat.org/en/uploadcontent/publication/HS-599.pdf
One World Housing page with links to housing stories - good for self-help schemes. http://www.oneworld.org/news/world/housing.html Further links for housing in Brazil at Sejup http://www.oneworld.org/sejup/urban.htm
Global campaign for secure tenure UN site with some general statistics, such as houses per 100 citizens and persons per room. http://www.unhabitat.org/tenure/index.htm
Homelessness USA Self help in Masachusetts. http://www.sustainabledevelopment.org/blp/learning/casebooks/hic2/usa.pdf
Self-help housing The Mutirao 50 Project is located in the Municipality of Caucaia in the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza, Brazil. The region has 2.5 million inhabitants - 540,720 live in "favelas". http://www.unesco.org/most/southam2.htm See also The Communidades Programme, Fortaleza. http://www.unesco.org/most/southam6.htm
Brazil Urban Poverty Strategy World Bank March 1999 report on housing for the poor (pdf). lnweb18.worldbank.org/External/lac/lac.nsf/4c794feb793085a5852567d6006ad764/ a0aa75a4359674aa85256a760069d0bd/$FILE/ZL.pdf
Social housing in Brazil Offical Brazilian government summary. http://www.mre.gov.br/ndsg/textos/habita-i.htm
Slum improvement project Dhaka, Bangladesh pdf case study. http://www.sustainabledevelopment.org/blp/learning/casebooks/uncrd/siddique.pdf
India Census results from India's Ministry of Home Affairs. Information from the 2001 Census is now coming online. Includes housing stats. http://www.censusindia.net/
Popular habitat production An example of self-help from Sao Paulo, Brazil (English translation). http://www.sustainabledevelopment.org/blp/learning/casebooks/hic2/brazil.pdf
The water and sanitation program The WSP is an international partnership of the world's leading development agencies concerned with water and sanitation services for the poor. http://www.wsp.org/english/index.html
Sanitation connection Theme page on urban issues. http://www.sanicon.net/themes/intro.php3?theme=6 Solid waste management http://www.sanicon.net/titles/topicintro.php3?topicId=4
Planet Ark Recycling Report 2000 Includes chapters on recycling in Australia and recycling near you. http://www.planetark.org/recycling/index.cfm
SKAT Swiss Centre for Development Cooperation in Technology and Management - including waste management. http://www.skat.ch/
| WASTE A non-profit organisation for development projects in countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. WASTE works for organisations that aim at a sustainable improvement of the living conditions of the urban low-income population and of the urban environment in general. Dutch site (in English) documenting largely Netherlands government-funded micro-enterprise projects. The downloadable documents are pretty hefty, but worthwhile. http://www.waste.nl/ | |
| Urban summary. | http://www.waste.nl/uwep.htm |
| Pilot project on community waste participation in Bangalore, 2001 (pdf). | http://www.waste.nl/docpdf/CS_cp_bang.pdf |
| Comparative ananlysis of nine urban projects in W Africa and Asia, 1999 (pdf). | http://www.waste.nl/docpdf/WD11eng.pdf |
| Integrated sustainable waste management, 1999 (pdf). | http://www.waste.nl/docpdf/conf_iswm_1999.pdf |
Solid waste Brazilian consulting company working in the fields of environment and waste management. Spanish, Portuguese and US English (click on US flag). A bit difficult to use. http://www.resol.com.br/default_ing.asp Babelfish http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Colby College Summaries of actual attempts to pursue sustainable development created by students at Colby College includes examples of solid waste management. Referenced for those who wish to look up the original sources. http://www.colby.edu/personal/t/thtieten/cases.html
Transport for sustainable development UN paper. http://www.unchs.org/unchs/english/transpor/transp.htm
Urban transportation development and management Singapore case study pdf document. http://www.sustainabledevelopment.org/blp/learning/casebooks/uncrd/yuan.pdf
Afribike online Afribike has shown that bicycles enable individuals to spend significantly less time and money on transport and improve their access to education, markets and services, including health services - and ultimately 'cycle' out of poverty. http://www.afribike.org/home.html
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy US campaigners who promote environmentally sustainable and equitable transportation policies and projects worldwide. They argue the US has been exporting 'car dependence' to developing countries. http://www.itdp.org/
Transport statistics A set of links from the UK's DTLR. http://www.transtat.detr.gov.uk/useful/relation.htm
Commision for integrated transport UK Government agency. http://www.cfit.gov.uk/
Sustrans Sustainable transport charity which aims to get us all walking and cycling. http://www.sustrans.org.uk/webcode/home.asp
Pedestrians' Association Living Street initiative - a battle plan to make the places we want to walk and spend time in become something more than traffic corridors. http://www.pedestrians.org.uk/
Transportation Page from the New Environmentalist. http://thenewenvironmentalist.com/articles_0702/transportation_mag.html
Curitiba - Brazil's 'green city' ? |
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| Curitiba A plain text page on Curitiba, Brazil, and its visionary mayor - "...an inspirational city which has solved some of the most frustratingly simple social and environmental problems of urban living through the determination and innovation of the people at the top." http://www.globalideasbank.org/BI/BI-262.HTML | ||
| Curitiba City's own website in English. Pages on history (including immigration), economic development and transport.http://www.curitiba.pr.gov.br/pmc/ingles/index.html | ||
| The World's best managed city? http://www.newhorizons.org/lrn_peirce.htm | ||
| Links for Curitiba from the Smithsonian. http://www.cnie.org/NCSEconference/2001conference/LinksDetail.cfm?custom21=Plenary%20Sessions&custom22=Curitiba%2C%20Brazi | l | |
Rio's favelas A Washington Post article which serves as a general introduction. http://www.postwritersgroup.com/archives/peir0306.htm
Greatest cities Page on Rio with links to reference articles on contemporary issues, population, economy and government. http://www.greatestcities.com/rio/rio-2.html
Nairobo, Kenya A page on the housing problems in the Korogocho slum area of Nairobi. http://www.goodneighbors.org/eng/library/partner/no25_7.htm
Urban Issues in Developing Countries Links to sites. Also contains some special topic link pages such as urban poverty or urban agriculture. http://urban.freeservers.com/link/menulink.html
Bangladesh slums Dhaka's superslums - eyewitness account from World Food Programme's newsrooom. http://www.wfp.org/index.asp?section=2
Urban transportation development and management Singapore case study pdf document. http://www.sustainabledevelopment.org/blp/learning/casebooks/uncrd/yuan.pdf
Urban management in Mexico City http://www.sustainabledevelopment.org/blp/learning/casebooks/hic2/mexico.pdf
Calcutta Environmental planning and management. http://www.unchs.org/uef/cities/summary/calcutta.htm
India Census results from India's Ministry of Home Affairs. Information from the 2001 Census is now coming online including housing. http://www.censusindia.net/
Ibadan, Nigeria A sustainable approach. http://www.unchs.org/uef/cities/summary/ibadan.htm
Belo Horizonte, Brazil Transparency in urban governance. http://www.unchs.org/uef/cities/summary/belohori.htm
| Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Chattanooga, Tennessee Now held up as a model of sustainability, but there was a time when it served as a clear example of what not to do to make a city livable. http://www.rri.org/bestpractices/chattanooga.html | |
| Chattanooga Venture The story of a nonprofit organization with the goal of bringing the full participation of the community to the task of "cleaning up" their city on all fronts - environmental, social, economic. http://www.sustainable.org/casestudies/tennessee/TN_af_chattanooga.html | |
| More Chattanooga links. http://www.cnie.org/NCSEconference/2001conference/LinksDetail.cfm?custom21=Plenary%20Sessions&custom22=Curitiba%2C%20Brazil | |
Office for National Statistics (UK) ONS data services, recent Census developments, access to public data and a section on the UK in Figures at the National Statistics website. For downloads in csv format (a spreadsheet which can be saved as an Excel file) go to StatBase. http://www.statistics.gov.uk
ONS Neighbourhood statistics service Type in a postcode for the key statistics on that district (including DETR & Oxford University deprivation index 2000). Also can click on areas via a regional map for local authority and ward data. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/home.asp
Public sector information. For any government agency, local authority or government department 'open government' must be the first port of call. Now hosted by UK online. http://www.ukonline.gov.uk
Environment Agency Government agency for England and Wales which incorporates the pollution inspectorate. Click on Your Environment and look for the What's in your backyard? feature (the link is quite small). You should be able to type in a postcode and get a map for the general area showing environmental information (eg landfill sites, pollution inventory, floodplain maps). Pick pollution inventory, use the Q tool and select query layer to get detailed information on local polluters. http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
UK Government Cabinet Office: Social Exclusion Unit |
http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/seu/index.htm |
English Partnerships - the regeneration and development agency for England aunched in May 1999, created by combining the roles of the Commission for the New Towns (CNT) and the national functions of the Urban Regeneration Agency (known as English Partnerships). The agency is one of the country’s largest landowners, participates in partnerships for the regeneration and development of target areas, aims to cost-effectively re-use previously developed (brownfield) land and find new sources of funding. http://www.englishpartnerships.co.uk
| Newcastle upon Tyne Most UK urban local authorities have 'green' policies of some sort and pay some attention to Agenda 21. All get involved in transport issues and have to get rid of waste. | |
| Provisional Local Transport Plan for Tyne and Wear 2000 -2005 (pdf documents requiring adobe acrobat) | http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/home.nsf/a/res_transplan?opendocument |
| Charter for the Environment | http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/home.nsf/a/res_envchart?opendocument |
| Urban Housekeeping Green paper | http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/home.nsf/a/res_uhgp?opendocument |
| Environment page | {http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/home.nsf/a/resenviron?opendocument |
| Environmental issues | http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/home.nsf/a/res_envissues |
| Doing your bit to reduce waste | http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/home.nsf/a/res_recyclenews?opendocument |
