Transforming Kolkata A Partnership For A More Sustainable Inclusive And Resilient City

Author : Neeta Pokhrel
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
ISBN 13 : 9292614010
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transforming Kolkata written by Neeta Pokhrel and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication explores the views of stakeholders in the two decades of partnership between the Asian Development Bank and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation in India. The Asian Development Bank supported Kolkata's integrated planning and phased investments of over $1 billion towards building resilience, inclusiveness, and improved and sustainable urban services. Essential lessons provided in this publication may be useful for other megacities in the region seeking to become more livable.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
ISBN 13 : 9789292614003
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transforming Kolkata: A Partnership for a More Sustainable, Inclusive, and Resilient City written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2019-05 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication explores the views of stakeholders in the two decades of partnership between ADB and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation in India. ADB supported Kolkata's integrated planning and phased investments of over $1 billion towards building resilience, inclusiveness, and improved and sustainable urban services. Essential lessons provided in this publication may be useful for other megacities in the region seeking to become more livable.

Author : David Lloyd Owen
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030494543
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Water Funding written by David Lloyd Owen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-29 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is safe and sustainable water and sanitation for all an unaffordable pipedream? This book surveys the worldwide development of water and sewage services and the challenges in meeting Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) along with climate change, population growth and urbanisation. It explores the reasons why current SDG6 progress is failing, including weak policy implementation, staff shortages and inadequate funding, as well as the limited impact of aid funding. The author contends that despite a series of innovations, debt finance remains too small to address needs of developing economies. Therefore, instead of advocating new funding, this book proposes addressing the funding gap through technological innovation and more efficient management and procurement through a series of examples that have challenged traditional assumptions. After four decades of good intentions, SDG6 is making a difference in monitoring shortfalls for the first time, allowing for more effective responses. This book outlines the role of innovation in hardware development, procurement and installation, and discusses how network management and operations can most effectively address funding gaps. The potential for savings is considerable, if effectively replicated. New approaches are driving forward affordable resilience, including nature-based solutions such as upstream habitat enhancement to retain water and improve downstream water quality; the circular economy, including water, nutrient, energy and heat recovery from wastewater; and demand management. This book will be of great value to scholars, policy makers and practitioners interested in the global finance of sustainable water and sanitation.

Author : Ashok Kumar Jain
Publisher : Discovery Publishing House Pvt Limited
ISBN 13 : 9789350568743
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Transformation written by Ashok Kumar Jain and published by Discovery Publishing House Pvt Limited. This book was released on 2017 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book 'Urban Transformation' attempts to capture wide ranging urban issues and how these integrate into a composite framework of planning, development and governance of Indian cities.It has also a vision to develop 100 new smart cities, and is committed to provide Housing for All by the year 2022, to conserve heritage cities, and to make Indian cities, villages and rivers clean and pollution free. These missions can be either torch bearers of India's urban future or turnout as disasters.

Author : Bambang Susantono
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
ISBN 13 : 929262783X
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creating Livable Asian Cities written by Bambang Susantono and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how Asia's fast-growing cities can fulfil their potential as engines of economic prosperity and provide a livable environment for all citizens. But for this to happen, major challenges that reduce urban communities' quality of life and economic opportunities must be addressed. These include poor planning, a lack of affordable housing, inequalities, pollution, climate vulnerabilities, and urban infrastructure deficits. The book's 19 articles unwrap these challenges and present solutions focused on smart and inclusive planning, sustainable transport and energy, innovative financing, and resilience and rejuvenation.

Author : International Centre for Engineering Education
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9231004379
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engineering for Sustainable Development written by International Centre for Engineering Education and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report highlights the crucial role of engineering in achieving each of the 17 SDGs. It shows how equal opportunities for all is key to ensuring an inclusive and gender balanced profession that can better respond to the shortage of engineers for implementing the SDGs. It provides a snapshot of the engineering innovations that are shaping our world, especially emerging technologies such as big data and AI, which are crucial for addressing the pressing challenges facing humankind and the planet. It analyses the transformation of engineering education and capacity-building at the dawn of the Fourth Industrial Revolution that will enable engineers to tackle the challenges ahead. It highlights the global effort needed to address the specific regional disparities, while summarizing the trends of engineering across the different regions of the world.

Author : Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030613658
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Inclusive City written by Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-21 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a conceptual framework for understanding the inclusive city. It clarifies the concept, dimensions and tensions of social and economic inclusion and outlines different forms of exclusion to which inclusion may be an antidote. The authors argue that as inclusion involves a range of inter-group and intragroup tensions, the unifying role of local government is crucial in making inclusion a reality for all, as is also the adoption of an inclusive and collaborative governance style. The book emphasizes the need to shift from citizens’ rights to value creation, thus building a connection with urban economic development. It demonstrates that inclusion is an opportunity to widen the local resource base, create collaborative synergies, and improve conditions for entrepreneurship, which are conducive to the creation of shared urban prosperity.

Author : Cynthia Rosenzweig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1316603334
Total Pages : 855 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Climate Change and Cities written by Cynthia Rosenzweig and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 855 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate Change and Cities bridges science-to-action for climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts in cities around the world.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
ISBN 13 : 9292577204
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Enabling Inclusive Cities written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This tool kit presents an integrated approach to inclusive urban development and was prepared for ADB staff and their partners to engage in inclusive urban development programming and implementation as an integral component of ADB’s lending programs. It presents methods to gather required information on a particular context and location for inclusive urban development; to decide priorities; and to plan, design, and implement inclusive urban projects. The operational focus is provided by practical guidelines and criteria for inclusive urban development projects and is designed to stimulate innovation in the solution and approaches that define inclusive urban development projects.

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9231001701
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture: urban future written by UNESCO and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report presents a series of analyses and recommendations for fostering the role of culture for sustainable development. Drawing on a global survey implemented with nine regional partners and insights from scholars, NGOs and urban thinkers, the report offers a global overview of urban heritage safeguarding, conservation and management, as well as the promotion of cultural and creative industries, highlighting their role as resources for sustainable urban development. Report is intended as a policy framework document to support governments in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Urban Development and the New Urban Agenda.