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Urban adaptation to climate change in Europe

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This report provides a European overview of the challenges and opportunities of urban adaptation to climate change and links them with these other initiatives that provide more detailed information on local climate change impacts, and good practice guidance. As such it facilitates the debate on European and national support for urban adaptation, feeds into the European Climate Adaptation Platform Climate‑ADAPT, and supports an effective participation of local governments in the development and more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 16, 2012

Fast Facts: Public-Private Partnerships for Service Delivery

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Effective delivery of basic services, particularly to the poor, is a key to success in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). UNDP's programme Public-Private Partnerships for Service Delivery (PPPSD) supports developing countries in their efforts to create a conducive environment for pro-poor PPPs which increase access to basic services. By promoting inclusive partnerships between local government and various non- state actors including businesses, community groups, NGOs, more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 15, 2012

Unsafe foundations: Secure the right to housing in Romania

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Romania does not effectively respect, protect and fulfill the right to adequate housing for all its citizens, either in law or practice. marginalized communities, such as the roma, frequently suffer systematic abuses of their right to housing. This briefing by Amnesty International, Unsafe foundations: Secure the right to housing in Romania, outlines key requirements under international law that must be complied with by governments to safeguard the right to housing, including a prohibition of more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 15, 2012

Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) Risk Reduction through Community-based Approaches

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One of the manifestations of the impact of climate change has emerged in the form of GLOF hazard – glacial lake outburst floods. With a view to strengthen GLOF risk mitigation efforts, the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR), UNDP has been focusing on emerging hazards in the Himalayan region. The aim has been to develop activities and initiatives which can be implemented in a feasible manner and can be sustained by communities and local administrations easily to mitigate the impact more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 15, 2012

Determinants of Local Currency Bonds and Foreign Holdings

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This case study explores which variables—macroeconomic, institutional, and capital controls—are most important in explaining cross-country differences in bond market development. It uses the ratio of amount of local currency bonds outstanding over GDP as a measure of bond market development from 43 countries during 1990–2009. The study examines government and corporate bond markets separately, as the characteristics of these markets are substantially different and requires separate examination. more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 15, 2012

Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century

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This report provides forward-looking operational assistance to policy makers and technical specialists in the rapidly expanding cities and towns of the developing world on how best to manage the risk of floods. It takes a strategic approach, in which appropriate risk management measures are assessed, selected and integrated in a process that both informs and involves the full range of stakeholders.

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Moushumi Biswas on May 03, 2012

Managing two and three wheelers in Asia

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Two and three wheelers will remain as important modes of transport in many Asian countries and cities. This report aims to provide policymakers and city authorities in Asian countries and cities updated information on the issues, policies, and regulations regulating to emissions and the increasing use of motorized two and three wheelers. It makes use of the results of activities and studies conducted y the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) Center and the UNEP Partnership for more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 07, 2012

The 21st century urban disaster

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The issue brief details the evolving nature of humanitarian response and how humanitarian assistance differs in urban and rural contexts. It asserts that the staggering costs of rebuilding and the economic losses associated with urban disasters are leading many governments to focus additional resources on disaster preparedness and mitigation activities. The brief further details the challenges associated with providing relief after an urban disaster and describe CHF’s success in Haiti following more...

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Moushumi Biswas on March 10, 2012

How to make cities more resilient: a handbook for local government leaders

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This handbook provides mayors, governors, councillors and other local government leaders with a generic framework for risk reduction and points to good practices and tools that are already being applied in different cities for that purpose. It discusses why building disaster resilience is beneficial; what kind of strategies and actions are required; and how to go about the task. It offers practical guidance to understand and take action on the "Ten Essentials for Making Cities Resilient" as set more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 07, 2012

Reducing the HIV risk of girls living on the street

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Sarah is one of an estimated 20,000 children living rough on Kinshasa's streets, many from homes too poor to feed them, some after being thrown out of their homes because they were accused of sorcery, while others end up on the streets as a result of the divorce and remarriage of a parent whose new partner won't accept them. According to NGOs, about one-third of these children are girls, and around 80 percent of girls on the street make a living from sex.

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Moushumi Biswas on May 09, 2012

The State of the World’s Children 2012

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More than half the world’s 7 billion people now live in urban areas. What does this mean for children? The State of the World’s Children 2012: Children in an Urban World examines the situation of children growing up in urban settings and finds that denials of children’s rights to survival, health, nutrition, education and protection are widespread. It sheds light on the scale of these urban inequities and suggests ways to ensure that urban childhoods are safe, healthy, participatory and more...

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Sonia Hossain on March 27, 2012

Concept note: fourth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

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This concept note for the fourth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction outlines the main themes of the conference. The aim of the Fourth Session will be to continue the momentum into a durable and sustained effort from all actors (governments, NGOs and civil society, international agencies and organizations, academic and technical institutions, and the private sector) to take shared responsibility in reducing risks and reinforcing resilience in our communities. The Fourth more...

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Moushumi Biswas on March 15, 2012

Capitalising social resource: A community initiative for urban safety

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This document captures a good practice from Sylhet, Bangladesh, where community volunteers and the existing community networks have demonstrated disaster response for local people and drawn their attention towards the necessity of disaster preparedness, as part of the implementation of effective urban safety programmes. The document reports on a community drill, initiated Market Level Mock Drill financed by Waves Community Volunteer Group in Sylhet and implemented in close collaboration with more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 08, 2012

Cleaning Up Urban Bus Fleets

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This document provides information and resources to policy makers in developing and transition countries on key steps that can be taken to clean up the emissions from bus fleets. The focus of this report is on bus fleets but the strategies detailed here can also be applied to reducing emissions from other heavy-duty diesel vehicles that operate within developing and transition countries including refuse trucks, dump trucks, or highway maintenance vehicles. A brief introduction is also provided more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 07, 2012

Collective actions for resilient urban areas

narri-bd.org –

This document introduces an approach towards urban disaster risk reduction in which urbanization is believed to be both a cause and effect of economic growth, employment generation and overall development of a country. It looks at the various aspects of how Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) builds disaster preparedness into this phenomenon for an overall risk reduction in urban areas. It also captures IRW's approach in urban areas, where communities have been empowered with a very good knowledge more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 08, 2012

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