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Urban Environmental Management

Documents	Insights
Keywords	How-Tos
Links	Chronicles

	MEAs and Cities
	EMS for Cities
	Japan Urban Observatory

	Ecological Footprints
	Guide to City Networks
	The Trialogue

	Capacity Building
	Disaster Mitigation
	Energy Management
	Environmental Education
	Green Construction
	Impact Assessment
	Life Cycle Assessment
	Local Agenda 21
	Slums and Squatters
	Sustainable Tourism
	Transportation
	Urban Information
	Urban Planning
	Waste Management
	Water Resources

Links
Resources on the Internet

INDEX

Lists, indices and guides

Organizations and institutions

Programmes and Initiatives

Local Government Networks

Sustainable Cities, Ecopolis and Eco-city

Pollution Issues

Environmental Law and Legislation

Habitat II - The City Summit

Information Management Issues

Ministries and Departments of Environment

City and Regional homepages

Sustainable Communities and Participation

Sustainable Development

Academic programmes

Other resources

Lists, indices and guides

CEROI: Cities Environment Reports on the Internet
City of Bits Online
CYBURBIA: Planning and Architecture Internet Resource Center
IGC's ECONet
Enviro-Economics Gateway
Environmental Resources Management
Forum: habitat in developing countries
Global Eco-village Network (GEN)
Forum: Habitat in Developing Countries
Internet Tour: Enhancing Planning and Participation
The International Local Government Homepage
LOGON: The Local Governance Learning Network Trust
LOGOV: International Local Governance and Development
Online Planning
OneWorld Guides: The City
Southern Africa Environment Page
Urban Managers Gateway
Urban Planning and the Internet - An exploration
URBANET: Network for Decentralization and Municipal Development
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Organizations and institutions
Cities 21 Homepage
Earth Council: The Earth Network for Sustainable Development
European Commission: DG XI - Environment, Nuclear Safety and Civil Protection
European Academy of the Urban Environment
Global Environment Centre Foundation
Global Environment Facility
Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment (GLOBE)
Great Cities Institute
Megacities 2000 Foundation
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
Sister Cities International
Virtual Planning Lab
International and UN Organizations:
[ ADB ] [ IMF ] [ OECD] [ UNCHS ] [ UNCTAD ] [ UNDP ] [ UNEP ] [ UNESCO ] [ World Bank ]
Multilateral Organizations:
[ AusAID ] [ CIDA ] [ GTZ ] [ IDRC ] [ JICA ] [ ODA-GB ] [ OECF ] [ USAID ]
Programmes and Initiatives
APEC: Sustainable Cities
@PRENET: Asia Pacific Regional Environmental Network
BCSC: Business Coalition for Sustainable Cities
EA.UE: European Academy of the Urban Environment
EU: European Sustainable Cities & Towns Campaign
GURI: Global Urban Research Initiative
IHDP: International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change
Metropolis: Research and policy on migration and cities.
LEAD: Leadership for Environment and Development
NAAEC: Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)
NASA: The Urban Environment Initiative (UEI)
SEI: Stockholm Environment Institute's Urban Environment Programme
UNCHS: The Urban Environmental Forum
UNDP: Public Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment
UNEP: Global Resource Information Database
UNEP/UNCHS: Sustainable Cities Programme
UNESCO: Management of Social Transformations (MOST)
US-DOE: Clean Cities Partnership
WHO: Healthy Cities Project
World Bank: Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Local Government Networks
Check the UEMRI Guide to City Networks
CCRE/CEMR : Council of European Municipalities & Regions
CITYNET:The Regional Network of Local Authorities for the Management of Human Settlements
CLAIR: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations
ENAC:European User Center for Municipalities & Government
FCM: Federation of Canadian Municipalities
ICLEI: The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
ICMA: International City/County Management Association
INTA-AIVN: International Urban development Association
IULA: International Union of Local Authorities
LGIU: The Local Government Information Unit
LOGO: LOGO Management Resources - The National Resources DataBank for Australian Councils
MWM: Municipal World magazine
NLC: National League of Cities
ROMA: European Project links at the Roma Local Government Website
SCI:Sister Cities International
VALOGOS: Virtual Academy of Local Government Studies
Sustainable Cities, Ecopolis and Eco-cities
Sustainable Cities Research Institute
Urban Ecology Australia
Oakland Ecopolis: a Plan for a Green Plan - Ernest J. Yanarella et. al
The ECO-CITY Project in Bangalore, India
Waitakere City - New Zealand
Sutainable Seattle
Sustainable Chattanooga
The Eco-Village Information Service
Green Building
OIKOS: Green Building Source
Environmental Building News
GreenClips Environmental Journal
Green Builder: Sustainable Building Sourcebook
Pollution Issues
World Bank: New Ideas in Pollution Regulation
Environment Canada: Pollution Data Branch Home Page
US EPA: EnviroSense
TOXNET: Toxicology Data Network
Friends of the Earth: The Chemical Release Inventory
The Ozone Secretariat
Environmental Law and Legislation
Asia - Pacific Centre for Environmental Law
Earthlaw: Environmental Law in the Public Interest
Environmental Law Information Center
Environmental Law Institute
Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI)
Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment and Development: Agreements, IGOs and NGOs
Internet Law Library Environmental, natural resource and energy law
Pace Virtual Environmental Law Library
World Wide Web Virtual Library on Environmental Law
Yahoo: Environment and Nature Law
Habitat II - The City Summit
United Nations Centre for Human Settlements - UNCHS (Habitat)
AIESEC: Habitat II - The City Summit
Best Practices for Human Settlements Database
ECO-HAB International Page
Habitat 2: Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements
Habitat II - United Nations Conference on Human Settlements. Istanbul, Turkey 3-14 June 1996
Habitat II Clearinghouse Web Server
Information Habitat: Where Information Lives
The Second UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) 3-14 June 1996
The U.S. Network for Habitat II
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's message on World Habitat Day, 1997
Information Management Issues
AGENDA 21, CHAPTER 40: Information for Decision-Making
World Bank: Information for Development Programme
World List of Departments and Schools of Information Studies and related fields
Information Management Performance Measures
Information Resources Management Bibliography
Document: Africa on the Internet - Starting Points for Policy Information
Proceedings: Making a Difference - Measuring the Impact of Information on Development
Sustainable Development Networking Programme
Pan African Development Information System [PADIS]
Pan Asia Networking [IDRC]
Information-transfer Stations for Developing Countries in Asia
The Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development
Global Information Infrastructure Commission
International Telecommunication Union
TOOL Foundation: Exchange and dissemination of technical information
UNESCO's Communication, Information and Informatics Sector
Ministries and Departments of Environment
Europe: European Environment Agency
Australia: ERIN Homepage
Austria: Ministry of the Environment
Canada: The Green Lane, by Environment Canada (Home Page)
Czech Republic: Czech Ministry of the Environment
Denmark: Ministry of Environment and Energy
Iceland: Iceland Ministry of Environment
Italy: National Agency for the New Technologies, Energy and the Environment (ENEA)
Japan: Environmental Agency of Japan
Luxembourg: Ministry of the Environment
MALAYSIA: Department of the Environment
Netherlands: Ministry of the Environment
New Zealand: Ministry of the Environment
Norway: Ministry of Environment
Singapore: Ministry of the Environment
Sweden: NUTEK
UK: The Environment Agency and The Department of the Environment
USA: Environment Protection Agency, EPA Home Page and the Department of Energy (DOE)
City and Regional homepages
International Local Government Homepage
CityNet Homepage
Canada: City Homepages on the Web
Japan: Cities and Prefectural Governments
U.S.A.: CityLink
Sustainable Communities and Participation
Urban Managers on the Development Gateway
The Resource Renewal Institute (RRI) and Green Plans
Sustainable Communities Network (SCN)
Sustainable Communities Resource Package
Welcome to the Center for Sustainable Communities
Local Sustainability: The European Good Practice Information Service
Center for Civic Networking
Communities On-line
FAO - People and Participation
Guide to Effective Participation (David Wilcox)
Institute of Development Studies - Participation resources
PARNet Action Research Archive
Smart Communities Network
World Bank Participation page
Sustainable Development
Business for Social Responsibility
GreenClips
Indicators of Sustinable Development
International Institute for Sustainable Development
The Natural Step
The New Bottom Line
Sustainable Business Network
Sustainable Communities Network
World Business Council on Sustainable Development
MN Office of Environmental Assistance
Academic programmes
Centre for Developing Cities: Programmes in Urban Management
Cornell University: Urban Environment Program
Development Planning Unit: Environmental Planning and Management Programme
Institute for Housing Studies: Urban Environment Management
Lund University: International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Urban and Environmental Studies
University of Melbourne: Urban Environments
Wageningen Agricultural University: MSc in Urban Environmental Management
Manchester University: The Centre for Urban and Regional Ecology (CURE)
Other resources
Journals on Urban and Regional Planning: [ ON-LINE ][ OFF-LINE ]

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