Table of Contents

About The Environmental Strategies Site

• About This Site
          Navigation slide show
• Features of the Web Site
          Animated Side Show
• Credits
• Related Web Site
• Technical Notes
• On Line Forms
          Support Hot Line
          Contributions
• Home Page
          Quick Entry
          Current Events

Understanding Issues

• Introduction


• Why is there so much attention on improving the urban environment?
• What are key urban environmental problems?
• Who suffers? Identifying the vulnerable groups.

• Issues


• Is urban development an environmental blessing or a curse?
• Is urban poverty a cause or consequence of environmental problems?
• Is the ‘Green Agenda’ appropriate in poor cities? How to reconcile conflicting priorities?
• Why do rural-urban linkages matter?

• Strategies


• What can governments do? Good governance for good environments – I.
• What can civil society do? Good governance for good environments – II.
• What can the public-private sector do to improve environmental services?
• What can the private sector do for ecological sustainability?

Framework for Action

• The Action Cycle
• Entry Points for Action
          Reviewing Human activities
          Confronting Impacts
          Developing Strategic Policies

Developing Strategies

• Scale of Action and Planning Strategies
• Participatory Planning
          MicroPlanning
• Professional-Lead Planning
          Strategic Planning Guide
          LEAP - Local Environmental Action Plan

Tools

• Introduction
• For Collection
          Data questionnaires
          Household surveys
          Random sample surveys
          Open-ended surveys
          Participatory techniques: involving stakeholders
          Stakeholder engagement techniques
          Participatory urban environmental assessment
          Contingent evaluation
          Geographic information systems
  • For Analysis
          Health profiles
          Indicators
          Ecological footprints
          Environmental profiles
          Comparative risk assessment
          Urban environmental impact assessment
          Urban environmental profiles
  • For Management and Financing
          Roles of stakeholders: residents, NGOs, CBOs, government
          Integrated management systems
          Environmental regulations and standards
          Zoning
          Pricing/use
          Sector management: transport, utilities
          Public awareness
          Proactice - reactive regulations

Sectors

• Water
• Sanitation
• Solid Waste
• Health
• Energy
• Transportation
• Urbanization

Resources

• Glossary
• Abbreviations
• References
          General
          Key Issues and Sectors
          Solid Waste
          Tools
          Handbooks
          Journals, Magazines, Newsletters
• Web Sites
          Environmental Links
          Databases
          Organizations
• Organizations
• Examples