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Water for Livable and Resilient Cities

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Water plays a central role in almost every aspect of our urban environment and quality of life in our cities. Alarmingly, the combined impacts of rapid population growth and climate change are now posing a severe threat to the liveability and resilience of our cities. However, it is possible to design water systems that provide cities with the capacity to cope with these threats. So-called “water sensitive urban design” creates water sensitive cities that enhance and protect the health of watercourses and wetlands; mitigate flood risk and damage; and create public spaces that harvest, clean and recycle water. This approach poses complex planning and urban design challenges. And it requires solutions that address equally complex and interrelated considerations, such as social, environmental, political, economic, planning and engineering disciplines.

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Chains and Rural Economic Development in Latin America

Available in English

The paper combines practical experiences, testimonies and cases, such conceptual reflections on the approach of chains and their relationship to processes of rural territorial economic development.

Developed by Consortium of Provincial Autonomous of E...

Posted by Local2030

Case studies and best practices

Training Manual on selected human settlements indicators of the SDG

Available in English

This training manual provides what participants should learn, how long training on the module should take and facilitator’s notes to assist him to facilitate the module better by identifying and highl...

Developed by United Nations Human Settlements Program...

Posted by Fabienne Perucca

Tools : Monitoring and Evaluation

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