Urban World Volume IV · Issue 04

Publication language
English
Pages
29pp.
Date published
01 Dec 2011
Type
Blogs
Keywords
Environment & climate, Urban, Water, sanitation and hygiene
Organisations
UN Habitat

Contents:

OPINION
Message from the Executive
Director

COVER STORY
Water and sanitation
New report shows countries will not hit UN sanitation targets by 2015
Waiting for a solution Frank Rijsberman

Singapore – collecting every drop of water
Hon. Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Why indigenous knowledge can help climate change adaptation
Bharat Dahiya and Danai Thaitakoo

Bhutan adopts innovative approach to development
Rinchen Dorji

ANALYSIS
The voice of a water messenger
Karun Koernig

INTERVIEW
The threat to Senegal from climate change
Cheikh Bamba Dièye,
Mayor of Saint Louis

URBAN WATCH
How Chengdu is building a bridge to the urban-rural divide
Nicholas You and Mark Takefman

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
UN-HABITAT Meetings
World Habitat Day
2011 Habitat
Scroll of Honour awards

Energy conservation:A mini solar revolution
Alex Aylett

The United Nations CEO Water Mandate
Peter Schulte and Jason Morrison