Environmental Integrated Assessments for Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean: GEO Cities Project

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationEcosystems Division
dc.coverage.spatialLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-04T08:30:12Z
dc.date.available2019-08-04T08:30:12Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.descriptionWithin the framework of the GEO project and responding to the call of the Forum of Ministers of the Environment and activities related to the Johannesburg Summit, the GEO Cities project was launched in 2001 This project aims at promoting a better understanding at the dynamics of cities and their environments, providing local governments, scientists, policy makers and the public in general in the region with reliable and up-to-date information about their cities. The objectives of the project are to: Recognize the links between environmental conditions and human activities, especially those related to urban development, Contribute to build local technical capacities that will permit integrated assessments to be made on the state of the urban environment; Guide consensus building on the most critical environmental problems in each city and encouraging all sectors of society to engage in dialogue and participate in the decision making process; Make it possible to formulate and implement urban strategies and plans that will help Cities improve urban environmental management; Encourage the creation at institutional networks in the city.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29177
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number36 p.
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectair
dc.subjectbiological diversity
dc.subjectcity
dc.subjectcultural heritage
dc.subjectenvironmental impact assessment
dc.subjectenvironmental management
dc.subjectsolid waste management
dc.subjecturban development
dc.subjecturban environment
dc.subjecturbanization
dc.subjectwaste disposal
dc.subjectwaste
dc.subjectwater
dc.subjectBiodiversity
dc.subject.sdgSDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.subject.themeeconomics
dc.subject.themefinance
dc.subject.themenatural areas
dc.subject.themelandscape
dc.subject.themeecosystems
dc.titleEnvironmental Integrated Assessments for Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean: GEO Cities Projecten
dc.typeCommunication or other resource

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