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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2016
    Angola, Serbia, Bangladesh, China, Namibia, Australia, Ghana, Congo, India

    Este documento es el resultado final de ese proceso. Dirigido a una audiencia mundial – que comprende las instancias decisorias urbanas, funcionarios públicos, asesores políticos y demás partes interesadas – contribuirá al desarrollo de bosques urbanos y periurbanos que ayuden a las ciudades a resolver sus exigencias actuales y futuras de productos forestales y servicios del ecosistema.

  2. Library Resource

    Summary of Priority Policy Recommendations Drawn form World Bank Studies

    Training Resources & Tools
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    September, 2012
    Vietnam, Eastern Asia, Oceania

    Vietnam's rapid and sustained economic growth and poverty reduction in the last two decades benefitted from the policy and legal reforms embodied in the Land Laws of 1987, 1993 and 2003 and subsequent related legal acts. This note outlines reforms related to four main themes. The first relates to the needed reform for agriculture land use to create opportunity to enhance effectiveness of land use as well as to secure farmers' rights in land use. Prolonging the duration of agricultural land tenure would give land users greater incentives to invest and care for the land.

  3. Library Resource
    Legislation & Policies
    Legislation
    National Policies
    March, 2015
    Kenya

    The Land Act, 2012

    The Land Registration Act, 2012

    The National Land Commission Act, 2012

    The Environment & Land Court Act, 2011

    The Urban Areas & Cities Act, 2011

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    October, 2016
    Angola, Slovenia, United States of America, Spain, China, Australia, United Kingdom, Ghana, Central African Republic, Kenya, Morocco, Colombia, Serbia, Netherlands, Ireland, Canada, Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe

    These guidelines are the result a consultative process that involved a large number of practitioners from both developed and developing countries. Two meetings were held in Glasgow and Delhi and a tentative outline was agreed upon. The guidelines are intended to provide a reference framework for decision makers and planners to adequately plan, design and manage the forest and trees in and around their cities.

  5. Library Resource
    September, 2013

    In conformity with its objective of
    functioning as a local Government, Kathmandu Metropolitan
    City (KMC) sought the assistance of the World Bank for the
    preparation of a City Development Strategy (CDS) for
    Kathmandu. The various sectoral as well as integrated
    strategies presented in this document seem to be an
    overwhelming demand on KMC with its limited manpower and
    money. However, a CDS is essential if KMC is to focus its

  6. Library Resource
    September, 2013

    In conformity with its objective of
    functioning as a local Government, Kathmandu Metropolitan
    City (KMC) sought the assistance of the World Bank for the
    preparation of a City Development Strategy (CDS) for
    Kathmandu. The various sectoral as well as integrated
    strategies presented in this document seem to be an
    overwhelming demand on KMC with its limited manpower and
    money. However, a CDS is essential if KMC is to focus its

  7. Library Resource
    January, 2014

    In conformity with its objective of
    functioning as a local Government, Kathmandu Metropolitan
    City (KMC) sought the assistance of the World Bank for the
    preparation of a City Development Strategy (CDS). The
    various sectoral as well as integrated strategies presented
    in this document seem to be an overwhelming demand on KMC
    with its limited manpower and money. A CDS is essential if
    KMC is to focus its development potential. The optimism lies

  8. Library Resource
    March, 2013

    In Japan, the sustainable development of
    cities and provinces has been vigorously pursued since the
    late 1990s under various programs through the initiative of
    the central government and local authorities. In 2009, the
    World Bank launched an urban development initiative called
    Eco2 Cities: Ecological Cities as Economic Cities (Eco2
    Cities Initiative) to help cities in developing countries
    achieve greater synergistic ecological and economic

  9. Library Resource
    March, 2012

    Today, 370 million people live in cities
    in earthquake prone areas and 310 million in cities with
    high probability of tropical cyclones. By 2050, these
    numbers are likely to more than double. Mortality risk
    therefore is highly concentrated in many of the world s
    cities and economic risk even more so. This paper discusses
    what sets hazard risk in urban areas apart, provides
    estimates of valuation of hazard risk, and discusses

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