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Emerging Livelihood Vulnerabilities in an Urbanizing and Climate Uncertain Environment for the Case of a Secondary City in Thailand

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2018
Thailand
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
urban planning
urbanization
environment
climate change
periurban areas
urban areas
urban land
water
water management
urban population
ncreasing flood risks in Thailand are leading to new challenges for flood management and subsequently for livelihoods, which are still significantly agricultural. Policy makers prefer building flood protection infrastructure over utilizing non-structural measures like urban planning regulations to mitigate risks. We argue that unplanned urbanization intensifies flood risks and livelihood vulnerability and may even create new poverty patterns in peri-urban areas.
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Pricing reforms for sustainable water use and management in the Philippines

Reports & Research
December, 2018
Philippines
Urban Tenure
urban population
water management
poverty
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Proposta de um modelo de gestão integrada de águas urbanas em escala de lote residencial: alcances e limitações

Reports & Research
Brazil
Urban Tenure
urban areas
urban population
water management
Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo principal o desenvolvimento de contribuições de natureza técnica para uma proposta de política pública visando a criação de um novo modelo de gestão de águas urbanas, por meio do desenvolvimento e implantação, em escala de lote residencial, de um sistema de gestão integrada da drenagem seletiva e aproveitamento de águas pluviais, e reúso de esgotos sanitários tratados, denominado \"Sistema de Drenagem e Reúso Inteligente\" (SiDRI).
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En la periferia de la ciudad y la gobernanza : un estudio de caso sobre la gestión local del agua y saneamiento en el Asentamiento Humano del Cerro Las Ánimas

Reports & Research
April, 2016
Peru
Urban Tenure
urban areas
urban population
water management
Lima presenta una inequidad en el acceso a los servicios de agua y saneamiento, por ello la modernización del sector apunta a la universalización del servicio. Esta tesis investiga a partir del enfoque de la ecología política y los sistemas socioecológicos los impactos de la política hídrica urbana en la gestión local del agua en las zonas periurbana de Lima, a través de un estudio de caso sobre el acceso al agua y alcantarillado del Asentamiento Humano del Cerro Las Ánimas, en el distrito de Puente Piedra. La investigación se ampara en los pilares de la investigación cualitativa.
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Análise do manejo das águas pluviais no município de São Carlos : estudo da bacia do córrego Santa Maria do Leme

Reports & Research
Brazil
Urban Tenure
water management
urban planning
urban population
A major challenge of Brazilian municipalities is to harmonize urban growth with the provision of public service. São Carlos, a municipality in the State of São Paulo also tries to solve this issue. The lack of urban planning coupled with the absence of occupation control measures promotes the soil sealing, which is responsible for the flooding in the valley bottoms. Considering this scenario, the object of study of this dissertation is the creek watershed Santa Maria do Leme. This watershed, even undeveloped, suffers with the occurrence of flooding in the region of its mouth.
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Timor-Leste

Country Environmental Analysis

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
July, 2009
Timor-Leste, Eastern Asia, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
Urban Tenure
Forest Tenure
climate change
deforestation
desertification
fisheries
food security
forest land
forest law
forestry
land degradation
land tenure
land use
property rights
rural areas
rural development
rural population
sustainable development
urban areas
urban population
urbanization
water management
The Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) for Timor-Leste identifies environmental priorities through a systematic review of environmental issues in natural resources management and environmental health in the context of the country's economic development and environmental institutions. Lack of data has been the main limitation in presenting a more rigorous analysis. Nevertheless, the report builds on the best available secondary data, presents new data on the country's wealth composition, and derives new results on the costs of water and air pollution.
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Unfinished Business

Mobilizing New Efforts to Achieve the 2015 Millenium Development Goals

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2010
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
Urban Tenure
capacity development
climate change
food security
land tenure
local communities
natural disasters
rural areas
rural population
sustainable development
urban population
urbanization
waste (abuse)
water management
Backed by sound economic policies and until the global crisis, a buoyant global economy, many developing countries made significant movement toward achieving the 2015millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly those for poverty reduction, gender parity in education, and reliable access to safe water. But even before the global economic crisis, progress in achieving some MDGs, especially those on child and maternal mortality, primary school completion, hunger, and sanitation, was lagging. The global food, fuel and economic crises have set back progress to the MDGs.
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Estratégia nacional de Conservação da Natureza e Biodiversidade ENCNB 2025 (Portugal)

Manuals & Guidelines
June, 2017
Portugal
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
communal territory
environment
land governance
natural resources management
nature reserves
rural population
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
territory
urban population
water management
A ENCNB é um instrumento fundamental da prossecução da política de ambiente e na resposta às responsabilidades nacionais e internacionais de reduzir a perda de património natural. Avaliações à escala regional e global evidenciam, de modo crescente, que a prosperidade económica e o bem-estar da sociedade são suportados pelo capital natural, o que inclui os ecossistemas naturais e os seus serviços cuja funcionalidade depende, em larga escala, da utilização sustentável e eficiente dos recursos.
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Ressources naturelles et environnment lettre d'infomation

Reports & Research
December, 2011
Urban Tenure
natural resources management
water management
peri-urban agriculture
urbanization
urban population
urban areas
Dans ce numéro, nous examinerons le Partenariat mondial sur les bioénergies et le travail important qu’il a entrepris – en collaboration avec les gouvernements et les institutions internationales – pour formuler des indicateurs de durabilité pour les projets de bioénergie. Nous nous intéresserons aussi à l’Initiative ‘Aliments pour les villes’, une approche intégratrice pour coordonner les activités de la FAO dans les zones urbaines et périurbaines et pour partager les bonnes pratiques avec d’autres organisations internationales et de la société civile.
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Natural Resources and Environment Newsletter

Reports & Research
December, 2011
Brazil, Italy
Urban Tenure
natural resources management
water management
peri-urban agriculture
urbanization
urban population
urban areas
In this issue, we discuss the Global Bioenergy Partnership and the important work it is undertaking - in collaboration with governments and international organizations - to establish sustainability indicators for bioenergy projects. We also report on the Food for the Cities Initiative, an integrative approach to coordinating FAO's activities in urban and peri-urban areas and sharing best practices with other international and civil society organizations. Finally, we introduce the new water report: Climate change, water and food security.