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Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Lami Town, Fiji |
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Fiji is located in the South Pacific Ocean between latitude 15° and 22° South and longitude 175° East and 178° West. The national territory contains 330 islands, of which only about 100 are inhabited.
Lami Town is equally susceptible to the risks...
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Year: 2010,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
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Port Moresby is a coastal hilly city located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the South Eastern coast of the island of New Guinea. Port Moresby is the largest urban center in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and forms the National Capital District.
Po...
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Year: 2010,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Port Vila, Vanuatu |
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Port Vila, the national capital of Vanuatu
is located on the island of Efate and serves a population of over 50,000, many of which reside in informal settlements on the peripheries of the municipal council boundary. Vanuatu is affected by the cycle...
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Year: 2010,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Apia, Samoa |
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Apia is the capital and largest city in Samoa. It lies in the central north coast of Upolu Island, the largest of the four main inhabited islands of Samoa. The combined land area of Samoa is estimated at 2,935 km2. In 2006 the Apia urban area constit...
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Year: 2010,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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Cities and Climate Change: An Introduction |
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Decision-makers who guide urban development need the most reliable and current information possible upon which to act. Unfortunately a good deal of information – some contradictory, not all trustworthy – is in circulation regarding climate change and...
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Year: 2010,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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Climate Change Assessment for Maputo, Mozambique |
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The Maputo Climate Change Assessment is based on the proposed Framework for Urban Climate Risk Assessment developed by the Fifth Urban Research Symposium. The climate risk assessment framework focuses on how cities are affected by climate change as o...
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Year: 2010,
Number of pages: 20, Type of publication: Book
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SORSOGON CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT |
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The Sorsogon Climate Change Assessment examines the climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation capacity of a small coastal city in the Philippines - Sorsogon City in the Bicol Region. The assessment uses a participatory Vulnerability and Ad...
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Year: 2010,
Number of pages: 20, Type of publication: Book
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Climate Change Assessment for Kampala, Uganda |
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UN-HABITAT’s Cities and Climate Change Initiative promotes enhanced climate change mitigation and
adaptation in developing country cities. Kampala is a pilot city of the Initiative, and this document is an
initial output of the Kampala’s Cities and...
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Year: 2010,
Number of pages: 20, Type of publication: Book
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Climate Change Assessment for Esmeraldas, Ecquador |
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This report is based on the Adaptation to Climate Change in Ecuador and the city of Esmeraldas: An
Assessment of Challenges and Opportunities, 2009, prepared within the framework of UN-HABITAT ’s
Cities in Climate Change Initiative.
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Year: 2010,
Number of pages: 24, Type of publication: Book
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Low-Cost Sustainable Building Materials and Construction Technologies |
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The building and construction industry is considered a major contributor to climate change - and a key player in sustainable development - with the potential to significantly impact the environment in both positive and negative terms. According to th...
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Year: 2009,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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SUD-Net Brochure |
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Globally, towns and cities of all sizes are growing at unprecedented rates, making sustainable urbanization one of the most pressing challenges facing the global community in this century. Promoting sustainable urban development is a priority for mos...
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Year: 2009,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Esmeraldas, Ecuador |
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The city and province of esmeraldas is considered one of the most vulnerable regions to the effects of climate change in ecuador. in 2007, almost 60% of the population lived in areas with medium to high risks of floods or landslides. informal settlem...
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Year: 2009,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Kampala, Uganda |
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Kampala is characterized by urban sprawl and increasing informal settlements resulting from increasing population pressure and inadequate land use planning. The settlements are located in high risk areas with poor sanitation and prone to flooding. Du...
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Year: 2009,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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Cities and Climate Change Initiative: Maputo, Mozambique |
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Maputo is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change since it faces the indian Ocean and is the most densely populated urban area in Mozambique. the rising sea level has resulted in salty intrusion, impacting on agricultural activities and co...
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Year: 2009,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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UN-HABITAT Climate Change Strategy 2010-2013 |
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This document helps to better understand how climate change impacts on cities and urban centres, with particular emphasis on urban slums, and how best UN-HABITAT can shape its activities at global and country levels, drawing on its comparative advant...
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Year: 2009,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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