This volume is a thematically arranged summary of an associated event of the Third Annual World Bank Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development held in Washington. The first chapter contains...
This volume contains a summary of the proceedings of the Sustainability and Self-Empowerment Seminar held in conjunction with the World Bank's Third Annual Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development...
This volume contains the edited texts and testimony provided by the 183 presenters at the Third Annual World Bank Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development held in Washington DC on October...
This volume is the summary of the collaboration between the Banks and the Union of Concerned Scientists during the Third Annual World Bank conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development held in...
One of the primary goals of the Environmentally Sustainable Development Vice Presidency of the World Bank is to enable people, in partnership with their governments and community organizations, to make...
The second annual World Bank conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development (ESD) was convened by the World Bank in September 1994 to focus on the "Human Face of the Urban Environment." Though about...
Ultimately, to be sustainable, cities must function for peoples, protect their health, provide shelter, and offer opportunities for employment and cultural expression. Leaders around the world are seeking...
A sustainbale community cannot be defined by legal boundaries but, rather, by relationships among its people and by their roots in a specific space. While cities may be the loci of a range of environmental...
The World Bank held a two day conference on the topic of "Traditional Knowledge and Sustainable Development." On September 27 and 28, 1993, the conference brought together a group of indigenous peoples...
The major contribution of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit was to raise global consciousness on environmental issues. That event brought together global, national, and local officials; experts; activists; academics;...
The First Annual Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development (ESD) was held at the World Bank on September 30 and October 1, 1993. This annual conference series was inaugurated a year after the...
On April 2 and 3, 1992, a major international conference was held at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. The Topic was "Culture and Development in sub-Saharan Africa." The interim proceedings, published...
On April 2 and 3, 1992, a major international conference was held at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. The Topic was "Culture and Development in sub-Saharan Africa." The interim proceedings, published...