Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin

Carole Megevand

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Environment and Sustainable Deve
• The Congo Basin forests have been mainly "passively" protected by chronic political instability and conflict, poor infrastructure, and poor governance... Lees meer

Sustainable Low-Carbon City Development in China

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Environment and Sustainable Deve
• The continuing rapid growth and development of China's cities brings many complex challenges. Tasked with supporting strong economic development that ... Lees meer

Too Global to Fail

World Bank

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Environment and Sustainable Deve
• Too Global to Fail: The World Bank at the Intersection of National and Global Public Policy in 2025 analyzes the issue of global public goods, particu... Lees meer

Building Urban Resilience

Abhas K. Jha

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Environment and Sustainable Deve
• Resilience is the ability of a system, community, or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate to, and recover from the effects of a h... Lees meer

Sustainability and Poverty Alleviation

Ernesto Sánchez-Triana, Santiago Enriquez, Bjorn Larsen, Peter Webster, Javaid Afzal

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Environment and Sustainable Deve
• In 2009, more than 40,000 people died prematurely in Sindh, Pakistan because of an illness associated with an environmental health risk. This means th... Lees meer

Democratic Republic of Congo Urbanization Review

The World Bank

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Environment and Sustainable Deve
• The Democratic Republic of Congo has the third largest urban population in sub-Saharan Africa (estimated at 43% in 2016) after South Africa and Nigeri... Lees meer

Strong, Safe, and Resilient

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Environment and Sustainable Deve
• Disaster risk management is essential in the fight against poverty. Disasters can, in an instant, wipe out decades of hard-fought poverty reduction an... Lees meer

Dynamiques de Deforestation Dans Le Basin Du Congo

Carole Megevand

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Environment and Sustainable Deve
• Les forêts du bassin du Congo ont été protégées «de manière largement « passive » du fait de l'instabilité politique et des conflits chroniques, des i... Lees meer

Urban Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement

Vincent Roquet, Luciano Bornholdt, Karen Sirker, Jelena Lukic

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Environment and Sustainable Deve
• Expansion and development of urban areas require acquisition of land, which, in turn, often requires physical relocation of people who own or occupy t... Lees meer

Exploring a Low-Carbon Development Path for Vietnam

Pierre Audinet, Bipul Singh, Duane T Kexel, Suphachol Suphachalasai, Pedzi Makumbe, Kristy Mayer

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Environment and Sustainable Deve
• Bringing together a large set of data and building on two years of consultations in Vietnam with Government counterparts, research organizations, stat... Lees meer

Innovations in Wash Impact Measures

World Bank

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Environment and Sustainable Deve
• The new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) at its core. A dedicated Sustainable Development Goal (... Lees meer

Cleaning Pakistan's Air

Ernesto Sánchez-Triana, Santiago Enriquez, Javaid Afzal, Akiko Nakagawa, Asif Shuja Khan

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Environment and Sustainable Deve
• The extent of urban air pollution in Pakistan--South Asia's most urbanized country--is among the world's most severe, significantly damaging human hea... Lees meer

The Future of Water in African Cities

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Environment and Sustainable Deve
• The objective of this study is to assist public authorities to identify and address the future challenges of urban water supply, sanitation, and flood... Lees meer

The Challenge of Agricultural Pollution

Emilie Cassou, Steven M Jaffee, Jiang Ru

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Environment and Sustainable Deve
• In emerging East Asia, agricultural output has expanded dramatically over recent decades, primarily as a result of successful efforts to stimulate yie... Lees meer