Due to rapid population growth, urbanization, and no substantial improvement in their environmental management, many Asian cities could become the most polluted human settlements in the world, slow down much of the region's economic growth, and generate a
| Title | Managing urban environmental quality in Asia |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 1994 |
| Authors | Ferguson, BW, Bower, BT, Dice, SR, Kingsley, GT |
| Secondary Title | Asia technical department series / WB |
| Volume | no. 220 |
| Pagination | viii, 102 p.: 2 boxes, 10 fig., 15 tab. |
| Date Published | 1994-01-01 |
| Publisher | World Bank |
| Place Published | Washington, DC, USA |
| ISBN Number | 0821325930 |
| Keywords | air pollution, asia, environmental management, environmental protection, institution building, policies, programmes, safe water supply, solid wastes, urban areas, urbanization, water pollution |
| Abstract | Due to rapid population growth, urbanization, and no substantial improvement in their environmental management, many Asian cities could become the most polluted human settlements in the world, slow down much of the region's economic growth, and generate a major portion of the hydrocarbons and other pollutants responsible for global environmental degradation. This report is one of several sectoral reviews prepared for the World Bank's Asia Region Technical Department to help it assess the effectiveness of Bank environmental initiatives in the region. It explores urban environmental quality management (UEQM), identifying the most severe of the environmental threats and proposing practical measures for addressing them through building institutional capacity and establishing best practice in major urban sectors. It proposes five major factors that UEQM must address with specific programmes; namely, water supply, household wastes, industrial wastes, transportation, and land. Also, the report particularly focuses on World Bank activities and suggests needed policy or investments to address the most pressing issues in UEQM in Asia. The report ends by discussing some tools for effective environmental protection. |
| Notes | 63 ref. |
| Custom 1 | 114 |
