Cities
A city is a large human settlement. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. This concentration also can have significant negative consequences, such as forming urban heat islands, concentrating pollution, and stressing water supplies and other resources. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of …
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WRI: World Resources Institute · 3 June 2024 English
This paper describes the methods for updating the Spatial Database of Planted Trees (SDPT) in three areas: boundaries, to spatially differentiate planted forests and tree crops from natural and seminatural …
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UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 27 May 2024 English
Documents Please join us for the Multi-stakeholder consultation workshop for improved multilateral and international cooperation on air pollution: "Unlocking and Future-Proofing Air Quality Management in Asia" Date: 27-29 May 2024 …
main drivers of environmental change with many cities having seen high — and in some areas, rising — …
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 2 May 2024 English
Within the scope of the SwitchMed II activities, UNEP has partnered with the Hariri Foundation for Sustainable Human Development to carry out the Blue Economy component in Lebanon at a …
society. To further emphasize the role of coastal cities, as well as multi-actor engagement – particularly …
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 2 May 2024 English
Within the scope of the SwitchMed II activities, UNEP has partnered with the Hariri Foundation for Sustainable Human Development to carry out the Blue Economy component in Lebanon at a …
society. To further emphasize the role of coastal cities, as well as multi-actor engagement – particularly …
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 2 May 2024 English
Coastal regions harbour 40% of the global population and host 12 out of the world's 15 largest cities. Coastal cities find themselves on the frontline of climate challenges, grappling with unique and pressing …
and host 12 out of the world's 15 largest cities. Coastal cities find themselves on the frontline of climate … society. To further emphasize the role of coastal cities, as well as multi-actor engagement – particularly … will spotlight the local work carried out in these cities, particularly in Saida to advocate and promote …
RIS: Research and Information System for Developing Countries · 24 April 2024 English
continued dialogue and concerted the importance of ASEAN-India The seminar served as a platform action are essential to strengthen Millet Festival, ASEAN-India for robust deliberations, fostering the ASEAN-India relationship for …
Horimoto, Mr Ambarish Various eminent speakers cities like Tokyo and New Delhi D a s g u p t a , P r …
ALA: American Lung Association · 24 April 2024 English
pollution—ozone (smog) and particle pollution (PM2.5, also known as soot). The report grades counties and ranks cities and counties based on their scores for ozone, year-round particle pollution and short-term particle …
Polluted Cities, by Pollutant . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Table 3 a-c: Cleanest Cities, by Pollutant … measures of ozone . Those values are also used to rank cities (metropolitan areas) and counties . This year’s … adding challenges to the work that states and cities are doing across the nation to clean up air pollution … years of “State of the Air” reports—in which many cities and counties experienced their highest weighted … levels of fine particle pollution . Among those cities ranked the worst 25, the average number of days …
Australian Energy Market Operator · 23 April 2024 English
The high-price events in January and February that contributed to the overall rise in the cap return component of the quarterly average are discussed in Section 1.2.2 • In this …
Degree Days (CDDs)1 rose in all major mainland cities except for Melbourne, increasing cooling requirements … February saw higher CDDs in most mainland capital cities northern regions while March saw higher Average … warmer than 10-year average in most mainland capital cities 8 Figure 3 January and February saw higher CDDs …
Australian Energy Market Operator · 23 April 2024 English
The high-price events in January and February that contributed to the overall rise in the cap return component of the quarterly average are discussed in Section 1.2.2 • In this …
Degree Days (CDDs)1 rose in all major mainland cities except for Melbourne, increasing cooling requirements … February saw higher CDDs in most mainland capital cities northern regions while March saw higher Average … warmer than 10-year average in most mainland capital cities 8 Figure 3 January and February saw higher CDDs …
RAND Corporation · 22 April 2024 English
In this report, the authors explore challenges in studying racial bias in police shootings of civilians. They discuss the importance of thinking about bias as a process and its implications …
(2022) obtained 911 call data from two anonymous cities, but they used these data to study differences … LEAs, including those in many small and mid-sized cities, which are understudied sites. These data are … LEAs not reporting to NIBRS were from larger cities and jurisdictions with higher crime rates than …
