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Melaka Sustainability Outlook Diagnostic : Overview Report - Pathway to Urban Sustainability

World Bank Group - 2019

around the sustainability of our shared urban future. At Melaka's heart is its historic urban center, a UNESCO World Heritage … platform was launched in 2016. In 2017, GPSC initiated the sustainability outlook diagnostic with the United Nations Industrial … achieving the level of urban sustainability to which it aspires. This detailed assessment covers six dimensions of …

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Promoting Green Urban Development in African Cities : Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Urban Environmental Profile

World Bank Group - 2016

The city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania has undergone a period of unprecedented urbanization that has contributed to the degradation of the city's natural environment. With a growth rate above or near 5% for the past three decades, it is the fastest growing city in East Africa. The arrival of...

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Promoting Green Urban Development in African Cities : Kampala, Uganda, Urban Environmental Profile

World Bank Group - 2015

The city of Kampala has undergone a period of rapid urbanization that has contributed to the degradation of the city's natural environment. The urban environmental profile for Kampala has been prepared as the first component of the assignment promoting green urban development in Africa:...

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Sustainable Cities : Urban Areas and Climate Change in Sierra Leone

World Bank Group - 2023

Sierra Leone is highly vulnerable to natural hazards whose impacts are exacerbated by unplanned rapid urbanization. The main victims of climate change risks and impacts in urban Sierra Leone are the urban poor who also bear the brunt of multiple crises such as Ebola and Coronavirus Disease...

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Sustainable Urban Transport for Kyiv : Towards a Sustainable and Competitive City Built Upon the Legacy System and Innovations

World Bank Group - 2016

This report presents the scope and findings of the Economic Sector Work on Sustainable Urban Transport for the City of Kyiv, financed jointly by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) and the Korea Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF). The analysis consists of a rigorous...

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Pollution Management and the Making of Prosperous Cities

World Bank Group - 2020

The work summarized in this report fills a knowledge gap by contributing to an improved understanding of the links between competitiveness and pollution. Specifically, it argues that pollution need not be an inevitable consequence of development. Indeed, there are examples of cities that have...

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Rising through Cities in Ghana

World Bank Group - 2015

Rapid urbanization in Ghana over the past three decades has coincided with rapid GDP growth. This has helped to create jobs, increase human capital, decrease poverty, and expand opportunities and improve living conditions for millions of Ghanaians. Ghana’s urban transformation has been...

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Catalyzing Private Sector Investment in Climate Smart Cities

World Bank Group - 2020

The objective of this report is to explore innovative financing instruments and approaches for catalyzing private sector financing to fill the climate-smart investment gap in cities. The report reviews the existing literature, highlights key barriers in scaling-up private investment in...

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Global Lessons Learned for Urban Resilience and Regeneration Projects : Informing Turkey's Urban Transformation Process

World Bank Group - 2021

Over the last decade, turkey has initiated several regulatory and institutional reforms to better mitigate and reduce disaster risks, with a focus on seismic risk. The Squatter (Gecekondu) Law No. 775 (1966) was the first regulatory effort to produce housing for low-income groups in Turkey, and...

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Transforming Tanzania's Cities : Harnessing Urbanization for Competitiveness, Resilience, and Livability

World Bank Group - 2021

Tanzania's growth and poverty reduction aspirations hinge on shifting from a reliance on agriculture toward greater productivity. Cities' key role in generating a more competitive economy is already apparent: in 2012, just four Tanzanian cities produced more than half of the country's gross...

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