Green Cities
Lindfield, Michael; Steinberg, Florian | November 2012
Abstract
Asia's cities have been the drivers of the economy and have lifted millions out of poverty. However, the environmental consequences of this rapid development are apparent, and the citizens of Asia’s urban areas are increasingly insistent that something should be done. And there is an investment deficit in Asian cities’ infrastructure spending, mostly in environmental infrastructure, of some $100 billion per annum.
Asian cities can be more environmentally friendly. The resources are there to achieve this. Up to 80% of gross domestic product today comes from urban areas in Asia, and its megacities are nation-sized in population and economic product. New cities, such as the innovative "eco-towns" in Japan and "eco-cities" in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), have begun to put into action a sustainable urban development model.
Citation
Lindfield, Michael; Steinberg, Florian. 2012. Green Cities. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/95. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.PDF ISBN
978-92-9092-897-3
Print ISBN
978-92-9092-896-6
Keywords
Work Environment
Regulatory Environments
Institutional Environment Assessment
Global Environment
Environmentally Sustainable Development
Environmentally Damaging Subsidies
Environmental Strategy
Environmental Sustainability
Environment and Pollution Prevention
Environmental Action Plans
Environmental Assessment
Environmental Cleanup
Environmental Compliance
Environmental Effects
Environmental Guidelines
Environmental Health Hazards
Municipal government
Alternative energy development
Geothermal Energy
Renewable Energy
Pollution Indexes
Green Revolution
Polluter Pays Principle
Decontamination
Environmental Statistics
Ecosystems
Ecology
Pollution Control
Coastal pollution
Coasts
Lakes
Rivers
Inland Water transport
International rivers
international lakes
Sewage management
Waste Disposal
Water pollutants
Public Law
Fishery Law
Marine Pollution
River Pollution
Industrial Pollution
Thermal Pollution
Thermal Pollution
Hydroelectric power
Energy technology
Alternative energy program
Alternative energy technology
Energy Sources
Air quality indexes
Environmental indexes
Sanitation
Green technology
Oil spills prevention
Water quality
Prevention of pollution
Water resources development
Water quality trading
Pollution
Experimental watershed areas
Lakes monitoring
Floodplains monitoring
Pollution measurement
Liability for water pollution damages
Tide pool ecology
Reef ecology
Ocean bottom ecology
Marine riparian ecology
Marine radioecology
Marine productivity
Marine microbial ecology
Marine habitats
Marine chemical ecology
Aquatic ecology
Water pollution
Renewable energy source
Natural resource
Hybrid power
Renewable energy resource
Conservation of natural resources
Green technology
Air pollution potential
Pollution control industry
Energy conservation
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