Format:
LIV, 504 S.
,
graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:
0821368885
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0821368893
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9780821368886
Series Statement:
Directions in development
Note:
Enth. 14 Beitr. - Enth. Literaturangaben. - Enth. Index
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Executive summary -- Inadequate water supply, sanitation, and hygiene -- Urban and indoor air pollution -- Natural disasters -- Urban environmental management -- Water resources policies -- Soil degradation and deforestation -- Global environmental problems -- Institutional strengthening -- Conclusions -- Institutional change and environmental priorities -- Overview -- Objectives of the country environmental analysis -- CEA process and summary -- A unique model for environmental management -- Introduction -- Institutional and legal foundations: 1952-1974 -- Expansion of roles and legal frameworks: 1975-1993 -- Consolidating institutions, regulations, and planning: 1994-2005 -- Conclusions -- Actors and institutions -- Environmental information systems -- SINA's finances -- The Ministry of Environment -- National Environmental Council and National Technical Advisory Council -- National Planning Department (DNP) -- Institutes of investigation -- National Parks System -- Public participation -- Control organizations -- Judiciary -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Decentralization: a balancing act -- Background -- Overall performance of CARs -- Allocation of CAR resources and priority setting -- Sources of CARs' financial resources -- Adequacy of human and technical resources -- Sanitation infrastructure -- Relationships between CARs and other SINA entities -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Setting environmental priorities: top down and bottom up -- Introduction -- Annual cost of environmental damage -- Water, sanitation, and hygiene -- Urban air pollution -- Indoor air pollution -- Agricultural land degradation -- Natural disasters -- Perception on environmental priority problems -- Conclusions -- Reducing the burden of disease through better environmental management -- Waterborne diseases remain widespread -- Background -- Assessment of policy design, efficiency, and effectiveness -- Analysis of policy implementation -- Analysis of alternative interventions -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Improving air quality -- Introduction -- Air quality management -- Performance of the air quality management system -- Potential interventions to control air pollution -- Conclusions and recommendations -- A silent killer: indoor air pollution -- Introduction -- Acute respiratory illness in Colombia -- Health effects of indoor air pollution -- Stove efficiency -- Fuelwood consumption -- Cost of interventions -- Benefit-cost analysis -- Sensitivity analysis -- Effectiveness of indoor air pollution control programs -- Conclusions and recommendations -- The environmental cost of accelerated urban growth -- Introduction -- Urban growth and environment in Colombia -- Housing policy-main environmental difficulties and the government's response -- Conclusions and recommendations-housing and urban development -- Waste management -- Background and brief history -- Integrated waste management guidelines -- Clean production agreements -- National development plan 2002-2006 -- Effectiveness of the waste management system -- Hazardous and medical waste management -- Clean production agreements -- Other selected issues related to waste management -- Conclusions and recommendations-waste management and urban development -- Living with natural disasters -- Introduction -- Natural disasters in Colombia -- Occurrence
Language:
English
Keywords:
Kolumbien
;
Umweltschutz
;
Umweltbelastung
;
Naturkatastrophe
;
Armut
;
Graue Literatur
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