Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book

Title Environmental priorities and poverty reduction : a country environmental analysis for Colombia / Ernesto Sánchez-Triana, Kulsum Ahmed, Yewande Awe, editors
Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2007

Copies

Description 1 online resource (liv, 504 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Directions in development. Environment and sustainable development
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Environment and sustainable development.
Contents Overview -- A unique model for environmental management -- Actors and institutions -- Decentralization: a balancing act -- Setting environmental priorities: top down and bottom up -- Waterborne diseases remain widespread -- Improving air quality -- A silent killer: indoor air pollution -- The environmental cost of accelerated urban growth -- Living with natural disasters -- Water management in a water-rich country -- Land degradation and deforestation -- Biodiversity loss and other global environmental problems -- Conclusions and recommendations
Summary "Environmental Priorities and Poverty Reduction: A Country Environmental Analysis for Colombia proposes cost-effective policy and technical interventions aimed at abating the cost of environmental degradation and supporting more equitable and sustainable economic growth." "Environmental Priorities and Poverty Reduction begins by exploring institutional change and environmental priorities in Colombia over the past 50 years, a time of substantial progress in environmental protection and rapid transition from a largely rural to a highly urbanized economy. Part II assesses the burden of disease rooted in inadequate water supply, sanitation, and hygiene; poor air quality; natural disasters; and environmental management practices to reduce that burden. A discussion of the environmental costs of rapid and unplanned urbanization is included. Part III assesses the sustainable management of Colombia's rich endowment of natural resources." "This book provides a wealth of information for policy decision makers, government officials, and other professionals working in environmental policy and management, poverty reduction strategies, public health, environmental economics, and civil society issues."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
English
Print version record
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL
Subject Environmental health -- Colombia
Poverty -- Colombia
Industries -- Environmental aspects -- Colombia
Pollution -- Colombia
Indoor air pollution -- Colombia
Fuel -- Health aspects -- Colombia
SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
Ecology
Environmental health
Indoor air pollution
Industries -- Environmental aspects
Pollution
Poverty
Armut
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Umweltschutz
Proteção ambiental -- Colômbia.
Saúde ambiental -- Colômbia.
Pobreza -- Colômbia.
Indústrias (aspectos ambientais) -- Colômbia.
Poluição -- Colômbia.
Fattigdom -- Colombia.
Miljöföroreningar -- Colombia.
Luftföroreningar -- hälsoaspekter -- Colombia.
SUBJECT Colombia -- Environmental conditions
Subject Colombia
Kolumbien
Colombia -- miljöaspekter.
Form Electronic book
Author Sánchez Triana, Ernesto.
Ahmed, Kulsum, 1964-
Awe, Yewande.
World Bank.
ISBN 0821368893
9780821368893
128094045X
9781280940453
9786610940455
6610940452