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Environmental priorities and poverty reduction : a country environmental analysis for Colombia /

"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." "Environment...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Bank
Otros Autores: Sánchez Triana, Ernesto, Ahmed, Kulsum, 1964-, Awe, Yewande
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2007.
Colección:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Environment and sustainable development.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.