Open AccessRapid Urbanization in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Roadmap to 2015 and Beyond
Author(s) -
Steffen Lehmann
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of green building
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.248
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1943-4618
pISSN - 1552-6100
DOI - 10.3992/jgb.3.3.88
Subject(s) - urbanization , sustainability , alienation , sustainable development , agency (philosophy) , political science , asia pacific , economic growth , environmental planning , architecture , geography , economy , sociology , social science , economics , ecology , archaeology , law , biology
UNESCO, the UN nodal agency for education, science, culture and architecture, has made sustainability a key topic in its development oriented activities, and has launched a new initiative to address the increasing concern of nonsustainable urbanization which currently occurs in the Asia and Pacific region. It is a region of rapid change, cultural alienation and environmental crisis, with a threatening divide between city and countryside. This paper informs about the interdisciplinary research activities conducted by the newly established UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Urban Development for Asia and the Pacific. The Chair’s roadmap for the next ten years to facilitate sustainable urban growth is explored and described in detail