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A publication of great impact providing insights into the future direction that countries and major organizations are likely to take in information technology development. It contains contributions...

United Nations Forum on Forests: Report on the Ninth Session (1 May 2009 and 24 January to 4 February 2011)

United Nations Forum on Forests: Report on the Tenth Session

The Bolivia Summit of the Americas declared in 1996 that despite extensive efforts by countries in the Americas to improve water use and management, demand continues to rise while contamination has...

By the year 2025, it is estimated that more than two-thirds of the world's population will be urban dwellers. In Water for Urban Areas, leading experts offer unique insights into varied issues of...

This is the official report of the United Nations Forum on Forests on its eleventh session during the period of 19 April 2013 and 4-15 May 2015.

Due to the large disparity in the availability of water between the wet northern region and the drier south parts of Southern Africa, water management has become an issue of critical importance to...

This is the official report submitted to the Economic and Social Council by the United Nations Forum on Forests on its twelfth session (25 April 2016 and 1 to 5 May 2017).

The oceans cover more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface and play an important part in our lives by controlling climate and weather conditions; hosting shipping, transportation, recreation and...

This Bulletin presents the experiences and acquired wisdom of international energy experts and describes through case studies the successes and failures of their energy technology. It also focuses on...

Rapidly changing technologies and their socio-economic implications have made it imperative to analyze more closely the relationship between technological advances and socio-economic development...

New technology plays a crucial part in the development process. This Bulletin provides the opportunity to gain full insight into the role materials technology plays in development.

The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basins contain the largest number of the world's poor in any one region. The population is increasing steadily and unless the current development trends are broken...

This issue of the Advanced Technology Assessment (ATAS) deals with the topic of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs). The purpose of this Assessment is to help policy makers and regulators to...

This book is an extended collection of papers that present an in-depth examination of and numerous case studies on this subject of worldwide concern. The articles presented are grouped under six main...