The "brown agenda," or urban environmental issues, became an
important part of the international policy agenda following the
1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in
Rio de Janeiro. Urban environmental issues continue to remain a
major challenge in the cities of developing countries. The World
Bank strengthened its focus on urban environmental management with
the adoption of this brown agenda as part of the Bank's urban
livability program. 'Urban Environment and Infrastructure' reviews
the World Bank's activities to improve urban environmental quality.
It sets out the Bank's expanded brown agenda and emphasizes the
crucial importance of infrastructure and environmental
interventions in order to improve livability in cities in
developing countries. The World Bank has more than US$12 billion
worth of active commitments aimed at improving urban environmental
quality. While the Bank's investments are directed at much needed
basic environmental services especially for the urban poor, the
challenge of improving urban environment or livability in large
cities needs further attention. Increasing climate variability, its
impacts, especially sea-level rise, and urban impacts of natural
disasters are becoming more and more part of the daily challenges
facing cities in the developing world, seventy percent of which are
located on the coasts. The volume provides pragmatic
recommendations on how to deal with the challenge of this expanded
brown agenda.
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