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+ 10 - World Summit for Sustainable Development 2002
A decade on from the Earth Summit or UNCED held in
Brazil in 1992, Nitin Desai, UN Under Secretary-General for
Economic and Social Affairs will lead the Johannesburg
Summit WSSD 2002.
Rights for urban children
Meeting the rights and requirements of urban children in the South, in the context of rapid social change and limited resources, is the issue at the centre of the new handbook, entitled Cities for Children : Children's Rights, Poverty and Urban Management produced by UNICEF and Earthscan and written by Sheridan Bartlett, Roger Hard, David Satterthwaite, Ximena de la Barra, and Alfredo Missair. The 300 page handbook (£18.95) starts with an overview of children's issues and in particular the rights of the child and children's development. The book then goes on to provide guidelines, recommendations and examples on how to address children's needs in a variety of situations. The final section looks at systems of governance that can promote economic security, social justice and environmental care that will support the promotion of children's rights. The book includes a substantial list of publications and relevant organisations. Earthscan Email: earthinfo@earchscan.co.uk IIED Fax: + 44 (0) 171 388 2826.
Environment & Urbanisation
Sustainable Cities was the focus of the Oct 1999 issue of Environment and Urbanisation. Several papers in the 300 page journal focus on the tools and methods that support participation in urban environments. All papers produced in E&U since Oct 1997 are now available electronically and the complete index of all papers appearing in the journal is being added to the IIED Web at: www.iied.org/eandu Email: humans@iied.org IIED Fax: + 44 (0) 207 388 2826.
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