Urbanization and Environment

1.      Understanding an urban area, urbanization and the urban environment.2.      Why urbanization and the environment?3.      Urban ecosystems, Ecological urbanization, Social urbanization and the “Brown Agenda”.4.      Environmental concerns in an urbanizing world (Environmental health and sanitation, Solid waste management, Water quality and supply, Pollution, Traffic congestion and noise, Natural disasters, Sustainable land use and human settlements development,5.      Preservation of historical and cultural heritage, Environmental concerns in peri-urban and urban hinterlands).6.      Urban poverty, Gender, Vulnerable groups and the urban environment.7.      Sustainable Urban environment management (Urban management concept and urban management policy, Approaches to Urban environmental management, Indicators for monitoring the urban environment, etc).8.      Sustainable Cities and the environment