OUR PLANET 8.1
June 1996
Human Settlements
Editorial
Elizabeth Dowdeswell,
Executive Director, UNEP
Change of habitat
Wally N'Dow reports that humanity is about to become a predominantly urban species, and outlines how HABITAT II will confront the challenges of this new world
Crucibles of development
James D. Wolfensohn outlines issues and priorities in the developing countries
Cities: our common future
Klaus Toepfer explains how urban conditions will shape humanity's future and suggests practical ways of making cities sustainable
Melting pots and marketplaces
Jorge Wilheim describes how cities will lead the world through a painful transition
Healing past scars
B. H. Holomisa sets out to turn the citadels of apartheid into sustainable cities
Change comes from the cities
Jaime Lerner draws lessons from experience in pioneering environmentally friendly
Doorstepping the millennium
Üner Kirdar draws on long experience to explain how the world community has matured in tackling global issues
Giant footprints
Herbert Girardet describes how cities trample across the world environment, and charts some steps away from destruction
Creating the participatory city
Somsook Boonyabancha calls for development of the people, by the people
Grassroots: A voice for the homeless
Don de Silva
Viewpoint: Just another conference?
David Satterthwaite
Measuring the unmeasurable
Arthur Lyon Dahl examines different forms of sustainability and proposes a way of tracking progress towards them
Designing sustainable solutions
Rachel Chatterjee
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