Integrating environmental sustainability and disaster resilience in building codes

This document aims to provide an overview of the current status of building code formulation and enforcement in selected countries in Asia, with a focus on environmental sustainability and disaster resilience.</p

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Energy environment planning in developing countries : programmer's guide: EFOM-ENV

Programme for Asian Cooperation on Energy and the Environment (PACE-E) RAS/92/071This document constitutes the Programmer's Guide of the Energy Data Base (EDB) management program DAMOCLES. This document contains the necessary information to provide the user of DAMOCLES with an in-depth knowledge of the various programs constituting DAMOCLES. The reader of this manual is supposed to have sufficient knowledge of the use of the Data Base Management Programs. This information can be found in the User's and Technical Guide (DAMOCLES). The information about the energy system description and software organization of the package can be found in the Methodological Guide (Chapter II). This publication has been prepared for the participants in the first regional training workshop under EEP-3 scheduled for July - August 1995. This manual is one of the four publications, i.e. (1) User's and Technical Guide, (2) User's Manual (EFOM-ENV Shell), (3) Programmer's Guide and (4) Methodological Guide prepared for the Workshop.United Nations Development Programme (UNDP

Energy environment planning in developing countries : user's and technical guide: EFOM-ENV

This publication has been prepared for the participants in the first regional training workshop under EEP-3 scheduled for July - August 1995. This manual is one of the four publications, i.e. (1) User's and Technical Guide, (2) User's Manual (EFOM-ENV Shell), (3) Programmer's Guide and (4) Methodological Guide prepared for the Workshop.Programme for Asian Cooperation on Energy and the Environment (PACE-E) RAS/92/071This document constitutes the Users and Technical guide of the Energy Data Base (EDB) management program DAMOCLES. This document is organised in two parts:&nbsp; 1) EDB structure and EDB management software (sections 2,3,4). This part consists of the presentation of the EDB structure and initialization; the EDB management program DAMOCLES is also briefly introduced. 2) Basic EDB management software - DAMOCLES (section 5). Section 5 constitutes the complete user's guide for data preparation and execution of the EDB management software DAMOCLES. The reader of this manual is supposed to have sufficient knowledge of the energy system description and software organization of the package. This information can be found in the Methodological Guide (Chapter II)United Nations Development Programme (UNDP

Policy guidance manual on wastewater management : with a special emphasis on decentralized wastewater treatment systems

This "Policy Guidance Manual on Wastewater Management With a Special Emphasis on Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems (DEWATS)" has been developed based on experience of the policy makers and in consultations with relevant stakeholders at country and regional level and was shared in its signal version to the regional workshop on Wastewater Management and Sanitation on 2-3 April 2015. It is presenting a set of policy recommendations developed during the implementation of the joint ESCAP-UN-Habitat-AIT project on “Strengthening capacity of policymakers in South-East Asia to promote policies and developing plans for improved wastewater treatment and reuse in urban and peri-urban areas,” to address wastewater and sanitation issues through promotion of DEWATS. Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Viet Nam have been selected to conduct national activities including policy studies, national workshops for capacity building and a pilot project. The Manual provides a step-by-step guide on development and implementation DEWATS in developing countries of the region with a set of financial schemes, market opportunities, investment and potential impacts. It is emphasizing the importance of the leading role of Governments in development of norms and policy frameworks and in operationalization of the practical tools to enable business cases. It also addressing the active roles of the communities and private sector in wastewater management and sanitation, with a special emphasis to promote DEWATS