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La transition urbaine de l'Inde aura des impacts majeurs ces vingt prochaines années. En comparaison à la moyenne mondiale (50 %), le taux d'urbanisation du pays, situé juste au-dessus de 30 %, est encore bas. Toutefois, sa population urbaine totale est déjà la deuxième plus importante au niveau

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment has clearly demonstrated that all the Earth‘s ecosystems have now been dramatically transformed through human actions. The resulting biodiversity loss is undermining the provision of a wide range of ecosystem services on which humanity depends. In this context of unprecedented crisis, protected areas, which have long been the cornerstone of biodiversity conservation, are expected to play a central role.

Cette recherche porte sur les facteurs politiques, institutionnels et sociaux à l'origine de l'initiation de l'adaptation climatique à Cape Town, Durban et Theewaterskloof, localement considérées comme "leaders" dans la lutte contre le changement climatique. Les conclusions montrent que, faute de

Constitution, becomes a priority. The city of Johannesburg, committed at the end of the 1990s to a process of renewing its water policy, in 1993 launches its Gcin’Amanzi project in its largest township: Soweto. From the outset, it is the object of numerous controversies and in 2006 leads to a trial: “the

The surge in Chinese investments in Africa has brought about a flurry of questions expressing concern over their ecological impact in the host countries. Still, the principles and implementation of environmental management by Chinese firms remains largely unknown.This work, born of a unique

leurs acteurs. Les résultats de ces travaux servent même de base à l'étude d'un lien possible entre les pratiques de RSE et l'amélioration des performances et/ou de la compétitivité des PME. Les auteurs proposent une analyse détaillée de la manière dont ces pratiques sont mises en œuvre dans trois

security and climate change, and because it represents considerable potential energy savings. This document, based on the experience acquired during a three-year applied research program conducted by the AFD and Hubei Province in China, describes the methodology used through a step-by-step illustration of its application in a real case. This methodological framework can of course be applied to other regions or other countries.

Since 2004, the government of Turkey has undertaken a number of “decentralisation” reforms. A number of laws have been passed that give increased autonomy and resources to regional and local authorities and aim to reorganise the division of tasks and the relationships between these authorities and

The question of how to oversee initiatives such as regulation of Small-Scale Independent Provider without hampering their innovation potential has been studied by AFD and GRET through a common research and capitalisation program on the water sector. The present paper, which fits in this

While the international community and the parties involved in the Israeli-Arab and Israeli-Palestinian conflict have focused their attention on the construction of a Palestinian state for nearly two decades, this report examines the system of local government in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The