Sentences with phrase «urban water policy»
Newsha K. Ajami Director, Urban Water Policy with Stanford University's Water in the West and NSF - ReNUWIt Initiatives
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In environmental policy, the Party promises stronger greenhouse gas emission regulations and enforcement in the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of cities.
During his 41 years at Calvary Baptist, Barbour served on a variety of city policy - developing committees, including the Chester Water Board and the Citizens Council on Urban Renewal.
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In particular, the book will help the reader to discover underlying principles for the planning of future cities and peri-urban regions in relation to: (i) Balanced urban development policies and institutions for future cities; (ii) Understanding the effects of land use change, population increase, and water demand on the liveability of cities; (iii) Long - term pl...
And as the post points out, some are pure policy questions where the engineering has already been done (urban infrastructure, clean water) but the funding and political support are simply lacking.
Gleick testified that Pacific Institute work on urban and agricultural water efficiency show that existing, cost - effective technologies and policies can reduce state demand for water by 6 - 8 million acre - feet, or around 20 percent, findings that have been adopted in the California Water Plan, and new work details effective solutions in conservation and efficiency that can save one million acre feet of water in the shorter water efficiency show that existing, cost - effective technologies and policies can reduce state demand for water by 6 - 8 million acre - feet, or around 20 percent, findings that have been adopted in the California Water Plan, and new work details effective solutions in conservation and efficiency that can save one million acre feet of water in the shorter water by 6 - 8 million acre - feet, or around 20 percent, findings that have been adopted in the California Water Plan, and new work details effective solutions in conservation and efficiency that can save one million acre feet of water in the shorter Water Plan, and new work details effective solutions in conservation and efficiency that can save one million acre feet of water in the shorter water in the shorter term.
Such a mindset needs to become an integral part of our urban planning, water - and food - security management, investment policy, and demographic policy development, among others.»
The report related to this work, entitled Increasing Financial Flows for Urban Sanitation, the 8 contributing case studies, and the Policy Recommendations will be shared at the 8th World Water Forum.
In addition to offering areas for recreation and benefits to mental and physical health, urban green spaces «filter large amounts of water after heavy rainfall and soften the effects of heat waves or other extreme events,» according to the agency, whose recent assessment on urban ecosystems concluded that «with the right policies and tools, urbanization does not need to be a threat to biodiversity in cities and beyond.»
In the past decade, the SPNI has opened several urban branches in Israel's major cities, charged with fighting for clean air and water, more parks for children and sustainable urban planning policies.
The plan was the result of a decade of collaboration among scientists, policy makers, and public stakeholders, with the federal / state governments to restore South Florida's ecosystem and provide water for urban and agricultural uses.