strategy
Strengthening integrated approaches to environmental infrastructure
Context:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Claim:
All countries should assess the environmental suitability of infrastructure in human settlements, develop national goals for sustainable management of waste, and implement environmentally sound technology to ensure that the environment, human health and quality of life are protected. Settlement infrastructure and environmental programmes designed to promote an integrated human settlements approach to the planning, development, maintenance and management of environmental infrastructure (water supply, sanitation, drainage, solid waste management) should be strengthened with the assistance of bilateral and multilateral agencies. Coordination among these agencies and with collaboration from international and national representatives of local authorities, the private sector, and community groups should also be strengthened. The activities of all agencies engaged in providing environmental infrastructure should, where possible, reflect an ecosystem or metropolitan area approach to settlements and should include monitoring, applied research, capacity-building, transfer of appropriate technology and technical cooperation among the range of programme activities. Broader:
Improving infrastructureAdopting integrated approaches to sustainable developmentProviding environmental infrastructure for human settlements Narrower:
Creating coherent local infrastructure solutionsUsing integrated approaches to environmental infrastructure in informal settlements Facilitates:
Managing the environment Values:
Integration Subjects:
Industry → UtilitiesEnvironment → Environment
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
