Emerging cities and sustainable global environmental management: livelihood implications in the OIC countries

It is a fact that the majority of the world’s settlements are burgeoning into cities; especially at the turn of the 21st century, an era witnessing the emergence of new economies. Undoubtedly, cities play a pivotal role in the socio-economic, cultural and scientific development of all nations as chu...

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Main Authors:	Abdulai, Abdul-Mumin, Siwar, Chamhuri
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Language:	English
Published:	Academic Journals 2009
Subjects:	JA Political science (General)
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spelling	iium-142272012-01-26T03:16:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/14227/ Emerging cities and sustainable global environmental management: livelihood implications in the OIC countries Abdulai, Abdul-Mumin Siwar, Chamhuri JA Political science (General) It is a fact that the majority of the world’s settlements are burgeoning into cities; especially at the turn of the 21st century, an era witnessing the emergence of new economies. Undoubtedly, cities play a pivotal role in the socio-economic, cultural and scientific development of all nations as chunk of global human development activities is planned and executed in the cities. In the same vein, deteriorated living conditions in the history of human habitat are conventionally noted to be largely associated with cities where grave environmental ‘atrocities’ are committed. Examples include urban sprawl, air and noise pollution, contaminated water sources, solid and liquid waste generation, environmentally related ill-health, etc. Many cities exist with their attendant environmental woes. Many more are emerging. What considerations (global partnership in forward planning, forecasting, concerted global social responsibility,etc) should be taken into account in order to sustain livelihoods in a somewhat healthy global environment? The paper explores this area with particular reference to the Organization of Islamic Conference member countries (OIC). Academic Journals 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/14227/1/Emerging_Cities_and_Sustainable_Global_Environmental_Management.pdf Abdulai, Abdul-Mumin and Siwar, Chamhuri (2009) Emerging cities and sustainable global environmental management: livelihood implications in the OIC countries. Journal of Geography and Regional Planning, 2 (5). pp. 111-120. ISSN 2070-1845 http://www.academicjournals.org/jgrp
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description	It is a fact that the majority of the world’s settlements are burgeoning into cities; especially at the turn of the 21st century, an era witnessing the emergence of new economies. Undoubtedly, cities play a pivotal role in the socio-economic, cultural and scientific development of all nations as chunk of global human development activities is planned and executed in the cities. In the same vein, deteriorated living conditions in the history of human habitat are conventionally noted to be largely associated with cities where grave environmental ‘atrocities’ are committed. Examples include urban sprawl, air and noise pollution, contaminated water sources, solid and liquid waste generation, environmentally related ill-health, etc. Many cities exist with their attendant environmental woes. Many more are emerging. What considerations (global partnership in forward planning, forecasting, concerted global social responsibility,etc) should be taken into account in order to sustain livelihoods in a somewhat healthy global environment? The paper explores this area with particular reference to the Organization of Islamic Conference member countries (OIC).
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author	Abdulai, Abdul-Mumin Siwar, Chamhuri
author_facet	Abdulai, Abdul-Mumin Siwar, Chamhuri
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title	Emerging cities and sustainable global environmental management: livelihood implications in the OIC countries
title_short	Emerging cities and sustainable global environmental management: livelihood implications in the OIC countries
title_full	Emerging cities and sustainable global environmental management: livelihood implications in the OIC countries
title_fullStr	Emerging cities and sustainable global environmental management: livelihood implications in the OIC countries
title_full_unstemmed	Emerging cities and sustainable global environmental management: livelihood implications in the OIC countries
title_sort	emerging cities and sustainable global environmental management: livelihood implications in the oic countries
publisher	Academic Journals
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