Discussion Roundtable

Sustainable urban community development


Opening Remark by Leader
Procedure
Lead Papers
Comments and Recommendations from Participants (by name and address)
Summary of Comments from Participants
Summary of Recommendations from Participants
Assessment of Results of Discussion Roundtable and Conclusion
Closing Remark by Leader

Back to Index of the Preliminary Program
Back to Discussion Roundtables Listing




Opening Remark by Leader

Back to Index of Discussion Roundtable
Back to Index of the Preliminary Program
Back to Discussion Roundtables Listing

Procedure

Back to Index of Discussion Roundtable
Back to Index of the Preliminary Program
Back to Discussion Roundtables Listing


Lead Papers

Dr. Grigori Abramia,Shawkat Ali and Ayesha Akhter and Md. Hasibur Rahman, Dr. Brad Bass and Roger Hansell and Glenda Poole, Vincenzo Bentivegna, Louise Dunne and Frank Convery, Dr. Tee L. Guidotti, Mikylas Huba, ANITA KON,Beverly A. Paul, Logan Perkins, Irina Proshkina, Md. Hasibur Rahman, Dr. Richard C. Rich, BAHIRWA AMOS RUHONGORE,Dr. Rajasundram Sathiendrakumar, Helene Savard, Usha Sekhar and Anil Agarwal, Yuri Skochilov, Dr. Andrej Steiner, Ernest Teye-Topey, Valentin Yemelin and Marilyn Mehlmann


Dr. Grigori Abramia

Director
Georgian Center for Environmental Research
Paper title: Elements of Sustainability in the History of Georgian Legislation
geocer@mmc.net.ge
http://www.georgia-gateway.org/NGOinGeorgia/WB/001.htm

Shawkat Ali and Ayesha Akhter and Md. Hasibur Rahman

Environment and Agricultural Development Studies Centre
Bangladesh
Paper title: Urban Slums Impacts on Environment in Bangladesh
icms@bdcom.com
Dr. Brad Bass and Roger Hansell and Glenda Poole

Adaptation & Impacts Research Group
Institute of Environmental Studies
University of Toronto
Canada M5S 3E8
Paper title: Adapting Urban Areas to Climate Change with Vertical Gardens
by Brad Bass, Roger Hansell and Glenda Poole
Paper title: From Heated Rockpiles to Forest Ecosystems: Redesigning Cities in a Restorative Economy
by Brad Bass and Roger Hansell
Brad.Bass@ec.gc.ca
brad.bass@utoronto.ca
http://www.tor.ec.gc.ca/earg
Vincenzo Bentivegna

Professor at the University of Florence, Italy
Dipartimento di Processi e Metodi della Produzione Edilizia
Prof. II Level
Vias Niccolo' 89A
Florence
Paper title:
Environmental Evaluation in Land Planning: the New Land Planning Act of the Tuscany Region
DPMPE@CESIT1.UNIFI.IT
vincenzo.bentivegna@cesit1.unifi.it
Louise Dunne and Frank Convery

Research Fellow
Environmental Institute
National University of Ireland Dublin
Paper title: Key Indicators of Urban Environmental Performance in Ireland
Email: louise.dunne@ucd.ie
http://www.ucd.ie/~envinst/envstud/
Dr. Tee L. Guidotti

Dr. Tee L. Guidotti, MD, MPH
Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Department of Public Health Sciences
University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine
Paper title: ASSESSING THE HEALTH OF URBAN ECOSYSTEMS
Paper title: Sustainable Development can only be sustained if it is socially responsive
eohtlg@mail.gwumc.edu
Mikylas Huba

Institute of Geography
Society for Sustainable Living in the Slovak Republic
Slovak Academy of Sciences
Slovakia
Paper title: Environmental Indicators for Sustainable Cities in Slovakia
geoghuba@savba.savba.sk
geoghuba@savba.sk
ANITA KON

Paper title:
Regional Distribution of the Working Population in a Developing Country: The Case of Brazil
anitakon@pucsp.br
anitakon@exatas.pucsp.br

Beverly A. Paul

King's College
University of Western Ontario
Paper title: Are Sustainable Communities Possible?
bpaul@julian.uwo.ca
Logan Perkins

Director
The Priorities Institute
Paper title: Livable Cities for the 21st Century
logan@priorities.org
http://www.priorities.org
Irina Proshkina

Editor of the bulletin "Energy and Environment" for Socio-Ecological Union
Paper title: LOCAL ENERGY- AND RESOURCE-SAVING INITIATIVES AS A KEY ELEMENT OF SUSUTAINABILITY
inmylife@hotmail.ru

Md. Hasibur Rahman

Executive Director
Environment and Agricultural Development Studies Centre
and
Cirencester
Gloucestershire
England GL7 6JS
hasibur.rahman@royagcol.ac.uk
Paper title: Natural Resources Conservation and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh
Paper title: Urban Slums Impacts on Environment in Bangladesh
Paper title: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN BANGLADESH
icms@bdcom.com
Dr. Richard C. Rich

Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science
Virginia Tech
U.S.A.
Paper title: Collaborative Environmental Management as an Approach to Achieving Sustainability
URBAN@VT.EDU
BAHIRWA AMOS RUHONGORE

MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE CONSULTANT
LECTURER DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
FINANCE OFFICER
MBARARA UNIVERSITY
MBARARA,UGANDA
Day time Telephone: 256-770402877
E-mail: mustmed@infocom.co.ug
abr_ltd@hotmail.com
Website: www.abahirwa.8m.com

Dr. Rajasundram Sathiendrakumar

Senior Lecturer in Economics
School of Economics & Commerce
Murdoch University
South Street
Murdoch
Western Australia 6150
Paper title: Economics of Waste Management
kumar@central.murdoch.edu.au
http://www.murdoch.edu.au
Helene Savard

Professor
Ecosystem Management
School of Environmental and Resource Sciences
Fleming College
Ontario
Canada K9V 4E6
Paper title: Ecosystem Management, Sustainable Living and Environmental Citizenship
hsavard@sympatico.ca
HSAVARD@flemingc.on.ca
Usha Sekhar and Anil Agarwal

Anil Agarwal
Director
Centre for Science and Environment
India
Paper title: Globalization, Civil Society and Governance: the Challenges for the 21st Century
webadmin@cseindia.org
http://www.oneworld.org/cse/govern.htm
Yuri Skochilov

Executive Director
Youth EcoCentre
The EcoCentre Resources Environmental Centre
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Paper title:
Youth Ecological Centre of Dushanbe, Tajikistan: Ecological Ethics and Stable Development
root@pamir.td.silk.glas.apc.org
root@pamir.td.silk.org
Dr. Andrej Steiner

Executive Director
ETP Slovakia
Expert in Slovak Republic and in Central and Eastern Europe countries
Paper title: TO ACHIEVE A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY THROUGH DEVELOPING INDIVIDUAL, ORGANISATIONAL, AND COMMUNITY CAPACITIES. steiner@changenet.sk
Ernest Teye-Topey

Campaign & Development Co-ordinator
AI- Ghana
Cantonments
Accra
Ghana
Paper title: The Role of Human Rights Promotion and Protection in Sustainable Development
Amnesty_Ghana@notes.interliant.com
Valentin Yemelin and Marilyn Mehlmann

Valentin Yemelin
St. Petersburg Libra Centre (NGO)
yemelin@rocketmail.com
and
Swedish part
Föreningen Global Action Plan (NGO)
Marilyn Mehlmann
General Secretary pro tem
gapinter@ett.se
Paper title:
The St Petersburg EcoHouse: an example of sustainable urban community development

A project of the Libra Centre, St Petersburg, Russiain collaboration with GAP International

Back to Index of Discussion Roundtable
Back to Index of the Preliminary Program
Back to Discussion Roundtables Listing


Comments and Recommendations from Participants (by name and address)

Back to Index of Discussion Roundtable
Back to Index of the Preliminary Program
Back to Discussion Roundtables Listing


Summary of Comments from Participants

Back to Index of Discussion Roundtable
Back to Index of the Preliminary Program
Back to Discussion Roundtables Listing


Summary of Recommendations from Participants

Back to Index of Discussion Roundtable
Back to Index of the Preliminary Program
Back to Discussion Roundtables Listing


Assessment of Results of Discussion Roundtable and Conclusion

Back to Index of Discussion Roundtable
Back to Index of the Preliminary Program
Back to Discussion Roundtables Listing


Closing Remark by Leader

Back to Index of Discussion Roundtable
Back to Index of the Preliminary Program
Back to Discussion Roundtables Listing


Back to Index of Discussion Roundtable
Back to Index of the Preliminary Program
Back to Discussion Roundtables Listing


Back to Index of Discussion Roundtable
Back to Index of the Preliminary Program
Back to Discussion Roundtables Listing


Back to Index of Discussion Roundtable
Back to Index of the Preliminary Program
Back to Discussion Roundtables Listing


Back to Index of Discussion Roundtable
Back to Index of the Preliminary Program
Back to Discussion Roundtables Listing