URBAN CONTACTS

SPEECHES

"Urbanization Trends"
Peter Kimm, executive director, US-AEP. Presented at the First International Urban Environmental Infrastructure Forum (6/99)

"Asian Urbanization"
Peter Kimm, executive director, US-AEP. Presented at the Mayor's Asia-Pacific Environmental Summit (2/99)

INTERVIEWS with URBAN PARTNERS (no longer available)

Mary Jane Ortega, mayor, San Fernando, Philippines

Bhichit Rattakul, governor, Bangkok, Thailand

Dr. Frank S.C. Lee, assistant professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Al Goodman, president, Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Maricel Genzola, executive director, Muntinlupa Development Foundation

PAPERS & REPORTS

Industrializing Cities and the Environment in Pacific Asia: Toward a Policy Framework and Agenda for Action

By Mike Douglass, University of Hawaii, and Ooi Giok Ling, Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore. (7/99)

The Urban Program

Vision Statement:
To help ensure sustainable urban environments, US-AEP works in partnership with leaders in local governments, business, nongovernmental and community organizations, and the media to transform the way that cities are managed.

The US-AEP Urban Program focuses on four key areas:

1. Urban Policy and Management

US-AEP reaches out to national and local government decision-makers (key drivers) to promote best practices in urban policy and management that help ensure sustainable urban environments, including

improved environmental regulatory frameworks,
legislation,
environmental management techniques (e.g. risk assessment),
benchmarking and local indicators,
increased decision-making at local levels, and
innovative or catalytic activities (e.g. business improvement districts).

2. Business, Citizen, and Nongovernmental Organization Outreach

US-AEP aims to enhance the role that communities and businesses play in building a sustainable future by fostering

increased public awareness of solutions to environmental problems,
openness and transparency of government-business-community relationships,
models that promote public-private partnerships, and
participatory decision-making.

3. Municipal Finance/Privatization

US-AEP fosters capacity building in local financial management, municipal finance, and privatization of municipal infrastructure and services.

4. Water, Wastewater, Air, and Waste Management (Media-Based Activity)

To help improve urban environmental conditions, US-AEP supports networking and urban capacity building around techniques and tools for addressing specific issues, including air pollution, water pollution, solid waste, hazardous waste, medical waste, and energy efficiency.