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Supporting Climate-Smart Infrastructure Projects – Case Studies
This publication presents six case studies—three international and three from Turkey—showcasing climate-smart infrastructure projects that promote green and resilient urban development. These case studies were selected from an extensive list to support the World Bank’s lending initiatives in Turkish cities, aiming to illustrate effective approaches to sustainable urban infrastructure. The publication outlines the key lessons from these examples, categorizing success factors into ‘Policy and Finance,’ ‘Planning and Design,’ and ‘Processes and Partnerships.’ Each section addresses critical aspects of successful project
Combating Heat in Cities: Operationalizing the Urban Heat Agenda at the World Bank
This report stems from growing concern about the threat of extreme heat in urban settings and its adverse impacts on health. The team made use of the TIP—that is, the targeted, integrated, and prepared—framework, introduced in the recent "Healthy Cities" report (Lee et al. 2023), to help World Bank task teams explore pathways toward urban heat investments. This study gathered city responses and investigated existing World Bank initiatives to gain an understanding of what had already been done and the
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Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Roadmap for Reform for Policy Makers
This roadmap is based on analyses of the experiences with waste management in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Japan, Romania, and the
Sustainable and Safe: A Vision and Guidance for Zero Road Deaths
The “Safe System” approach requires a shift in responsibility from the people using roads to the people designing them. It
This report includes an assessment of the current municipal solid waste situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) including investments and
Vietnam has set as its objective, under the Vietnam Green Growth Strategy, the greening of production and of consumption, with
Vietnam has set as its objective, under the Vietnam Green Growth Strategy, the greening of production and of consumption, with
The working paper will be part of the “Low Emission Zone/Congestion Charge (LEZ/CC) Public Communication Strategies” series of papers to
Implementing Nature-based Flood Protection: Principles and Implementation Guidance
There is increasing momentum for the use of naturebased solutions as part of resilience-building strategies, sustainable adaptation, and disaster risk
Handbook on the Public Procurement of Biobased Products and Services
Many of the products people use on a daily basis are made from fossil raw materials. However, ‘bio-based’ alternatives for
Formulating an Urban Transport Policy: Choosing Between Options
As the developing world rapidly urbanizes, the demands on transport systems also grow often at a faster pace than the
