UNU-IAS Proceedings

UNU-IAS previously published proceedings of its larger conferences and events.
These are available by contacting our Infodesk.

Culture in Sustainability of Cities III

International Conference on Culture in Sustainability of Cities III:
Cultural Indicators for the Sustainability of Cities, 25-27 May 2001

Proceedings from the third international conference on the role of
culture in sustainable development, focusing on the need for cultural
indicators of urban sustainability.

Cheongju, Cheongju Cultural Promotion Foundation and IICRC,
2001, 280 pages.

The Sustainable Future of the Global System III
Fu-chen Lo, Hiroyasu Tokuda and N S Cooray (eds)

Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Future
of the Global System, 24-25 May 2000

Addresses policy issues involved in the search for global sustainability
and is the third in a three-volume series dealing with the sustainable
future of the global system.

Tokyo, UNU-IAS, 2000, 358 pages.

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Culture in Sustainability of Cities II

International Conference on Culture in Sustainability of Cities II:
Creativity and Adaptation, 27-28 October 2000

Proceedings from the second international conference on
culture in the sustainability of cities exploring culture within
the economic, environmental and societal dimensions of
sustainable development.

Kanazawa, IICRC, 2000, 148 pages.

Can Biological Production Harmonize with Environment?
Reports from Research Sites in Asia

Proceedings of the International Symposium held on October 19-20, 1999,
at the United Nations University

Report from the symposium focusing on sustainability in biological production.

Tokyo, Asian Natural Environmental Science Center and UNU-IAS,
1999, 525 pages.

Culture in Sustainability of Cities I

International Conference on Culture in Sustainability of Cities,
18-19 January 2000

Proceedings of the first international conference on developing a
cultural framework for understanding and promoting the sustainability
of cities.

Kanazawa, IICRC, 2000, 106 pages.

The Sustainable Future of the Global System II
Fu-chen Lo, Kazuo Matsushita & Hiroaki Takagi (eds)

Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Future of the Global System, 23-24 February 1999

New perspectives on the sustainability debate taking into account the implications of recent developments in the global climate change regime.

Tokyo, UNU-IAS, 1999, 387 pages.

Proceedings of the Second Annual UNU World Congress on Zero Emissions
Keto Mshigeni & Gunter Pauli (eds)

Proceedings of the Meeting held in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, May 29-31, 1996

Report focusing on practical solutions to current pollutant industrial processes and wasteful use of natural resources.

Tokyo, UNU-IAS, 1997, 223 pages.

Proceedings of the First Workshop on QITS: Materials Life-cycle and Sustainable Development
Carlos Suzuki and Eric Williams (eds)

Proceedings of the QITS Workshop held in Campinas, Brazil, March 2-4, 1998

Report focusing on a "pro-active" case study of sustainable industry; QITS means 'Quartz Industrial Trade System', which is a set of industrial activities to produce high-tech products based on silicon, specifically fiber optics, microchips, and solar cells.

Tokyo, UNU-IAS, 1998, 239 pages.