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THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTER
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Future Publications Under Preparation
 GDRC is in the process of developing and writing the following papers. If any titles attract your attention, please do contact us for further details and possible co-authorship.
Please note that titles in green have been published. Latest versions of the papers are available for download from the respective progrqamne pages. However, we are also open to rewriting already published documents with new insights or case studies.
Contact: Hari Srinivas - hsrinivas@gdrc.org
Environmental Decision-Making
Sustainable Development
Planned publications:
- A-027 Universities Bridging Across: Innovative Business Incubation Activities (1/4)
- A-028. Universities Reaching Out: Going Beyond the Classroom (2/4)
- A-029. Universities Going Green: Role of Universities in Promoting Sustainable Development (3/4)
- A-001. Universities Creating opportunities: So did your University degree pay for your lunch today? (4/4)
- A-048. Seniors and the Environment: Implications for Sustainability
- A-091. Social Capital: Development Benefits and Externalities
- B-010. Thinking with your mouth open: Food as a metaphor for sustainable development
- C-007. Sustainable Development and Local Communities: Starting Points in the 1992 Earth Summit's Agenda 21
- C-010. Sustainable Communities and Social Capital: Intersections of Innovation at the Local Level
- C-022. Making Cities Creative: Creating Innovative Communities
Completed publications:
- E-134. Environmental Education and
Universities in Japan: ISO14001 and EMS as a Catalyzing Force
- E-121. Outside Looking in: External Stakeholders fostering innovative communities
- E-007. The Seven Triads of Sustainability
- E-008. Sustainable Development Concepts
- E-009. Innovative Communities* Think Local, Act Local
Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands
Urban Environmental Management
Planned publications:
- A-06. Local Governments Going Green: Inspirations from ISO 14001
- A-08. Intrapolating Global Environmental Change
- A-010. Lacks, Gaps, Mismatches: A Policy Development Approach to
- Waste Management
- A-033. Cities as Multi-National Corporations
- A-034. The Urban Scrooge: What is Holding back Cities to realize their ull potential?
- A-041. Multilateral and Regional Blocks: Implications for Local Environmental Management
- A-042. Local Agenda to Local Action
- A-045. Sustainability in the Building and Construction Sector
- A-064. Life After Waste: Extracting Energy from Solid Wastes
- A-068. Urban DRR: Balancing the Natural, Built and Socio-Economic Environments of a city
- A-069. Disaster Management and Poverty Alleviation: Dimensions for an Integrated Approach
- A-071. An Integrated Framework for Urban Environmental Management
- A-072. E v/s E: Balancing Priorities of Education for Sustainable Development at the local level
- A-075. Air Pollutants and Their Effects
- A-076. Cities Going Green
- A-077. Waste Minimization: Not Creating the Problem in the First Place, rather than trying to solve it later
- A-088. More than Birds and Trees: Understanding the environment from the Perspective of Cities and Buildings
- A-092. The CNN Syndrome: Understanding Disasters and the Mass Media
- A-098. The GDRC Framework for Sustainable Urban Energy Policies
- B-002. Two Sides of the Same Coin: Resource Efficiency and Energy Efficiency
- B-003. Going Global: Implications of Waste at the Global level
- B-004. Contextualizing 3R Strategies: Creating Brand Consensus for 3R Programmes and Plans
- B-005. Carbon Capture and Storage: The Potential of Bio-Char
- B-006. Waste Management to Resource Efficiency: Making the Conceptual Leap
- B-026. Where do they go from here? Strategies for Squatter Settlements
- B-033. Building Blocks of Risk: DRR and the Built Environment
- B-035. The EMS Clusters: Local Tools for Local Environmental Management
- B-046. Disasters and the Private Sector: A Three Pronged Approach
- B-051. Electronic Waste - Emerging Issues and Trends
- B-055. Sustainable Sanitation
- B-066. Green Wheels: A broad-based Approach to Sustainable Transportation
- B-068. Sustainable Transportation: Discouraging Cars and Encouraging Walking/biking
- B-076. Demand and Supply Management of Renewable Energy: A Stakeholder Approach
- C-001. Policy Options for an Integrated Approach to Waste Management
- C-002. A Policy Framework for Sustainable Urban Transportation
- C-003. Strategies for Improving Urban Solid Waste Management
- C-009. Global Processes in Education for Sustainable Development: Lessons from Japan
- C-013. Auditing Water: Why we Cannot Afford to Waste it Any Longer
- C-014. GDRC Policy Framework on Water for Cities
- C-016. City Inspirations: Developing a City-Level Environmental Management System
- C-017. Under the Sun: Environmentally Sensitive Buildings in the Tropics
- C-018. Green Cities: If you ask me what it means for urban lifestyles ...
- C-019. The Concept of Green Transport: implications for Energy for Cities
- D-011. City Visioning in Japan: Exploring Six Cities and Prefectures
- D-013. Informatization of the City: Impact on Urban Management
- D-014. Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Waste Management in Japan
- D-015. Review of Online Information on Cities: Implications for Urban Planning and Community Participation
- D-016. Networking and Partnerships: Potentials for Local Governments
Completed publications:
- E-199. The Ecological Footprint of Cities: Innovations For Greater Sustainability
- E-149. Cities as Brands: Osaka City in Japan Reinvents itself
- E-191. Environmentally Sensitive Buildings in the Tropics: Design Ideas for Passive Cooling
- E-172. Cities and Desertification: The Long Arm of Urban Areas.
- E-166. Urban EMS in Japan: The ISO 14001 Initiatives of Public Authorities in Japan
- E-145. Urban Planning and Development: A Japanese Flavour
- E-162. Rethinking Port Areas: Minato Mirai 21 in Yokohama, Japan
- E-143. Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems: Issues for Urban Environmental Management
- E-036. Defining Squatter Settlements
- E-150. Field Observation: Squatter Settlements
- E-151. Urban Development and urban poverty
- E-152. Urban Slums: The Sites and Services Approach
- E-153. Homelessness - an Issue
- E-154. Understanding Urban Squatter Settlement Development Processes: Some observations from Bengaluru, India
- E-139. Environmental Vulnerability and Disaster Risk Reduction
- E-130. Information and Urban Environments
- E-118. Pre- and Post-Disaster Management: Environmental Management Tools to Reduce Disaster Risks
- E-126. Cities are Not Cities: Importance of Developing Urban Environmental Management Systems
- E-125. Cities and Urban Vulnerability in the Context of Urban Environmental Management
- E-116. A Framework for Compiling Baseline Data to Develop a Tyre Reuse and Recycling System
- E-111. Networking for Urban Environments
- E-014. Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs) and the Urban Arena: Implications for Global Environmental Processes
- E-015. Cities,EMS and Everything: Putting up a green front
- E-016. Introduction to Networking among Cities
- E-017. TRIALOGUE: Climate Change, Biodiversity and Desertification
- E-018. Environment and Disasters: Risk Reduction, focusing on pre-disaster prevention and mitigation
- E-019. Disaster Management: A Role for the Private Sector
- E-020. Idea Bank: Japanese Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness
- E-021. Introduction to Environment and Disasters
- E-022. Cyclical Interlinkages of disasters and the Environment
- E-023. The Indian Ocean Tsunami and its Environmental Impacts
- E-024. A sample of the cyclical interrelationships of disasters and the environment
- E-025. The Precautionary Principle and CBDM
- E-026. An Overview of Tools for Integrating Environment Management and Disaster Risk Reduction
- E-027. Environmental Education: Creating an environment to educate about the environment
- E-028. Back to the Drawing Board: A Sustainability Toolbox for Green Construction
- E-029. What is a green or sustainable building?
- E-030. Introduction to Green Construction
- E-031. Architecture and Green Construction
- E-032. Greenhouse Gas Mitigation for Energy Efficiency
- E-033. Looking at the Big Picture: Life Cycle Thinking for the Building and Construction Sector
- E--34. Greener Construction: Everyone has a role to play
- E-035. A Decision Support Tool for Sustainable Building and Construction: The GET Matrix
- E-036. Defining Squatter Settlements
- E-037. Waste Management Fact Sheet
- E-038. Solid Waste Management Framework
- E-039. Waste Management and Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)
- E-040. An Urban Waste Management Continuum: From Disposal to Minimization
- E-041. Multistakeholder Initiatives in Waste Management: Examples from Japan
- E-042. Intrapolating Global Agreements on Water: A Policy Matrix for Demand Management
- E-043. An Integrated Urban Water Strategy
- E-044. Thinking Beyond the Water Can: From Consumption to Conservation
- E-026. Understanding the 3R Concept
- E-093. The 3R Concept and Waste Minimization
- E-094. Prerequisites and Barriers to Implementing 3R Policies
- E-095. Components of a Sound 3R Policy
- E-096. Directions for a 3R Future
- E-097. Moving towards a Circular Economy: More than Just 3Rs!
- E-098. Material Efficiency and 3R Objectives
- E-099: Inspiring Ideas from Japan's 3R Initiative
- E-104. Little Bits of EMS Make and ISO14001
- E-105. Sustainability Dimensions of Transport Systems
Urban Governance
Planned publications:
- A-003. Three Most Important Things: Coordination, Coordination, and Coordination
- A-005. Good Trust is Good Governance
- A-037. Governance in the Context of Peace and Security: Using Cities as a Staging Ground
- A-073. The Six Corners of Good Governance
- A-097. Diversity: An Ignored/Missing and Sidelined Attribute of Governance
- B-007. Love Thy Neighbour: Broadening the Scope of Stakeholder Analysis
- B-013. Turning Corruption on its Head: A Carrot-and-Stick approach
- B-049. Keeping Transparency Transparent: The Whys and Hows
- B-060. Getting the Mayor Re-Elected: Importance of Building Political Will at the Local Level
- C-020. Fostering Leadership for Urban Management:
Completed publications:
- E-122. Smart Cities for Sustainable Development: A Policy Framework for Developing Countries
- E-204. Smart Cities Lexicon
- E-206. Local Government Policies towards Smart Cities in the Asia Pacific Region
- C-024. Definitions of a 15-minute City: Laying Out the Boundaries
- C032. 15-minutes of ... : Walkable and Bikeable Cities
- C-038. 15-minute City - Related Concepts: Inspirations for the Idea
- C-043. The 15-minute City: Organic and Planned Processes of Development
- C-035. 15-minutes of everything: Lessons from Kobe, Japan
- C-036. Understanding Urban Rewilding: Some Definitions
- C-040. Goals of Urban Rewilding: Getting it right
- C033. Urban Rewilding: Steps to Implement Urban Rewilding Projects
- C-030. Urban Rewilding and Reducing Climate Risks: Back to Basics
- C-025. Urban Rewilding: Examples of Cities Implementing Rewilding
- C-041. Urban Rewilding in Developing Cities: The Multiplier Effects
- C-042. E-Governance: Urban Management through Technology
- C-039. Four Kinds of E-Governance: A Stakeholder Analysis
- C-034. Governments Going Digital: Examples of E-Governance
- E-202. Participatory Governance: Better Cities, Better Livability
- E-045. Urban Governance - Need of the Day
- E-046. Conflict Resolution in the Family: Observations from a Simulation Game
Urban Heritage and Conservation
Planned publications:
- A-002. Antique Markets: An Essential Ingredient of Heritage-rich Cities
- A-046. New Wine in Old Bottles: Contemporary Manifestations and Uses for Old Buildings
- A-082. Pride of Place: Implications of the Concept for Heritage Conservation
- B-011. Localizing Heritage Conservation: Ensuring Community Involvement and Committment
- B-015. Yes, But E: Addressing Dilemmas of Heritage Development for Local Governments
- B-021. Step-by-Step: Bridging Heritage to the fore in Urban Development
- B-022. The Scrooges of Heritage Development: Starting Points for Action
- B-023. Ring-Fencing Heritage Conservation: Prioritizing the Governance Dimensions
- B-024. Procrastinating Conservation: The Challenges of Heritage Conservation for local Governments
- B-025. The Sustainability Dimensions of Urban Heritage
- B-037. Old Stones and Flaking Paint: Adding Value to Heritage Assets
- C-006. The Historical District of of Kurashiki, Japan: Making Heritage Conservation Work
- C-008. Heritage Conservation Strategies: Policy Guidelines for Local Governments
- C-021. Impact of Development Projects on the Local Heritage: Criteria for Assessment
Completed publications:
- E-209. Urban Heritage Strategies of Japan: Lessons for Countries in the Asia Pacific Region.
- E-200. Traditional Knowledge and Climate Change: An initial exploration
- E-184. Cultural Diplomacy: Heritage Conservation and the Festivals of Ogaki, Japan
- E-164. Conservation and Preservation in Planning Processes:
Historical Districts of Kyoto, Japan
- E-106. Heritage Conservation: Developing a Heritage Conservation Strategy
- E-047. Prioritizing Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region
- E-048. Mediation for Urban Conservation: The Case of Imai-cho, Japan
- E-049. Towards Developing a Plan of Action for Heritage Conservation
- E-050. Heritage Listings: The Beginnings of a Heritage Conservation Strategy
- E-051. Financing for Urban Heritage and Conservation
- E-100. Heritage and Conservation Strategies: Understanding the Justifications and Implications
NGOs and Civil Society
 Gender and Development
Microfinance
Informal Sector
Planned publications:
- A-014. Outside Looking in: Building a Supportive Environment for the Informal Sector
- A-015. Evolving the Informal Sector into SMEs (Without Losing the Inherent "Advantages" of Informality)
- A-016. More than Just "C"s: Financing for the Informal Sector
- A-079. Informality and the Informal Sector: Its Interlinkages with the Formal Sector
- B-016. Will the Real "Informal Sector" Please Stand Up? 10 Myths about the Informal Sector
- B-047. Why is the Informal Sector Informal? Three Stages to Support Informal Enterprises
- B-062. Head in the Sand: Why Governments don't Talk About the Informal Sector
- B-075. Ease-of-doing-business: Will SME Strategies Work for the Informal Sector?
- E-109. Busting 10 Myths about the Informal Sector
Completed publications:
- Enhancing Support for the Informal Sector: International Conventions and Local Policy Innovations
- E-117. Sustainable Development Goal #8:
Decent Work and Economic Growth
- E-115. Four Corners of Policies for the Informal Sector
- E-108. "Formalizing" the Informal Sector: Lessons from Penang, Bandung and Bangkok
- E-067. "Yes, but ... " - Local Government Attitudes towards the Informal Sector
- E-068. The Informal Sector and some Development Paradigms
- E-069. Parallels between the Lewis Model and the Informal Sector
- E-070. Labour Market Issues in the Urban Informal Sector
- C-046. Exploring the Informal Sector: Five Key Inquiries and Insights
- C-047. Empowering the Informal Economy: Strategies for Integration and Growth
Technology Transfer
Sustainable Businesses
Planned publications:
- A-044. Disaster Management and Options for the Private Sector
- A-057. The Carrot and Stick Approach to Environmental Opportunities
- B-001. Moving towards sustainability: Carrots and Sticks for SMEs
- B-009. Ecotowns: Moving towards environmentally sound industrial development
- B-031. Sustainability and SMEs: TBL as a matter of course
- B-032. Carrots and Sticks: Making Business more Sustainable
- B-038. SMEs and Environmental Technologies: Common Grounds for Action
- B-045. A Policy Framework for Environmental Problems faced by the Private Sector
- B-056. B2B Matching for Sustainability: Role of Local Governments Internet and ICTs
- B-059. Climbing the Environmental Bandwagon: The REAL Justifications for business
- B-048. Policies for Ecotowns and Eco-Industrial Parks: An Implementation Toolbox
- B-070. Factors Affecting the Mainstreaming of Eco-Products: Policy Frameworks for Local Governments
- B-071. Supporting the Efforts of SMEs Greening: A Multistakeholder Approach
- B-072. Eco-Businesses Promotion Centers: Activities by Local Governments in Japan
- B-074. More than just a Green "Thing": Expanding the Boundaries of Eco-Products
- C-011. Attracting Eco-Businesses: Policy Options for Local Governments
- D-006. Amenity Migration or Why-do-such-highly-qualified-professionals-come-to-a-small-town-like-Manipal
Completed publications:
- C-053: Japan as a "Repeater" Economy: Implications for Sustainability
- E-195. Sustainable Development Goal #9: Implications and Actions for Business Sustainability
- E-194. Promotion of Waste Exchange Systems: Five Models from Bandung, Indonesia
- E-138. Environmentally-Sensitive Industrial Development: Policy Lessons Learnt from Ecotowns in Japan
- E-131. A Quick Introduction to Circular Economies
- E-119. Sustainable Business: Sustainability is Good Business!
- E-075. Green Business Practices in Japan:
Lessons for Countries Greening their Business Sector
- E-076. The Role of Local Governments in Fostering Business Partnerships for Environmental Sustainability
- E-077. Sustainable Business Concepts: Going Green
- E-078. Sustainable and Eco Products and Services: A Database of Databases
ICTs for Development
Knowledge Management
Information Design
Planned publications:
- A-013. Looking at Both Ends of the Telescope
- A-054. Online Information: More and More of Less and Less
- A-074. The Micro-Immediacy of Information
- A-096. Knowledge Skills for the Internet Age: Smaller, Lesser, Quicker
- B-017. Stubborn Potholes: Things we are Still Doing Wrong about Information Dissemination
- B-041. Poetry in Miniature: Tweeting as a Skill in Information Design
- C-005. Planning an Information Campaign: A Step-by-Step Guide
Completed publications:- E-085. What is Information Design? Some Definitions
- E-086. Packaging Knowledge: An Information Continuum
- E-087. Leadership in the Information Age
- E-088. Info-Ideas: Presenting Information
- E-089. Jack of all Trades, and Master of Quite-a-Few
- E-090. The Information Design Cycle: Making the 'A-ha!' Happen
- E-091. Message in a bottle: Graphic Communications
- E-092. Info Design: Lessons Learnt at the GDRC!
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 GDRC's 15 research programmes have produced a number of publications. See the Publications list for details
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If you would like to contribute to any of the future publications listed here or suggest an idea for a new one, please contact GDRC&s coordinator,
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