Subject(s): Environmental pollution -- Cities and towns. -- Ecology -- Environmental policy -- Sustainable development -- New environmental agenda for cities : Environmental goals for cities, urban change and environmental problems, diversities and commonalities, environmental opportunities provided by cities, urbanzing world -- Environmental problems in home workplace and neighborhood : Indoor environment at home, workplace, neighborhood environment, importance of home environment for well being and child development -- City environment : Air pollution, water scarcity, road accidents, toxic/ hazardous wastes, export of toxic wastes or polluting industries, natural and human induced hazards, noise pollution, environment and well being, environmental problems in smaller cities, environmental transition, transformation, transformations and transfers -- Who bears environmental costs in cities : Correlations between incomes and hazards, environmental risks, vulnerability and susceptibility, groups within population that face higher risks -- Rural, regional and global impacts of cities , rural - urban interactions -- Tackling nvironmental health problems : Water sanitation and drainage, refuse collection and cities waste economies, role of privatization, key role for NGOs and CBOs, institutional framework to support local action on environmental health -- Tackling city wide problems : Pollution, urban agriculture, city wide planning and management, environmental indicators, institutional constraints on effective action, role of international agencies -- Sustainable development and cities : Human activities, ecological sustainability, national framework for city action on sustainable development, implementing sustainable development in cities, global context for sustainability and development -- Environmental problems- political solutions, institutional change and role of aid agencies, urban management to improved governance, linking environment improvement with poverty reduction, city specific environmental agenda, city problems within a global perspective