Supporting public participation in urban environment improvement programmes

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.

1. Increasing public participation in environmental policy discussions
2. Fostering popular participation in development

1. Renewing urban environment
2. Managing urban environmental problems
3. Improving urban governance

1. Monitoring NGO participation with national environmental action plans
2. Mobilizing public support for environmental issues
3. Improving municipal management information systems
4. Developing local environmental health action plans

1. Generating community support for environmental health programmes

1. Underparticipation
2. Support
3. Participation
4. Nonparticipatory
5. Nonlocal
6. Improvement

1. WHO Third Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health