The URBENVIRON Association

The URBENVIRON International Association is a nongovernmental organization, with headquarters in Brasilia, that provides an open forum for anyone interested in knowledge building and networking on urban environmental planning and management. Our memberships are international and multidisciplinary, today gathering individuals and organizations of 44 countries in the commitment to promoting sustainable development in the cities around the world.

The Association works are guided by the principles of the Charta of Brasilia (2005), through four strategic initiatives:

Mission

The mission of URBENVIRON is to strengthen the capacities to promote urban environmental quality through protection of natural resources in alliance with the defence of social interests, in the perspective of sustainable development.

Recent News

2nd General Assembly of the Urbenviron Association scheduled for Aug 17th, 7 pm, in Brasilia Proceedings of the 3rd Urbenviron International Congress Seoul 2009 ready for downloading 4th Urbenviron International Congress will take place in Cairo, in Sept/Oct 2011, hosted by the Housing & Building National Research Center, at Egypt's Ministry of Housing & Urban Development University of Birmingham will host the 5th Urbenviron Congress in 2013 under coordination of Prof. Dr. Kala Vairavamoorthy URBENVIRON now in Directory of Institutions of the Brazilian Council of Research and Technological Development (CNPq) 4th Urbenviron Seminar to be held in 2010 in Santiago de Chile in preparation to Urbenviron Congress Cairo 2011 URBENVIRON in partnership with SIADES (Environmental Information System for Sustainable Development). See projects at hygeia.fsp.usp.br/siades/ URBENVIRON is now a member of the GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP (GWP), an international network that supports sustainable development and management of water resources at all levels. Visit www.gwpforum.org! Renew your Urbenviron membership here

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