| dc.contributor | Economy Division | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | United Nations Environment Programme | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Sustainable Infrastructure Partnership (SIP) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Development Corridors Partnerships | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Global | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-09T05:37:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-06-09T05:37:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/32687 | |
| dc.description | This policy brief, Making Infrastructure Resource Efficient, identifies a critical need to decouple economic growth from the extraction and use of natural resources. Infrastructure development is particularly resource intensive, and in 2015 the construction sector alone accounted for half of the global material footprint. Increasing the resource efficiency of infrastructure can be a major driver of the transition to sustainable development. It is now vital that policymakers and planners recognize the interlinkages between natural resources, material resource use, and the diverse and complex systems of infrastructure that are required to support economic and human development. | en_US |
| dc.format | Text | en_US |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.rights | Public | en_US |
| dc.subject | BUILDINGS | en_US |
| dc.subject | ENERGY RESOURCES | en_US |
| dc.subject | WASTES | en_US |
| dc.subject | CLIMATE CHANGE | en_US |
| dc.subject | ENERGY EFFICIENCY | en_US |
| dc.subject | RESOURCES CONSERVATION | en_US |
| dc.subject | NATURAL RESOURCES | en_US |
| dc.subject | URBANIZATION | en_US |
| dc.subject | INDUSTRIALIZATION | en_US |
| dc.subject | PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE | en_US |
| dc.title | Making Infrastructure Resource Efficient - Policy Brief October 2019 | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 8 - Good Jobs and Economic Growth | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure | en_US |
| wd.tags | Buildings | en_US |
| wd.tags | Energy Efficiency | en_US |
| wd.tags | Waste management | en_US |
| wd.topics | Resource Efficiency | en_US |
| wd.identifier.pagesnumber | 5 pages | en_US |
