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ICLEI International Case Study Series
Direct links to online versions of the full case study series are available for ICLEI Members only. To access the cases you will need a username and password. You will need to log in through our Member Login page before returning to this page. If you are a Member and don't have your username and password, please contact membership@iclei.org.

Others can purchase printed or online versions of these cases by selecting from the list below or visiting our Web Store. If you will not be ordering by credit card, please contact publications@iclei.org with your order. ICLEI case studies are available in hardcopy (4 to 6 pages each) for CAD$5.00 or US$3.50 per case study.

A select number of case studies are available to anyone, free of charge. Such case studies will be linked from the list below.

Some selected case studies below are also available in Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish. Please contact our Japan Office or Latin America and Caribbean Secretariat for more information.

  • Case Study 1 - Hazardous Waste - Ventura County, USA
  • Case Study 2 - Land Use-Transport - Curitiba, Brazil
  • Case Study 3 - Solid Waste Management - Bandung, Indonesia
  • Case Study 4 - Energy Conservation-Finance - Saarbrücken, Germany
  • Case Study 5 - Housing Construction - Austin, USA
  • Case Study 6 - Environmental Auditing, Lancashire County, UK
  • Case Study 7 - Species Conservation, Johnstone Shire, Australia
  • Case Study 8 - Transportation Management, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Case Study 9 - Waste Water Management - Stockholm, Sweden
  • Case Study 10 - Environmental Management - Ottawa, Canada
  • Case Study 11 - Electronic Conferencing - Public Technology Inc., USA
  • Case Study 12 - Water Conservation - Santa Monica USA
  • Case Study 13 - Housing Rehabilitation - Beijing, China
  • Case Study 14 - Community Based Environmental Management - New York, USA
  • Case Study 15 - Citizens Participation in the Siting of Waste Facilities - Linz, Austria
  • Case Study 16 - Waste Water Control - Santos, Brazil
  • Case Study 17 - Strategic Services Planning - Los Angeles, USA
  • Case Study 18 - Solid Waste Management Through Micro Enterprise - La Paz, Bolivia
  • Case Study 19 - Local Water Pollution Control - Muncie, USA
  • Case Study 20 - Rainwater Management - Sumida City, Japan
  • Case Study 21 - Community Based Service Delivery - Quito, Ecuador
  • Case Study 22 - Green Product Development - Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Case Study 23 - Linking Environmental Policy/Economic Development - Newark USA
  • Case Study 24 - Profiting from Pollution Prevention - Graz, Austria
  • Case Study 25 - Partnerships for Environmental/Economic Regeneration - Blackburn, UK
  • Case Study 26 - Promoting Sustainable Business Practices - Portland, USA
  • Case Study 27 - Multi-Functional Park Design and Management - Durban, South Africa
  • Case Study 28 - Action Planning - Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
  • Case Study 29 - Participatory Priority Setting - Troyan, Bulgaria
  • Case Study 30 - Participatory Regional Development Planning - Cajamarca, Peru
  • Case Study 31 - Sustainable Development Indicators - Hamilton-Wentworth, Canada
  • Case Study 32 - Connecting Land Use and Energy - Victoria, Australia
  • Case Study 33 - Comprehensive Solar Energy Initiative - Saarbrücken, Germany
  • Case Study 34 - Urban Infrastructure Development - Surabaya, Indonesia
  • Case Study 35 - Solid Waste Management and Methane Reduction - Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Case Study 36 - Integration of Transportation and Land Use Policies - Portland USA
  • Case Study 37 - Greening the City - Chicago, USA
  • Case Study 38 - Limiting Automobile Use - Singapore
  • Case Study 39 - Wind Energy Development - Tamil Nadu, India
  • Case Study 40 - Altering the Commuting Behavior of Municipal Employees - Los Angeles, USA
  • Case Study 41 - Promoting Energy Efficiency in Municipal Fleets - Denver USA
  • Case Study 42 - Police Bicycle Patrol - Dayton, USA
  • Case Study 43 - Telecommuting Promotion Program - Chula Vista, USA
  • Case Study 44 - Driver Education Fuel Savings Incentive Program - Edmonton, Canada
  • Case Study 45 - Participatory Solid Waste Management - Dakar, Senegal
  • Case Study 46 - Ecological Waste Management - Manila, Philippines
  • Case Study 47 - Comprehensive Water Conservation Strategies - Tucson, USA
  • Case Study 48 - Strategic Management Planning - Cape Town, South Africa
  • Case Study 49 - Community Participation in Open Space Protection - Ottawa, Canada
  • Case Study 50 - Community Reforestation Project - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Case Study 51 - Maplewood Jitney Program - Maplewood, USA
  • Case Study 52 - Participatory Budget - Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Case Study 53- Sustainable Tourism through Local Agenda 21 Planning, Calvià, Spain
  • Case Study 54 - Environmental Management Systems for Local Government, Manningham, Australia
  • Case Study 55 - Partnerships with Residents and Businesses - Seattle, USA
  • Case Study 56 - Energy Management and CO2 Reduction - Regional Municipality of Sudbury, Canada
  • Case Study 57 - Comprehensive Fossil Fuel Reduction Program - Växjö, Sweden
  • Case Study 58 - Freshwater Management: Revitalizing the Fu and Nan Rivers, Chengdu, China
  • Case Study 59 - Renewal of a Sustainable Dev. Action Plan - Hamilton, Canada
  • Case Study 60 - Waste Management Through Community Partnerships - Belo Horizonte, Brazil
  • Case Study 61 - NeighborSpace - Chicago, USA
  • Case Study 62 - New Goiabinha Project - Betim, Brazil
  • Case Study 63 - Jinja Incentive Grants Project - Jinja, Uganda
  • Case Study 64 - Development of the Biocomuna Olivares - Manizales, Colombia
  • Case Study 65 - Paper Recycling and Composting Project - Mutare, Zimbabwe
  • Case Study 66 - Water Kiosk Project - Nakuru, Kenya
  • Case Study 67 - Pilot Project Preventorio 21 - Niteroi, Brazil
  • Case Study 68 - Believe in Belem Novo, It Can Do More - Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Case Study 69 - South Zone Ravine Restoration - Quito, Ecuador
  • Case Study 70 - Enviromental Restoration of the Goreangab Dam Area - Windhoek, Namibia
  • Case Study 71 - Comprehensive and Integrated Approach to Waste Management, Edmonton, Canada
  • Case Study 72 - Job Creation through Energy Efficiency, Heidelberg, Germany
  • Case Study 73 - Local Agenda Network for Employment, Helsingborg, Sweden
  • Case Study 74 - Jobs Through Sustainability, Hannover, Germany
  • Case Study 75 - Increasing Resources to Local Government in Ahmedabad, India
  • Case Study 76 - Developing a Cohesive Strategy for Sustainability in Burlington, USA
  • Case Study 77 - Orienting Urban Planning to Sustainability in Curitiba, Brazil
  • Case Study 78 - Creating a Framework for Integrated Resource Management in Heidelberg, Germany
  • Case Study 79 - Addressing Poverty in Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Case Study 80 - Developing a Resilient City in Kobe, Japan
  • Case Study 81 - Redesigning Local Government Manizales, Colombia
  • Case Study 82 - Creating Working Alliances in Vancouver, Canada
  • Case Study 83 - National Strategy for Local Impact in Norway
  • Case Study 84 - An International Framework for Local Action: Cities for Climate Protection Campaign
  • Case Study 85 - Local Action Planning for Employment, Kalithea, Greece
  • Case Study 86 - Moving the Economy, Toronto, Canada
  • Case Study 87 - Greenhouse Gas Reduction Initiatives - Toronto, Canada
  • Case Study 88 - Energy Conservation in Hotels, Calvià, Spain
  • Case Study 89 - Renewable Energy in Low-income Housing, Betim, Brazil
  • Case Study 90 - Energy Efficiency in Building Construction and Management - Zurich, Switzerland
  • Case Study 91 - Urban Green Days 2005 - Porto, Portugal
  • Case Study 92 - Improving Energy Efficiency in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipal Buildings - Ekurhuleni, South Africa
  • Case Study 93 - Participatory landuse planning. An example of good governance - Freiburg, Germany
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