Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- PART I. MAIN FINDINGS OF THE PORTFOLIO REVIEW -- 1. Objectives of the Urban Environment Portfolio Review -- 2. The World Bank's Commitment to Improving the Quality of the Urban Environment -- 3. Portfolio Review Methodology -- 4. Profile of the Portfolio -- 5. Sector Contributions to the Portfolio -- 6. Urban Environmental Investments in Small and Large Cities -- 7. The Role of Local Government, Civil Society, and the Private Sector -- 8. Institutional Strengthening and Technical Assistance -- 9. Tracking the Quality of the Urban Environment Portfolio -- 10. Using Monitoring Indicators to Measure Progress -- 11. Strengths and Weaknesses of the Urban Environment Portfolio -- 12. Recommendations for Future Work -- PART II. CASE STUDIES -- China: Liaoning Environment Project -- India: Bombay Sewage Disposal Project -- Colombia: Cartagena Water Supply, Sewerage and Environmental Management Project -- Guinea: Third Urban Development Project -- República Bolivariana de Venezuela: Caracas Slum-Upgrading Project -- Nicaragua: Natural Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project -- Latvia: Municipal Solid Waste Management Project -- Algeria: Industrial Pollution Control Project -- Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda: Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project -- Poland: Krakow Energy Efficiency Project -- Mongolia: Improved Household Stoves in Urban Centers Project -- China: Guangzhou City Center Transport Project -- Bibliography -- Index -- Tables -- 3-1. World Bank Sector and Theme Codes Directly Relevant to the Urban Environment -- 3-2. Project Activities Related to Urban Environmental Goals -- 4-1. Projects by Urban Environmental Goal and Level of Urban Environmental Content -- 5-1. Projects by Sector and Level of Urban Environmental Content.

5-2. Number of Projects and Level of Urban Environmental Investment, by Sector -- 5-3. Distribution of Urban Environmental Investment across Bank Regions -- 5-4. Urban Environmental Goals Addressed, by Sector -- 6-1. Number of Urban Environmental Projects, by City Size and Region -- 6-2. Number of Urban Environmental Projects, by Goal and City Size -- 6-3. Number of Urban Environmental Projects, by Sector and City Size -- 7-1. Involvement of Local Government, Civil Society, and the Private Sector in Designing and Implementing Urban Environmental Projects, by Goal -- 7-2. Number of Urban Environmental Projects, by Sector and Counterpart -- 8-1. Institutional Strengthening, Capacity Building, Technical Assistance, and Support to Counterparts, by Sector -- 10-1. Environmental Indicators Used to Measure Progress in Urban Environmental Projects, by Goal -- 10-2. Urban Environmental Indicators Used, by Sector -- 10-3. Millennium Development Goal Targets of Urban Environmental Projects, by Sector -- Figures -- 4-1. Active World Bank Projects Contributing to Improving the Urban Environment, 1993-2003 -- 4-2. Classification of Projects by Level of Urban Environment Content -- 4-3. Urban Population and Investment in Improving the Urban Environment, by Region -- 4-4. World Bank Investment on the Urban Environment per Urban Capita, by Region -- 4-5. Goals of Projects Contributing to Improving Urban Environmental Quality -- 5-1. Number of Urban Environmental Projects and Level of Investment, by Sector -- 5-2. Urban Environmental Projects in the Water and Sanitation Sector, by Region -- 5-3. Urban Environmental Projects in the Urban Development Sector, by Region -- 5-4. Urban Environmental Projects in the Environment Sector, by Region -- 5-5. Urban Environmental Projects in the Energy Sector, by Region.

5-6. Urban Environmental Projects in the Transport Sector, by Region -- 6-1. Number of Urban Environmental Projects, by City Size -- 7-1. Counterparts Implementing World Bank-Funded Urban Environmental Projects -- 8-1. Projects That Strengthen Institutions or Provide Technical Assistance -- 9-1. Quality of the Urban Environment and Overall Bank Portfolios,Third Quarter Fiscal 2003 -- 10-1. Environmental Indicators Used in Urban Environmental Projects -- 10-2. Projects Contributing to Meeting Millennium Development Goal Targets.