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AASCTF Digital Solutions Brief: IoT for Real-Time Flood Early Warning Systems

16 September 2020
This 2-page document discusses how digital solutions such as flood early warning systems have proven to be critical tools in mitgating flood impact in cities, with specific use cases in Indonesia and Australia. ​

Improving sustainable design of cities through flood adaptation modelling using C-FAST

8 September 2020
This presentation discussed how to use flood modeling capabilities to improve adaptation against flooding in cities.

International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies 2020: Clean Air for a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous Society

7 September 2020
In this presentation, Mr. Bambang Susantono introduced the first International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies by launching a series of six knowledge events on air quality and giving a background on key figures on-air pollution

AASCTF Digital Solutions Brief: Big Data for COVID-19 Tracking

3 September 2020
This 2-page document discusses how digital solutions such as big data analytics have proven to be critical tools in analyzing spread patterns of COVID-19 in cities, with specific use cases in Indonesia and Australia.

Transport in Developing Asia’s New Normal

28 August 2020
ADB's Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, Bambang Susantono, discussed different trends for transport during COVID 19 pandemic and how ADB can address these transport challenges while adapting to the "new normal."

Indigenous Peoples and culturally appropriate public health interventions

21 August 2020
Public health interventions for Indigenous Peoples Indigenous: IP and culturally appropriate public health interventions.

Wave Energy in An Binh: Blueprint for Climate Resilient Islands

16 June 2020
An Binh, a small Vietnamese island, relies heavily on diesel generators for electricity during the 4-month rainy season. Locals are familiar with renewable energy, as they use a solar energy system. However, when the sun does not shine, the remote island’s climate and economic resilience is…

AASCTF Annual Progress Report 2019

1 May 2020
The AASCTF 2019 Annual Progress Report recaps progress made on the trust fund's implementation and highlights achievements made from April 2019 to March 2020.

Transportation Mode Choice in Viet Nam Intercity Trips

18 March 2020
In recent years, there have been a lot of discussions and debates about the decision to develop the high-speed rail (HSR ) system in Viet Nam. This article describes work undertaken to provide a better understanding of the competitiveness of HSR over other modes of transport and what might be done…

Assessing the Wider Economic Impacts of Transport Infrastructure Investment with an Illustrative Application to the North-South High-Speed Railway Project in Viet Nam

18 March 2020
The paper aims to propose a mechanism to capture the spillover effects of transport infrastructure by identifying the employment agglomeration impact of transport investments through a measure of the change in effective employment density.