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4 December 2018
Call for sustainable urban solutions within the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program (CAREC) region.
4 December 2018
Ruhr area as the energy and industry heart of Germany plays a major role for achieving GHG mitigation targets. Learn why the Ruhr area matter with regard to GHG mitigation.
4 December 2018
Ever wondered how urban cities thrive? This presentation shares the characteristics commonly found in 50 successful urban areas in the United States. It also analyzes what make Chinese cities thrive.
4 December 2018
Discover why cities are important in solving climate change challenge and in the global climate policy arena.
4 December 2018
Seoul alone consumed 10.3% of the total national energy output while producing 2.95%. To reverse this trend, Seoul implemented the experiment, One Less Nuclear Power Plant Policy (OLNPPP).
21 November 2018
Water quality models can aid in planning and in assessing the environmental impacts of project-generated pollution. This presentation explains the uses, purposes, limitations, and components of water quality models; their application in the review of ADB-funded projects, with case studies as…
21 November 2018
With rapid urbanization, changing demographics, increasing communicable diseases including pandemic threats and the impact of climate change, it is becoming clear that cities as centers of living and working need to provide healthier conditions for their populations.
Countries are implementing…
15 November 2018
China Railway Express (CRE) emerged in 2011 as a means of logistics between the People’s Republic of China and the European Union. This presentation describes CRE, its stages of development, challenges, business model, future, and the motivation of the three players behind its operation.
15 November 2018
In recent years, there has been an increasing move toward appraising the impacts of transport investments beyond the direct user benefits and costs. This presentation reviews the arguments in favor of measuring such impacts, the progress made in implementing such impacts in the appraisal, and the…
15 November 2018
This presentation reviews the rapid progress of high-speed rail (HSR) construction and its successful competition with cars and air travel on distances between 100 and 1,200 km. More than 20 countries have built or are building HSR lines, but the United States is not among the leaders in HSR…