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Copenhagen – a smart livable and resilient city

21 June 2022
Ms. Lykke Leonardsen, City of Copenhagen's Head of Program for Resilient and Sustainable Cities, spoke about the city's work on adaptation and resilience and its journey to becoming a smart and resilient city. She shared Copenhagen's vision of working with all city stakeholders to co-create the…

Digital Resilient Cities: Smart Spatial Planning Systems

6 October 2020
This presentation discussed smart city planning solutions being used to address the most pressing urban development issues of our time.

Geographical Information System-Assisted Mass Appraisal in Shenzhen

22 February 2018
As part of the People’s Republic of China’s gradualist approach to modernize, an advanced property valuation system in Shenzhen City was developed in anticipation of a future recurrent property tax. Learn about the challenges and opportunities in implementing Shenzhen’s Geographical Information…

Making the Demand Side of Freedom of Information Work

5 December 2017
In the United Kingdom, the passage of the Freedom of Information was a long and slow process. Maurice Frankel of the Campaign for Freedom of Information, UK, shares his experience in working on the United Kingdom’s campaign for FOI since it was set up in 1984. Prior to the FOI Law, a statutory…

Updates on Country Systems: e-GP in the People's Republic of China

4 October 2017

ASEAN at 50: What Does the Fourth Industrial Revolution Mean for ASEAN Integration?

25 July 2017
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)—the interactions of technologies across the physical, digital, and biological realms—is occurring at unprecedented speed, and the breadth and depth of changes arising from the revolution present significant opportunities but will also disrupt existing…

Investment Requirements to Achieve Food Security in Asia and the Pacific in 2030

15 June 2017
The People's Republic of China and Indonesia require more investments for high-level technology in agriculture. The International Food Price Research Institute, through an ADB project, is studying the investment requirements of the People's Republic of China and Indonesia to boost ICT use in the…

Gansu Internet-plus Based Socialized Agricultural Service System Project

15 June 2017
Agriculture in Gansu is going hi-tech. An ADB project is developing inclusive IT-based agricultural service systems in the People’s Republic of China’s north-central province. ADB’s Gansu Internet-plus Based Socialized Agricultural Service System Project is supporting the application of ICT…

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in Europe

16 September 2016
Fuel cells and hydrogen (FCH) are part of and are making a great contribution to Europe’s energy transition. The region believes that FCH are key technologies for decarbonizing the energy system. The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking was established as a strong public-private partnership…

Smart Grid: A Technological Pillar of Low Carbon Community

19 May 2015
This presentation gives a snapshot of the energy system in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). An overview and key components of the PRC’s National Low Carbon Community Pilot Program are provided. The presentation concludes with some technological perspectives of low carbon community development.