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HSR, Accessibility and Regional Economy in Japan

26 June 2020
This presentation illustrated the regional accessibility and economic impacts of high speed rail (HSR) development in Japan since its inception in 1964. Comparison of the case of Japanese HSR impacts were also made with that of European case presented in the main presentation of this webinar to…

City-wide inclusive sanitation: WaterAid’s experience

11 June 2020
This presentation provided an overview of WaterAid’s approach, including (i) WaterAid’s framing of citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS); (ii) town-wide modeling: the experience in Sakhipur, Bangladesh; (iii) research and influencing to address the working conditions of sanitation workers (global…

HSR and Population Density

15 May 2020
This presentation discusses the improtance of Japanese HSR on new economic geography, population density, and size of cities. It highlights the need for experimental researches in measuring and understanding the impacts of HSR development.

Exploring a Dynamic Relationship between Transportation Strategies and Community Liveability: A Case of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration

18 March 2020
The paper assesses the spatial dimensions by considering the evolution of the conurbation in four phases, and by looking at cumulative causation of the sequence of impacts of maritime, road, rail, air and ITeS communication networks on liveability within the Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in India.

Assessing Groundwater Resource Potential Using GRACE Anomalies in Maharashtra, India

23 January 2020
ADB's Sanmugam Prathapar shared how the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite offers an alternative to historic piezometric data to guide groundwater management. A case study on Maharashtra, India analyzed state and regional spatial scales, and correlations between rainfall and…

Funding and Support for Deployment of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells – Japan’s Perspective (EN and CN)

3 September 2019
This presentation discussed Japan’s policy, current status, and research and development activities in support of realizing a hydrogen-based society.

Funding and Support for Deployment of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells – Japan’s Perspective (RUS)

3 September 2019
This presentation discussed Japan’s policy, current status, and research and development activities in support of realizing a hydrogen-based society.

Yokohama’s Hydrogen Society Initiatives (EN and CN)

3 September 2019
This presentation discussed the City of Yokohama's plans and efforts towards global warming countermeasures to making the city a zero-carbon society.​

Moving Towards Cities of the Future -- City-Level Cooperation Towards Smart City Development (EN and CN)

2 September 2019
This presentation discussed the Yokohama Partnership of Resources and Technologies (Y-PORT), a platform through which the city is promoting international technical cooperation on sustainable urban development through public-private partnerships in key sectors such as solid waste management, urban…

Moving Towards Cities of the Future -- City-Level Cooperation Towards Smart City Development (RUS)

2 September 2019
This presentation discussed the Yokohama Partnership of Resources and Technologies (Y-PORT), a platform through which the city is promoting international technical cooperation on sustainable urban development through public-private partnerships in key sectors such as solid waste management, urban…