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Floods and Climate Change: Water Management Risks

22 March 2017
In The Netherlands, floods have been a foremost concern as it has claimed the lives of close to a million people since the year 838. Without dikes, 29% of the county is below sea level, 26% are flood plains, and 55% are flood-prone areas. This presentation shares the actions the country has taken…

Sustainable Delivery of Sanitation and Wastewater Management Services

22 March 2017
Manila Water is the water and sanitation services concessionaire for Metro Manila’s east zone. The company faces several challenges in providing sanitation services to its area of coverage. These challenges include the provision of land for treatment plants, securing right of way for sewer lines,…

Why Water is Important to Business

22 March 2017
The World Economic Forum states that water crises rank as one of the top three risks to global growth in terms of economic impact. Many sectors and businesses are exposed to water risks, such as agriculture, power generation, and tourism and leisure, among others. By 2030, a 40% global shortfall in…

Shaping Water Sensitive Cities

22 March 2017
Water-sensitive cities are cities that are sustainable, productive, resilient, and liveable. These cities maximize the contribution water makes to economic growth and development, social well-being, and the environment. This presentation shares new knowledge and industry-ready tools to assist…

The Importance of Sex- Disaggregated Data in Tracking Gender Equality

15 March 2017
As part of ADB's month-long celebration of Gender Month, ADB's Imrana Jalal shares measures for integrating sex-disaggregated data into national action plans in order to better monitor the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Ulaanbaatar Ger Area Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Community Enhancement Project PFS

8 March 2017
How do you reconcile cultural heritage preservation and infrastructure investments? This presentation shares insights from the Pre-Feasibility on Ulaanbaatar’s Ger Area Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Community Enhancement Project conducted by Cities Development Initiative for Asia, and how it can…

Urban Ropeways: Solution for Congested Cities

6 March 2017
Cities worldwide suffer from traffic congestion and environmental pollution and switching to electric vehicles will not be enough to address these challenges. Characterized as safe, durable, and environmentally friendly, the urban ropeway system was developed as an alternative transport solution.…

ADB Urban Data Collection, Management, and Utilization: Status Quo and the Way Forward

1 March 2017
Understanding urban growth and change in Asia or anywhere else requires data—properly and effectively collected and managed data at that. ADB Urban Sector Consultant Renard Teipelke shares ways on how ADB can improve ways of collecting, managing, utilizing urban data. This presentation also…

How to Diagnose and Improve Water and Wastewater Utilities Operations Performance

24 February 2017
WIKTI, a performance management tool of SUEZ, can help improve the service and performance of water utlities. The tool also enables water service providers to set targets and corresponding action plans. It also provides an objective evaluation of the maturity of all business processes. The tool has…

Urban Transportation in Emerging Cities

22 February 2017
To address the issues of accessibility, mobility, and congestion in emerging cities, this presentation aims to (i) rekindle interest on urban transportation in emerging cities; (ii) propose an integrated framework to think about accessibility, mobility, and congestion consistently; (iii) and show…