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Sine Qua Non: High-Speed Rail Forms and Functionalities in Intercity and Urban Areas

18 March 2020
The paper evaluates different types of high-speed rail (HSR)nnetwork planning, design, and operations associated with their urban forms. The practitioner-centric research offers a fine-grained dissection of the sophistication of HSR planning, design, and operations associated with the city’s form…

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.

Urban Transportation Systems in Selected Small Developing Island States: A Comparative Analysis

18 March 2020
The paper performs a multi-criteria comparative analysis of urban transportation systems in capital cities of selected Small Island Developing States sharing similar socio-economic characteristics. To identify knowledge gaps and guide the design and evaluation of future transport investments the…

The City as a Sponge

6 February 2020
This presentation discussed flood risk management in the context of Sponge Cities, an initiative that addresses increasing flood risk in urban areas, as well as urban water management and urban renewal.

Center for Urban Water, Sri Lanka

27 January 2020
This presentation introduces the activities of Center for Urban Water in Sri Lanka (CUrW) for its efforts in implementing rainfall forecast and information sharing system to use in Risk-based flood management. The center is also undertaking capacity-building efforts in disaster resilience in Sri…

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…

Innovation Technologies for Air Quality Management

22 January 2020
Sean Wihera of Clarity Movement discussed their organization’s experiences on applications of new low-cost air quality management technologies that enable advanced performance-based allocations for smaller or highly localized clean air investments. Specifically, he discussed how real-time emissions…

Sanitation Systems Change: Why We Need a Radical Rethink to Achieve SDG 6.2

6 November 2019
Dr. Roshan Shrestha of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) discussed their work towards addressing the global sanitation crisis, particularly SDG 6.2 on achieving adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene and ending open defecation. BMGF is recognized for challenging the status quo…

Improved Methods for Assessment of Land Valuation and Property Taxes

5 November 2019
The technical complexity of ensuring that tax rolls are complete and valuations current is often perceived as a major barrier to bringing in more property tax revenues in developing countries. Webinar 3.4 shows how satellite data makes it possible to assess the completeness of existing tax maps…

National Spatial Data Infrastructure

31 October 2019
Learn how spatial data could help governments serve their citizens better and promote economic growth