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Water and Urban Development (Southeast Asia)

27 March 2019
Learn more about ADB's Water and Urban Development operations in Southeast Asia and the corresponding potential business opportunities.

Water and Urban Development (Pacific)

27 March 2019
Learn more about ADB's Water and Urban Development operations in the Pacific and the ongoing and upcoming business opportunities.

Affordable Solutions for Vulnerable Communities

21 March 2019
Kate Landry, Build Change Philippines country director, and Daniel Stander, RMS global managing director, discussed risk models that allow estimate of lives lost and housing losses that would result from a large disaster, and which can quantify the lives saved and GDP saved that would result from…

Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management

19 March 2019
Developing sustainable, long-term flood resilience requires a management strategy that combines a portfolio of solutions—social, economic, financial, environmental, institutional aspects, engineering, disaster preparedness, insurance, and emergency response requirements. This integrated approach is…

NRW Management and 24x7 Water Supply In Cities: How is ADB Helping The Government

14 March 2019
Can developing countries afford continuous water supply? Check out how ADB is helping its developing member countries access continuous water supply while reducing nonrevenue water from service providers.

24x7 Water Supply Scheme - The Ilkal Story

14 March 2019
Ilkal is the first town in India to provide 24x7 water supply to the entire population. Know more about the key drivers, and the lessons that other countries can learn from this experience.

What the heck is Smart City? Experiences from Seoul

7 March 2019
Kris Moon who has just joined as Urban Development Specialist at SDCC’s Urban Sector Group shares her experiences with Smart City Seoul while it is still very fresh in her memory. Kris was a US national, an outsider, living and working in Seoul, and she was also an urban champion spreading Smart…

Improving Urban Livelihoods

6 February 2019
Public urban spaces such as streets, open spaces, green areas, parks, and public buildings are necessary components for a livable city. Inadequate, poorly designed, or privatized public spaces often generate exclusion and marginalization and therefore degrade the livability of the urban…

Satellite Data for Climate Resilience and Disaster Management City Plans

2 February 2019
This webinar focuses on flood history and flood risk as well as on land motion (subsidence), but related topics that are touched upon are land use/land cover and change, transport infrastructure and green urban areas, as these are also relevant for assessing sustainability of cities with respect…

Slums Upgrade and Access to Basic Services

30 January 2019
Most urban centers in developing countries have very little current/accurate data available on the location, extent and the dynamics of informal settlements. More, related information on level of service deprivation (e.g., water and sanitation access) are completely missing or they are limited to…