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ADB Celebrates World Water Day 2017

22 March 2017
This year's World Water Day Celebration in the Asian Development Bank looked more closely into the emerging issues surrounding water. It discussed the importance of flood mitigation in the face of climate change, forming water sensitive cities in the midst of rapid population growth, and water…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Stories from the Field South Asia

17 March 2017
Staff from ADB Resident Missions shared their learnings and experiences on the implementation of projects in the field. They highlighted climate resilience measures in municipal infrastructure projects in Bangladesh, and practices toward successful implementation of water supply and sanitation…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Conceptualizing Cultural Heritage and Tourism Projects Benefiting the Ger Areas of Ulaanbaatar

8 March 2017
In this Urban Studio Session, Brian Capati of Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) and ADB's Arnaud Heckman discussed how the Pre-Feasibility on Ulaanbaatar’s Ger Area Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Community Enhancement Project conducted by CDIA can help in identifying urban…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Elevating Sustainable Urban Transport Systems through Aerial Metro

6 March 2017
Benjamin Fauchier Delavigne and Charlotte Riche of POMA, a leader in ropeway transportation since 1936 with subsidiaries on five continents, discussed aerial ropeway transport system as an alternative urban transport option. They also shared best practices from South America and discussed how they…
Organizer: Transport Sector Office

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

1 March 2017
What's the most effective way to collect, manage, and utilize urban data? In this interactive Urban Studio session, ADB Urban Sector Consultant Renard Teipelke gave an overview of data platforms used by ADB and international development organizations, allowing participants to rethink their current…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

How to Diagnose and Improve Water and Wastewater Utilities Operations Performance

24 February 2017
SUEZ, an international company specializing in water and wastewater urban services, demonstrated WIKTI--its diagnostics tool for utilities. Representatives from SUEZ discussed how water companies can elevate services to world class levels using the tool to analyze business processes and utility…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Congestion Mobility and Accessibility in Emerging Cities

22 February 2017
Gilles Duranton, professor and chair of Wharton School's Real Estate Department, spoke on urban congestion in emerging cities. He proposed an integrated framework to think about accessibility, mobility, and congestion consistently, and showed that progress can be made by combining economics with…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department, Transport Sector Office

4th International Fecal Sludge Management Conference

20 to 22 February 2017
Learning from others' experiences is important in sustaining projects, including those on fecal sludge management. Asian Development Bank (ADB) officers and developing member countries (DMC) representatives improved their capacity to plan, design, implement, and sustain fecal sludge management (…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

ADBAustralia Water Learning Week

14 February 2017
The first ADB-Australia Water Learning Week was held in December 2016 as part of the Water Sector Group's continuous learning and development program. The week-long program brought together project teams -- ADB sector staff and DMC counterparts -- to gain knowledge and experience from each other…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Land Governance A Prerequisite for Sustainable Urban Development

10 February 2017
Land governance is a prerequisite for sustainable development, poverty eradication, and fulfillment of human rights. The Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) Programme, facilitated by UN-HABITAT, was established with this context in mind. In a sharing session, Danilo Antonio overall lead of UN-HABITAT'…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office