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Public Policies and Quality of Life – An Overview and Outlook of People’s Republic of China’s Transport Infrastructure Investment

6 September 2019
This presentation tackles the development and outlook of transport infrastructure investment and financing in the People's Republic of China.

Private Involvement in the Infrastructure Building of BRI

6 September 2019
This presentation discusses the Belt Road Initiative and identifies the roles of different stakeholders involved.

Digital Technologies in Agriculture – Trends and Focus Areas

4 September 2019
Learn how agri-tech is driving the next generation revolution in global agriculture markets.

Emerging Digital Technologies for Agriculture in Central Asia

4 September 2019
Check out how digital techmologies are helping improve rural development and food security in Central Asia.

Preserving Biodiversity in the Philippines’ New Clark City Project

25 July 2019
ADB is supporting the New Clark City (NCC) in assessing impacts on water resources and biodiversity. In this session, scientists presented findings on NCC's flora, fauna, and aquatic ecosystems, including an analysis of land-use change and future scenarios vis-a-vis urban development. Integrating…

Demonstrating Water-Food-Energy Nexus through Water Conservation Beijing Capital Region, PRC

20 June 2019
In this Tech Talk, ADB's Hubert Jenny talked about the water challenges of Beijing as well as a number of international best practices on water conservation, such as from the Netherlands, United States, and Viet Nam, and other proposed interventions, including the use of water-saving fixtures and…

The Copernicus Sentinel & European Space Agency's Earth Observation programs

20 June 2019
Sentinel missions’ overview and status; Sentinel operational products and data access; ESA heritage SAR missions and new mission concepts; Scientific exploitation and achievements; SentiNel Application Platform (SNAP)

Introduction to theory of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for ground motion monitoring

19 June 2019
Introduction to SAR, SAR Interferometry (InSAR), and DInSAR; Working principles, applicability requirements, and main error sources of SAR techniques covering all relevant theoretical concepts.Theory of Persistent Scatterers and Distributed Scatterers technique to carry out the displacement time…

Analysis of the PSI results on Central Sulawesi; Added value to the PSI result

19 June 2019
Rheticus® Displacement service presentation; Presentation and discussion of the results of the MT-DInSAR data processing (PS/DS map), ex-ante and ex-post Palu earthquake, based on the Sentinel-1 data and performed using the Rheticus® Displacement processing chain.

Hydro-Economic Modeling to Address Trade-offs between Food Production and Biofuels

18 June 2019
Food production, energy generation, and water supply systems are inextricably linked. Achieving clean energy goals requires careful consideration of the various interactions among these systems. With population growth and rising temperatures, demand for water is increasing. As economies develop and…