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Book Launch: CAREC Climate Solutions 2019

4 December 2018
Sustainia, a sustainability think tank and advisory group, is calling for sustainable urban solutions within the CAREC region. Sustainia processes and verifies solutions according to a set of robust selection criteria, developed, and fine tuned over the past eight years.

Call for Solutions

4 December 2018
Call for sustainable urban solutions within the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program (CAREC) region.

Low Carbon Urban Transformation in the Ruhr Region

4 December 2018
Ruhr area as the energy and industry heart of Germany plays a major role for achieving GHG mitigation targets. Learn why the Ruhr area matter with regard to GHG mitigation.

Will People First City Design Make Chinese Cities Thrive Again?

4 December 2018
Ever wondered how urban cities thrive? This presentation shares the characteristics commonly found in 50 successful urban areas in the United States. It also analyzes what make Chinese cities thrive.

Keynote Speech

4 December 2018
Discover why cities are important in solving climate change challenge and in the global climate policy arena.

11 Years of Co Management in Preparing Sustainable Infrastructure Projects in Cities

21 November 2018
At the Knowledge Sharing Event, the CDIA Team will talk about their initiatives in building the capacity of cities and partners; and ensuring that the infrastructure projects they prepare contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and key development impacts.

Quantifying the Economic and Social Impacts of High-Speed Rail: Some Evidence from Europe and China

15 November 2018
In recent years, there has been an increasing move toward appraising the impacts of transport investments beyond the direct user benefits and costs. This presentation reviews the arguments in favor of measuring such impacts, the progress made in implementing such impacts in the appraisal, and the…

Station Area Development of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project

15 November 2018
The JICA-financed Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (HSR) Project is 505 kilometers long and will have 12 stations. With advice from Japanese experts, the HSR Corporation has almost finalized the planning of the station plaza and access roads necessary to cope with transport demand when the HSR…

Travel and Land-Use Impacts of Mumbai–Ahmedabad HSR in Mumbai Metropolitan Region

15 November 2018
The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited of India is implementing an HSR corridor between Mumbai and Ahmedabad with the help of Japan International Cooperation Agency. A four-stage travel demand model has been developed, replicating the existing travel behavior and incorporating all the…

Enhancing Linkages in City Regions: High-Speed Rail and Station Area Development

15 November 2018
Countries in Europe and East Asia are expanding their high-speed rail (HSR) networks. Station areas served by HSR are emerging as new hubs of economic and cultural activities, thereby affecting the network of service sector industries in the HSR corridor. Over time HSR cities gain functional…