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Enhancing women-focused investments in climate and disaster resilience

3 June 2020

Land Use Transport Interactions of High Speed Rail (HSR)

15 May 2020
Dr. Francesca Pagliara talks about her work on wider socioeconomic impacts of HSRs on mobility choices, mega cities, temporary offices, land prices and equity issues. Further, with her experience of co-editing two textbooks published by Springer on location choices, she shares insights about the…

Network Improvements in European Mega Cities through High Speed Rail

15 May 2020
This presentation talks about the positive effects of HSRs on economic growth, sustainability, and equity in European Mega cities.

HSR and Population Density

15 May 2020
This presentation discusses the improtance of Japanese HSR on new economic geography, population density, and size of cities. It highlights the need for experimental researches in measuring and understanding the impacts of HSR development.

Impacts of HSR on Land Use

15 May 2020
This presentation highlights the key challanges in modelling of the Land Use and Transport Interactions of High Speed Rails and emphasizes the lack of spatial resolution and need for multi-layer models to understand the land use effect of HSR.

Healthy and Age-Friendly Cities in the People's Republic of China

14 May 2020
This presentation discussed a framework for mainstreaming health impact assessment and healthy and age-friendly city action and management planning for cities, projects, and master plans.

Improving Flood Risk Management with Satellite-Based Flood Maps

7 May 2020

AASCTF Annual Progress Report 2019

1 May 2020
The AASCTF 2019 Annual Progress Report recaps progress made on the trust fund's implementation and highlights achievements made from April 2019 to March 2020.

Cement kiln to treat medical waste of COVID-19

6 April 2020
The People's Republic of China identified that cement kilns could support the safe disposal of infectious COVID-19 medical waste, and approached the Huaxin Cement company to assist the government in its response.

Code of practice for emergency co-processing of COVID-19 medical waste in cement kiln (Unofficial translation)

6 April 2020
The CBMF and the Ministry of Environment and Ecology provided an early set of guidance on co-processing medical waste in cement kilns.