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The City as a Sponge

6 February 2020
This presentation discussed flood risk management in the context of Sponge Cities, an initiative that addresses increasing flood risk in urban areas, as well as urban water management and urban renewal.

Workshop on strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management

4 February 2020

SPADE at ADB Library eHub

28 January 2020

Center for Urban Water, Sri Lanka

27 January 2020
This presentation introduces the activities of Center for Urban Water in Sri Lanka (CUrW) for its efforts in implementing rainfall forecast and information sharing system to use in Risk-based flood management. The center is also undertaking capacity-building efforts in disaster resilience in Sri…

Assessing Groundwater Resource Potential Using GRACE Anomalies in Maharashtra, India

23 January 2020
ADB's Sanmugam Prathapar shared how the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite offers an alternative to historic piezometric data to guide groundwater management. A case study on Maharashtra, India analyzed state and regional spatial scales, and correlations between rainfall and…

Innovation Technologies for Air Quality Management

22 January 2020
Sean Wihera of Clarity Movement discussed their organization’s experiences on applications of new low-cost air quality management technologies that enable advanced performance-based allocations for smaller or highly localized clean air investments. Specifically, he discussed how real-time emissions…

USG and ETG highlight data-driven air quality management

22 January 2020

UCCRTF showcases projects in ADB Innovation Fair

10 January 2020

Maps and Spatial Data for Digital Project Development (Dec 2019)

5 December 2019

Book Chapter Overview: The Past and Future Role of Asia’s Infrastructure in Development

21 November 2019
This presentation gave an overview of Chapter 1 of the publication, "Infrastructure Financing in Asia", which examined how infrastructure conditions vary across countries in Asia and discussed policy actions for meeting infrastructure investment needs. It also established that without climate…