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Water and Urban Development (Pacific)

22 March 2017
Learn more about ADB's Water and Urban Development operations in the Pacific and the corresponding potential business opportunities.

Urban Ropeways: Solution for Congested Cities

6 March 2017
Cities worldwide suffer from traffic congestion and environmental pollution and switching to electric vehicles will not be enough to address these challenges. Characterized as safe, durable, and environmentally friendly, the urban ropeway system was developed as an alternative transport solution.…

How to Diagnose and Improve Water and Wastewater Utilities Operations Performance

24 February 2017
WIKTI, a performance management tool of SUEZ, can help improve the service and performance of water utlities. The tool also enables water service providers to set targets and corresponding action plans. It also provides an objective evaluation of the maturity of all business processes. The tool has…

Irrigated Agriculture Inclusive Development Project (Myanmar)

22 February 2017
Myanmar’s water sector faced several challenges. It experienced excessive deforestation and destruction of the ecosystem, particularly in Barmah Forest. Its irrigation facilities have also deteriorated over time, and its canals and network system were incomplete and inefficient. This presentation…

Urban Transportation in Emerging Cities

22 February 2017
To address the issues of accessibility, mobility, and congestion in emerging cities, this presentation aims to (i) rekindle interest on urban transportation in emerging cities; (ii) propose an integrated framework to think about accessibility, mobility, and congestion consistently; (iii) and show…

Experience in Advocating Fecal Sludge Management

22 February 2017
To address water challenges in the Asia and Pacific region, ADB's Water Operational Plan 2011–2020 puts forward a number of priority solutions to improve the effectiveness and enhance the quality of the outcomes of ADB's water operations. This presentation discusses how ADB catalyzes its investment…

Lessons Learned from the Shandong Groundwater Protection Project in the People’s Republic of China

14 February 2017
The Shandong Groundwater Protection Project in the People’s Republic of China yields several lessons. It shows that water sharing arrangements that enable cooperation among states with different systems and regulations are possible. The project also demonstrates that modernization and mechanization…

Community-Managed Potable Water System in Southville 7, Laguna

15 December 2016
Majority of the residents in Southville 7, a resettlement site in the municipality of Caluan in the Province of Laguna, Philippines, now have access to clean water through communal water stations that were set up by a public-private partnership between the homeowners’ associations and Laguna Water…

The Communication Story of Estero de Paco

13 December 2016
Clean-up and dredging activities along Manila’s Pasig River in the Philippines and expensive schemes to aerate river water have proved unsustainable, and created new problems such as sludge build-up. The different approach piloted by Asian Development Bank focuses on the 3-kilometer Estero de Paco…

Kapit Bisig Para sa Ilog Pasig: Communication Approaches and Lessons

13 December 2016
To support the infrastructure component of the Kapit Bisig Para sa Ilog Pasig Project in the Philippines, communication activities of various stakeholders were funded by Asian Development Bank. Community-based and multimedia information channels were used by ABS-CBN Foundation and Manila Water to…