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24x7 Water Supply Scheme - The Ilkal Story

14 March 2019
Ilkal is the first town in India to provide 24x7 water supply to the entire population. Know more about the key drivers, and the lessons that other countries can learn from this experience.

What the heck is Smart City? Experiences from Seoul

7 March 2019
Kris Moon who has just joined as Urban Development Specialist at SDCC’s Urban Sector Group shares her experiences with Smart City Seoul while it is still very fresh in her memory. Kris was a US national, an outsider, living and working in Seoul, and she was also an urban champion spreading Smart…

Analysing Urban Areas Using Free Data and Open Online Tools

6 March 2019
The aim of this webinar is twofold: first, to outline the use of the world settlement footprint (WSF) for comparative analysis and, second, to present a set of online tools which can be used to generate statistics and geo-spatial analysis hosted on the Urban Thematic Exploitation Platform (UTEP).

Improving Urban Livelihoods

6 February 2019
Public urban spaces such as streets, open spaces, green areas, parks, and public buildings are necessary components for a livable city. Inadequate, poorly designed, or privatized public spaces often generate exclusion and marginalization and therefore degrade the livability of the urban…

Satellite Data for Climate Resilience and Disaster Management City Plans

2 February 2019
This webinar focuses on flood history and flood risk as well as on land motion (subsidence), but related topics that are touched upon are land use/land cover and change, transport infrastructure and green urban areas, as these are also relevant for assessing sustainability of cities with respect…

Slums Upgrade and Access to Basic Services

30 January 2019
Most urban centers in developing countries have very little current/accurate data available on the location, extent and the dynamics of informal settlements. More, related information on level of service deprivation (e.g., water and sanitation access) are completely missing or they are limited to…

AquaRating Tool for Water and Wastewater Utilities Development

16 January 2019
Ms. Corrine Cathala, Lead Water and Sanitation Specialist from IADB, discussed about the use of AquaRating as a Management and Performance Assessment Tool, showcasing its implementation in a worldwide scale.

Support to Water Utilities from ADB: Experience in Water Authority of Fiji (WAF)

16 January 2019
Experience in Water Authority of Fiji (WAF)

WaterGuide - A new Framework for managing water scracity

15 January 2019
This session is introducing the WaterGuide and how it has been applied internationally. The WaterGuide is an organizing framework for improved water policy and management in response to water scarcity. It provides guidance to countries where water scarcity threatens human health, economic…

Chemical-Free Surface Water Treatment

11 January 2019
Learn more about chemical-free surface water treatment which is sustainable, easy to operate, and energy efficient. It is deemed useful in providing water supply during emergency and municipal treatment for major cities in ADB's developing member countries.