Learning Video 3: How can resilience of the urban poor be strengthened at the household level? Read more about Learning Video 3: How can resilience of the urban poor be strengthened at the household level? The urban poor in Asia and the Pacific are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. This learning video series provides an overview of what stakeholders from across three different levels – household, community, and city – can do to strengthen the resilience of the urban poor and vulnerable communities. Pro-poor solutions across six policy areas (social protection, public health, livelihood, housing, community infrastructure, and urban planning) need to be put into place and/or strengthened, with the urban poor involved as active partners throughout the process.
Learning Video 2: What are the guiding principles and approaches in building the resilience of the urban poor? Read more about Learning Video 2: What are the guiding principles and approaches in building the resilience of the urban poor? The urban poor in Asia and the Pacific are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. This learning video series provides an overview of what stakeholders from across three different levels – household, community, and city – can do to strengthen the resilience of the urban poor and vulnerable communities. Pro-poor solutions across six policy areas (social protection, public health, livelihood, housing, community infrastructure, and urban planning) need to be put into place and/or strengthened, with the urban poor involved as active partners throughout the process.
Learning Video 1: Why is it important to build the resilience of the urban poor? Read more about Learning Video 1: Why is it important to build the resilience of the urban poor? The urban poor in Asia and the Pacific are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. This learning video series provides an overview of what stakeholders from across three different levels – household, community, and city – can do to strengthen the resilience of the urban poor and vulnerable communities. Pro-poor solutions across six policy areas (social protection, public health, livelihood, housing, community infrastructure, and urban planning) need to be put into place and/or strengthened, with the urban poor involved as active partners throughout the process.
Mukta Sapkota Keywords climate change water Urban Development urban water systems hydrology Read more about Mukta Sapkota Dr. Sapkota is an Urban Hydrologist working at eWater, Australia. She is an experienced water modeller, who has worked in urban water systems and hydrology in Australia and overseas.
Halim Lee Keywords climate change global/regional environmental issues food-water-ecosystem environmental and socioeconomic issues sustainable development Read more about Halim Lee Halim is a Senior Research Assistant at United Nations University - Flores (UNU-FLORES), currently working on the sustainability of transformation processes in post-coal mining regions. Prior to joining UNU-FLORES, she worked as a researcher at the Environmental GIS/RS Laboratory in Korea University, where she researched climate change and global/regional environmental issues and collaborated in projects involving the food-water-ecosystem nexus in Central Asia. She worked at Lockton Companies Inc.
Tiago Ribeiro Keywords climate change water Urban Development ADB operations and management Read more about Tiago Ribeiro
Christine Emboltorio Keywords Manila Water water security water infrastructure climate change Urban Development Read more about Christine Emboltorio Christine Emboltorio is currently the Head of Strategic Asset Planning Department of Manila Water Company Inc. and leads the development of the water and wastewater masterplan of the Company’s Manila East Zone Concession. She has been with Manila Water for almost 20 years and has worked across the different units of the Company – Business Operations, Water Network Planning, New Business Development, and Project Management.
Rajat Mishra Keywords climate change water Urban Development Read more about Rajat Mishra Dr. Mishra is a PhD from Acoustic Research Lab of National University of Singapore. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the same lab and co-founder of Teredo Analytics, a deep-tech spin-off from NUS.
Velpuri Naga Keywords water Urban Development research climate change hydrology hydrological modeling Read more about Velpuri Naga
Ben Stewart-Koster Keywords climate change population aquatic ecosystems Urban Development Read more about Ben Stewart-Koster Ben is a quantitative ecologist with expertise in statistical modelling for ecological applications. He works on basic and applied research in aquatic systems from local to global scales collaborating with researchers, managers and farmers on projects across Europe, Asia, the USA and Australia.