Ride the Wave: Enabling Disaster Communications Read more about Ride the Wave: Enabling Disaster Communications This presentation discusses the interoperability challenges everyone faces in times of crisis and disaster. It explains how Wave, an innovation of Motorola Solutions, Inc., responds to the challenge by providing effective communication and collaboration through secure, reliable, and real-time voice and data.
ADB's Trade Finance Program Read more about ADB's Trade Finance Program Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Trade Finance Program provides guarantees and loans through banks to support trade. Through the program’s Credit Guarantee Product, ADB provides guarantees within 24 hours to confirming banks of up to 100% of non-payment risk. The program also supports transactions such as counter-guarantee, pre-export financing, and trade loan.
Involving All Players: Key for Sustainability Read more about Involving All Players: Key for Sustainability Urban water management influences and is influenced by a wide range of interests. While stakeholder engagement has its limitations; it is, however, a crucial aspect of integrated and more sustainable urban water management.
Housing and Emergence of Slums in Asian Cities Read more about Housing and Emergence of Slums in Asian Cities While Asian cities experience a rapid transformation, the number of slum dwellers in the region remains higher than anywhere else. Developing inclusive approaches—recognizing that the poor are a part of the growth and transformation story—is needed to increase access to formal urban housing.
Smart City Management and City-to-City Collaboration Read more about Smart City Management and City-to-City Collaboration Learn why smart city management in the context of the City of Yokohama in Japan moves beyond smart city technology. This presentation features the Yokohama Partnership of Resources and Technologies, the City’s international technical cooperation initiative. It also discusses how the City of Yokohama adopts creative and innovative urban solutions.