Chettiyappan Visvanathan Keywords environment plastic pollution circular economy data collection waste management Read more about Chettiyappan Visvanathan Dr. Chettiyappan Visvanathan, is an Emeritus Professor of Asian Institute of Technology. Currently he is working with Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Mahidol University. He has a Ph.D. (Chemical /Environmental Engineering) from Institute National Polytechnique, Toulouse, France. His main areas of research interests include: Sustainable Consumption and Production, Membrane technologies for water and wastewater treatment and solid waste disposal and management.
Nguyen Thi Thu Trang Keywords green development marine debris environment plastic pollution circular economy waste management data collection plastic value chain project management Read more about Nguyen Thi Thu Trang Trang is Co-Founder and Deputy Director of the Centre for Supporting Green Development (GreenHub), a Vietnamese NGO. She is trained as an expert in marine waste management, leading projects on plastic pollution, environment, and development for 15 years, promoting partnerships and information networks between government, business, and civil society. Her collective action expertise has been applied as an invited trainer of plastic waste management in Asia Pacific.
Marie Gouttebroze Keywords environment plastics waste management data collection plastic value chain Read more about Marie Gouttebroze Marie Gouttebroze works as a Senior Project Manager in the field of Waste Management and Circular Economy at Seureca, the consulting engineering company of Veolia. She has a cross-sectional experience with consulting engagements focusing on integrated solid waste management systems. She works on various projects related to circular economy and recycling, in particular on plastic pollution identification and quantification and on improving plastic value chains.
Sara Shirowzhan Keywords sara shirowzhan unsw university of new south wales Australia data collection smart cities Urban Development Read more about Sara Shirowzhan Dr Sara Shirowzhan is the lecturer and the co-convener of the Smart Cities and Infrastructure Cluster in the School of Built Environment (BE) at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. Sara’s areas of research in technologies relevant to the built environment include advanced GIS, nD BIM, sensing technologies, digital twins, and artificial intelligence for applications in smart cities, infrastructure, urban development and construction.
Romina Cavatassi Keywords RDFS Forum RDFS Forum 2022 rdfs tg food security rural development agricultural value chains agriculture and natural resources smart agriculture economy data collection climate change adaptation mitigation natural resource economics Read more about Romina Cavatassi Romina Cavatassi is in charge leading a number of Impact Assessments (IA) and in setting up a systematic approach for sound IA. This involves defining the theory of change and related indicators, developing the tools for data collection, leading the training and the data collection as well as data analysis and dissemination of results. She is also collaborating in mainstreaming climate change adaptation and mitigation.
A Practical Introduction to Water Quality Modeling Read more about A Practical Introduction to Water Quality Modeling Water quality models can aid in planning and in assessing the environmental impacts of project-generated pollution. This presentation explains the uses, purposes, limitations, and components of water quality models; their application in the review of ADB-funded projects, with case studies as examples; water quality data collection and assuring data quality; interpretation of model results; the challenges and opportunities in water quality; and the terms of reference for a water quality modeling consultant.
Gerard Pijcke Keywords ADB projects consultant data data collection environment pollution wastewater water water quality Read more about Gerard Pijcke
Road Safety Data Systems 2 - Collecting Data Read more about Road Safety Data Systems 2 - Collecting Data The starting point for the collection of road safety data requires an assessment of stakeholder needs, and identification of the data that is already available. The improvement of data systems also requires these same steps. In this module, the data collection process is explained, particularly current good practice in collecting data from the police. Other sources of information including hospital data are also discussed. Effective management of road safety also requires the collection of non-crash data.
Road Safety Data Systems 1 - Data for Road Safety Management Read more about Road Safety Data Systems 1 - Data for Road Safety Management Collection of data for road safety is very important at a strategic level and within the broader context of road safety management. This module provides an overview on the types of data that are used in the management and delivery of road safety. As data collection is an expensive exercise and the process of analyzing data takes a lot of time, a strategy is required to link data collection with policy making.