K-water Integrated Water Operation Center Read more about K-water Integrated Water Operation Center Take a virtual tour of the K-water Integrated Water Operation Center, South Korea's centralized smart water management hub.
Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems for Smart Cities Read more about Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems for Smart Cities Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are necessary in ensuring safe and efficient transport networks. The current ITS, however, tend to focus on data collection and technology and generally miss out the need to incorporate the welfare of the three crucial components: infrastructure, vehicles, and users. Anchored on the concept of smart cities, cooperative ITS would promote more connected and safer transport networks.
Joint Workshop for e-Government and Smart City Read more about Joint Workshop for e-Government and Smart City Information and communications technology (ICT) has been used holistically to bolster financial and managerial capacities of local governments and municipal service providers; manage urban traffic, and increase the competence and autonomy of urban water supply, as well as sanitation and solid waste providers.
Innovative Strategies for Development Summit 2016 Read more about Innovative Strategies for Development Summit 2016 Innovative Strategies for Development Summit (ISDS) gathered a diverse set of stakeholders and participants to discuss, debate, and develop new strategies related to the use of technological innovations in order to achieve several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as in education, employment and entrepreneurship, sustainable agriculture, universal healthcare, smart cities, and connectivity.
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Read more about Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Rotterdam, the Netherlands The presentation introduces the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, its green city framework concept, as well as its recent products, projects, and ongoing researches. It offers suggestions on how Asian Development Bank could forge a knowledge partnership with centers of excellence.
Welcome Remarks - Knowledge Partnership Forum: Innovation for Resilient and Smart Communities Read more about Welcome Remarks - Knowledge Partnership Forum: Innovation for Resilient and Smart Communities Asian Development Bank's Executive Director for Japan Kazuhiko Koguchi commended the Bank's initiative on a knowledge matching exercise for resilient and smart city development with private sector firms that offer innovative solutions and technologies. He expressed hoped that the forum will help staff increase their capacity to develop and incorporate innovative ideas into their project designs.
Welcome Remarks - Knowledge Partnership Forum: Innovation for Resilient and Smart Communities Read more about Welcome Remarks - Knowledge Partnership Forum: Innovation for Resilient and Smart Communities Central to Asian Development Bank (ADB's) mission is financial support for infrastructure in various sectors. The outcome of the Knowledge Partnership Week, in terms of new ideas and approaches and new commitments to collaboration, could very well become a new form of "ADB currency"—one that goes beyond dollars and cents.