Smart Infrastructure for Smart Cities Read more about Smart Infrastructure for Smart Cities Smart cities incorporate information and communication technologies to enhance the quality and performance of urban services such as energy, transportation, and utilities in order to reduce resource consumption, wastage, and costs. Learn about the role of smart cities in India’s economic growth.
Smart Infra for Smart Cities Read more about Smart Infra for Smart Cities S Viswanathan, Editor and Publisher of the Industrial Economist, gave a talk on creating smart infrastructure systems for cities and the future of urban mobility systems in a fast urbanizing world.
Carnegie Mellon University's Applications of Smart Cities and Energy Innovations Read more about Carnegie Mellon University's Applications of Smart Cities and Energy Innovations Carnegie Mellon University's Emil Bolongaita, Ragunathan Rajkumar, and Jay Whitacre will share insights on the university's work in high technology, connected and automated vehicles, energy innovations, among others. They will also discuss practical applications of these ideas in ADB projects. This event is part of ADB’s in-house Innovation Speakers' series.
Special Olympics Overview Read more about Special Olympics Overview More than 200 million people with intellectual disability face ongoing discrimination in healthcare, education, and employment. Special Olympics uses sports as a vehicle for change to achieve its vision of creating smart cities wherein all communities and cities are active and inclusive of individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Developing Disability-Inclusive Cities Read more about Developing Disability-Inclusive Cities Special Olympics is helping governments and the global development community design and fund projects that help reach people with disabilities. Learn about the importance of incorporating disability as a cross-cutting theme in infrastructure projects.
The University of Melbourne as a Prosumer: The Parkville Virtual Power Plant Read more about The University of Melbourne as a Prosumer: The Parkville Virtual Power Plant Prosumerism is a scalable concept that will geuninely replace conventional power plants for the provision of reliability as a solution to the energy trilemma. Making a smart city truly smart entails the deployment of low carbon technologies, development of new business cases, and contribution to system operations.
ADB Perspectives on Smart City Read more about ADB Perspectives on Smart City Project officers of ADB who are supporting the development of various smart cities projects share their experiences and updates in this presentation. As no universal definition exists for smart city, the commonalities identified from ADB’s smart cities projects were used as a starting point for creating one.
Chee Anne Roño Keywords Urban Development project management livable city Smart City Read more about Chee Anne Roño Chee Anne works as an Urban Development Specialist at CDIA Cities Development Initiative for Asia. She used to work at ADB as a Capacity Building and Change Management Consultant.
Modernizing Land Administration to Enhance Development Read more about Modernizing Land Administration to Enhance Development Land administration underpins the very functioning of states and societies. Effective systems for recording land ownership, land values, and land use are the foundation on which the efficient operation of a market economy depends. This event highlighted the intricacies of building modern land administration systems from conceptualization as a "smart" initiative in Suva, Fiji to project implementation and systems deployment in select Philippine cities.