Mriganka Saxena Keywords Urban Development sustainable management natural water resources sustainable growth mobility water security Read more about Mriganka Saxena Mriganka is the Founding Partner of Habitat Tectonics Architecture & Urbanism and an urban strategist and policy writer. With 20 years experience in UK and India, she has worked extensively with both public and private sectors on design-led policy and tools for effective delivery in the areas of Sustainable Management of Natural Water Resources, Sustainable Growth, Transit Oriented Development, and Mobility.
Infrastructure Investment, SME Promotion, and Education for Sustainable Growth Read more about Infrastructure Investment, SME Promotion, and Education for Sustainable Growth Without infrastructure, farmers and manufacturers cannot sell their products. This is especially true in the CAREC region, where market is far away from the buyers. But to ensure sustainable growth, other factors must be considered as well. In this video presentation, ADBI Dean Naoyuki Yoshino, shares the inter-relatedness of infrastructure investment, small and medium enterprise promotion, and education for sustainable growth.
Keeping an Eye on Asia Read more about Keeping an Eye on Asia ADB's Gil-Hong Kim opens the session with key takeaways from the Stockholm Water Week 2016. Ashok Bhargava, Yasmin Siddiqi, and Eri Honda, also from ADB, then share perspectives on why water security is essential for the Asia and Pacific region's sustainable growth. This video covers the full session of ADB's in-house Insight Thursday lecture series.
Keeping an Eye on Asia Read more about Keeping an Eye on Asia Up to 3.4 billion people in Asia and the Pacific could be living in water-stressed areas by 2050, according to ADB's Asian Water Development Outlook for 2016. Tackling this threat requires broad coordinated measures, which were spelled out by experts from ADB at this Insight Thursday session. The panel of experts included Gil-Hong Kim, Senior Director and Chief Sector Officer of ADB’s Water Sector Group; Yasmin Siddiqi, Principal Water Resources Specialist; Ashok Bhargava, Energy Division Director; and Eri Honda, Principal Urban Development Specialist.