Shanshan Li Keywords transportation sustainable transportation projects Urban Development Read more about Shanshan Li Li Shanshan is the Vice Country Director of ITDP China. She joined ITDP in 2009 with a master's degree in Transportation Engineering and is currently leading the ITDP office in Beijing. She has been working on urban planning and sustainable transportation projects and accumulated a lot of experience and knowledge on planning, design, and the implementation of BRT, NMT, and TOD projects. She was previously a consultant to the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank on many sustainable transportation projects in China and Asian cities.
Integrated Flood Risk Management in a Seamless Manner Read more about Integrated Flood Risk Management in a Seamless Manner Achieving Integrated Flood Risk Management (IFRM) in a seamless manner is possible through the use of a hydro-environmental simulation model. Promoting local ownership of flood forecasts, based on the experience of the International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management, remains a major challenge to achieving seamless IFRM.
Building a Sustainable Future Read more about Building a Sustainable Future Explosive population growth, territorial expansion, and the ubiquity of digital technology in the public realm challenge the effectiveness of conventional models of city-making in the 21st century. Intelligent Territories, the continually evolving design methodology of the Fundación Metrópoli, offers a model for understanding and designing places.
Intelligent Territories: Fundación Metrópoli Read more about Intelligent Territories: Fundación Metrópoli This learning event shared the design philosophy of Intelligent Territories through Fundación Metrópoli’s experiences around the world. Beginning with the “new scale of thinking for the 21st century city,” the event examined how technology and transportation are reshaping the functional scale of cities, and how this can be transformed into unprecedented opportunities.