Junyi Zhang Keywords Transportation Planning Travel Behaviour Urban Development Regional Development public health environment tourism Read more about Junyi Zhang Professor Junyi Zhang is a professor at Mobilities and Urban Policy Lab of Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan. He is also the Director of Center of Asian Sustainable Mobility Research at Hiroshima University, Japan. Prof. Zhang’s research fields include transportation planning, urban and regional planning, traffic engineering, environment and energy policies, tourism policy, and health policy in the contexts of both developed and developing countries.
Healthy and Age-Friendly Cities in the People's Republic of China Read more about Healthy and Age-Friendly Cities in the People's Republic of China This presentation discussed a framework for mainstreaming health impact assessment and healthy and age-friendly city action and management planning for cities, projects, and master plans.
Hong Soo Lee Keywords Urban Development water UCCRTF Read more about Hong Soo Lee Hong Soo Lee is a smart city expert with a background in urban policy, planning, and development. He brings experience to support bank-wide initiatives and projects in urban development. Before he joined ADB, he worked at Seoul Housing Corporation and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport in the Republic of Korea and Urban Redevelopment Authority in Singapore.
Exploring a Dynamic Relationship between Transportation Strategies and Community Liveability: A Case of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration Read more about Exploring a Dynamic Relationship between Transportation Strategies and Community Liveability: A Case of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration The paper assesses the spatial dimensions by considering the evolution of the conurbation in four phases, and by looking at cumulative causation of the sequence of impacts of maritime, road, rail, air and ITeS communication networks on liveability within the Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in India.
Arpan Paul Keywords Urban Development transport Read more about Arpan Paul Arpan Paul is an assistant professor at the School of Human Settlements at XIM University. He was previously an assistant professor at Sushant University and a research scholar at the Department of Architecture and Regional Planning at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
The City as a Sponge Read more about The City as a Sponge This presentation discussed flood risk management in the context of Sponge Cities, an initiative that addresses increasing flood risk in urban areas, as well as urban water management and urban renewal.
Flood Risk from Dams - TA 9634 Work with IWUMD in Myanmar Read more about Flood Risk from Dams - TA 9634 Work with IWUMD in Myanmar This presentation discussed the background and work that has been carried out under the TA 9634 with Myanmar's Irrigation and Water Utilization Management Department (IWUMD), a governmental organization under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MOALI). The project is supporting the hydrological and hydraulic reassessment of a number of spillways in Myanmar.
Coastal Flood Risk - Philippines Case Study Read more about Coastal Flood Risk - Philippines Case Study This presentation gave an overview of coastal flooding in the Philippines and the various modelling/mapping methods used to assess coastal flood risk.
IFRM Financing Read more about IFRM Financing This presentation guided participants on the various financing issues related to IFRM from the perspective of ADB's developing member countries, as well as multilateral development banks. It also provided some guidance when exploring various IFRM financing models.
Climate Change - Truths and Myths Read more about Climate Change - Truths and Myths This presentation dispelled various climate change truths and myths as it relates to flood risk management.