Peter Leonard Keywords safeguards environment urban planning Read more about Peter Leonard Peter Leonard is presently the World Bank’ Regional Safeguards Adviser for the East and Southern Africa Region. Since 2006 he has held several positions within different departments and management teams of the World Bank Group based in Washington DC and in Beijing, China.
Jude Kohlhase Keywords urban planning water management Urban Development urban ADB Read more about Jude Kohlhase Jude has over 20-years’ planning experience in identification, concept and design, and implementation of international multidisciplinary projects in the public and private sector. Over the last nine years Jude has worked with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and has been responsible for sovereign operations in urban development, climate resilience, energy, transportation, and housing sectors. During that period, he has served project processing and administration in the Pacific, Central West and Asia, and South Asia.
Nengshi Zheng Keywords municipal engineering landscape open-space planning Urban Development urban planning water resilience Read more about Nengshi Zheng Nengshi Zheng is an independent consultant, a member of Hunan provincial sponge city professional committee and an expert in the municipal engineering expert pool of Changsha City, PRC. He graduated from Leibniz University Hannover, Germany, with a master’s degree in landscape and open-space planning. He has worked at the Atelier Dreiseitl (later as Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl) as water engineer and landscape architect on international interdisciplinary projects and later as branch manager of Wasser Hannover GmbH in China.
Manual on Leveraging Spatial Data for Pandemic-Resilient Cities Read more about Manual on Leveraging Spatial Data for Pandemic-Resilient Cities About the manual
Manual Penggunaan Data Spasial Untuk Perencanaan Kota Tangguh Pandemi Read more about Manual Penggunaan Data Spasial Untuk Perencanaan Kota Tangguh Pandemi Tentang manual
Scene Setting for Resilient Urban Infrastructure Read more about Scene Setting for Resilient Urban Infrastructure Manoj Sharma set the scene for resilience of urban infrastructure by reminding participants that 55% of Asia-Pacific region’s population will live in cities by 2030, and that the region is home to 6 of 10 of the world’s most vulnerable cities. Required investment in urban infrastructure is estimated at $1.7 trillion per year.
Risk-informed Urban Infrastructure Planning: Applying Climate and Disaster Risk Information Read more about Risk-informed Urban Infrastructure Planning: Applying Climate and Disaster Risk Information Alex Nash spoke on risk-informed planning and noted that such approaches are more about process than destination. That is, a good plan is one that adapts to new information and is “resilient” to the information being imperfect--important in the context of climate uncertainty and the multi-dimensional nature of associated risks that need to be tackled.
Alexander David Nash Keywords urban urban planning ADB infrastructure smart city initiatives and disaster risk financing Read more about Alexander David Nash Alexander Nash is a chartered chemical engineer specialized in water management and urban development. He has more than 20 years of professional experience gained in Australia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, working with utilities, multilateral financing institutions and governments on water, sanitation, and irrigation infrastructure projects. Alex is currently Project Officer for three ADB loans in Cambodia and Vietnam, which includes implementing new approaches in nature-based infrastructure, smart city initiatives, and disaster risk financing.
Len Johnstone Keywords transport ADB highways urban planning feasibility studies Cube Voyager and Road Safety Read more about Len Johnstone Experienced Planning Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry. Skilled in Highways, Urban Planning, Feasibility Studies, Cube Voyager, and Road Safety. Strong operations professional with a Doctor of Philosophy - PhD focused in Civil, Transportation, and Geo-resources Engineering from Suranaree University of Technology.
Participatory Urban Mapping for Better Urban Planning Read more about Participatory Urban Mapping for Better Urban Planning . . .