Urban development
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Sustainable cities: It's (not) the finance, stupid
By Renard Teipelke on Friday, 23 February 2018
My 2 takeaways from the World Urban Forum are that there’s enough money to fund projects, and we need to implement global agendas.
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5 ways to make Asian cities more inclusive
By Fei Huang on Friday, 16 February 2018
To go beyond infrastructure, we must empower people.
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The architecture of resilience
By Sonia Chand Sandhu on Monday, 04 December 2017
A proper balance of grey and green infrastructure is crucial to make Asia’s cities more resilient.
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Ditch NIMBY to fix Philippines’ municipal solid waste problem
By Aldrin B. Plaza on Friday, 13 October 2017
The biggest constraint to establishing proper urban waste disposal facilities in the country is refusing to accept them in your own city.
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Testing a new water security approach for urban slums
By Tony Wong on Monday, 25 September 2017
Clean, safe water is crucial for urban slums. Green technologies can deliver water services that revitalize informal settlements.
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Why preserving urban heritage makes economic sense
By Aldrin B. Plaza on Wednesday, 05 July 2017
Preserving urban heritage helps local industries develop, and provides income opportunities for citizens.
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Waste management in Asia: 1 goal, 5 cities, 5 lessons
By Andrew McIntyre on Friday, 23 June 2017
Managing solid waste remains a low priority for most Asian cities. Here’s what we have learned needs to change.
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India: Smart partnerships making Kolkata a smart city
By Neeta Pokhrel, Sourav Majumder on Friday, 19 May 2017
Thanks to innovative taxation and urban services reforms, the city is on its way to becoming smart.
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Let's rethink urban transport in developing countries
By Yi Jiang on Wednesday, 05 April 2017
Before we take action on traffic, we should look into what causes congestion – and how costly it is to cities.
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In Tbilisi, finding new ways to work with Asian cities
By Andrew McIntyre on Friday, 24 March 2017
ADB’s Future Cities program is looking at how to scale up a successful urban transport project in Georgia.
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Green cities are not just for the elite
By Renard Teipelke on Monday, 20 February 2017
Environmentally friendly urban development should benefit all citizens.
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Securing Asia’s urban water
By Tatiana Gallego-Lizón on Monday, 19 December 2016
To address water scarcity and security in Asia’s cities, we need a shift in approach and rapid replication of best practices in good leadership, policymaking, and financing.
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Blog poll: Invest in infrastructure to make Asia’s secondary cities ‘smart’
By Aldrin B. Plaza on Monday, 07 November 2016
More than half of ADB blog readers think infrastructure is the key to making our secondary cities not just smart, but also more livable.
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Getting Asia's secondary cities into the 'smart' cities race
By Aldrin B. Plaza on Friday, 28 October 2016
If Asian cities are be able to embrace a simpler definition of smart city, then the region’s secondary cities will not be left out of the race.
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International Infrastructure Support System now available in 2 more languages
By Andrew McIntyre on Thursday, 27 October 2016
Twelve more languages are set to follow by 2020 to boost use of the free online platform, originally developed by ADB and the Sustainable Infrastructure Foundation.
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How developing cities can meet the challenges of the 21st century
By Tony Wong on Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Developing countries are well placed to leapfrog directly to water-sensitive cities, rather than follow the organic evolution of urban water infrastructure in developed countries.
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Asia’s cities growing faster than we are improving livability
By Renard Teipelke on Tuesday, 11 October 2016
Relative improvements on basic indicators of decent urban living conditions have been eaten up by the absolute population growth in Asian cities.
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Can Asian cities lead the way to a more sustainable future?
By Véronique Salze-Lozac’h on Wednesday, 07 September 2016
Cities have a huge responsibility in promoting the SDG objectives of better balance and integration among economic, social, and environmental goals in Asia and the Pacific.
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New drain system to unleash potential of Siddhartha Nagar in Nepal
By Arjun B. Kumal on Thursday, 04 August 2016
The municipality is now more resilient to monsoon flooding thanks to an ADB-supported infrastructure project that will also promote industrial investment and tourism.
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Mayors matter for Asia's future livable cities
By Andrew McIntyre on Tuesday, 03 May 2016
Asian mayors will discuss in Frankfurt the competing challenges and opportunities their cities face to becoming inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.
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