The Trade-Off Between Economic Development, Heritage Preservation in Urban Southeast Asia
Urban planners should invest in heritage preservation as part of a city’s economic development strategy.
Mayors Matter for Asia's Future Livable Cities
Asian mayors will discuss in Frankfurt the competing challenges and opportunities their cities face to becoming inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.
New Drain System to Unleash Potential of Siddhartha Nagar in Nepal
The municipality is now more resilient to monsoon flooding thanks to an ADB-supported infrastructure project that will also promote industrial investment and tourism.
Can Asian Cities Lead the Way to a More Sustainable Future?
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.
Asia’s Cities Growing Faster Than We are Improving Livability
Relative improvements on basic indicators of decent urban living conditions have been eaten up by the absolute population growth in Asian cities.
How Developing Cities Can Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century
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.
International Infrastructure Support System Now Available in 2 More Languages
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.
Getting Asia's Secondary Cities into the 'Smart' Cities Race
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.
Blog Poll: Invest in Infrastructure to Make Asia’s Secondary Cities ‘Smart’
More than half of ADB blog readers think infrastructure is the key to making our secondary cities not just smart, but also more livable.
Securing Asia’s Urban Water
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.