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CDIA to conduct survey for RCC programmes

RAJSHAHI, India: The City Development Initiative for Asia, an international investment organisation, has decided to conduct an overall survey in Rajshahi for improving its civic facilities and other … [Read more...]

Tagged With: CDIA social development specialist Mats Zernhammer, City Development Initiative for Asia, India, infrastructural development, land management specialist John Woolph Vinterhave, low cost housing, mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, Rajshahi city corporation, RCC superintending engineer Ashraful Haque, street lighting, waste management, water supply

Singapore and Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) Join Hands to Assist Developing Countries

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Cities Development Initiative for Asia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Singapore-CDIA Third Country … [Read more...]

Tagged With: ADB, Asian Development Bank, CDIA, CDIA Programme Coordinator Emiel Wegelin, CDIA Programme Manager Michael Lindfield, Cities Development Initiative for Asia, Executive Director for Brunei Darussalam, MFA, Mr Chaiyuth Sudthitanakorn, Mr Yao Xianbin, Ms Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, Singapore’s Ambassador to the Philippines A Selverajah

Report on sustainable modes of transport to be presented today

KOCHI, India: A report on sustainable modes of transport for Kochi city will be presented on Tuesday. The report, which has been prepared by the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA), will … [Read more...]

Tagged With: auto-rickshaws, Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA), Cochin, ferry services, Global Works, Kochi, Mayor Mercy Williams, Peter Turner, sustainable modes of transport, transport, water transport sector

Higher CO2 emission to affect air quality in Kochi

KOCHI, India. Annual Carbon dioxide (CO2) emission in Kochi due to vehicular movement is 7.65 million tonne. The estimation was made in the pre-feasibility study in urban transport sector of Kochi by … [Read more...]

Tagged With: carbon dioxide, CDIA, Cities Development Initiative for Asia, CO2, environmental pollution, India, Pre-Feasibility, public transpor, transport system

Experts begin feasibility study on urban transport

KOCHI, India: The officials of the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) have started a pre-feasibility study in the urban transport sector in the city. The officials of the CDIA also attended … [Read more...]

Tagged With: ADB, Asian Development Bank, BMZ, CDIA, Cities Development Initiative for Asia, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, GlobalWorks, John Olof Vinterhav, Mayor Mercy Williams, Peter Turner, Spanish Government, Swedish International Development Agency, urban transport program

CDIA to play saviour for Corporation

KOCHI: Finally, the Kochi Corporation gets a helping hand to streamline its myriad projects. The Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA), a global organisation sponsored by the Asian Development … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Balakrishnan Elangovan, German Technical Co-operation, JnNURM, KFW Bank, KSUDP, sanitation, sustainable development, Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (SIDA), urban infrastructure, urban poor, urban transport, waste management

LRT set for endorsement by RDC, Tom still rejects project

CEBU: Cebu City officials don’t want the project but proponents of the Light Railway Transit (LRT) will still submit it for discussion next month in the Regional Development Council (RDC) of Central … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Bus Rapid Transit, Cebu City, City Councilor Edgardo Labella, Department of Transportation and Communications, Light Railway Transit, Mayor Mayor Osmeña, Metro Cebu Mass Rail Transit, National Economic Development Authority’s, Public Transportation Strategic Plan, Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility, Regional Development Council of Central Visayas, Undersecretary for Rails Guiling Mamondiong, World Bank

Global firm gives tips for civic body

CHENNAI: If the ambitious proposals of Manila-based Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) for managing the city’s waterways and solid waste were to be implemented by the city corporation, it … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Chennai, City Development Plan, DHV India, financing institutions, infrastructure projects, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, Kancheepuram, Mr M. Dheenadhayalan, Nadir Ehsan, Pre-Feasibility, public-private partnership, Tiruvallur

Interview with Klaus Töpfer: “Tackle two crises at once”

The trend towards the megacity is especially apparent in Asia. The model of large European or North American cities shaped by individual transport, however, is not environmentally sustainable. … [Read more...]

Tagged With: alternative transport systems, Asian Development Bank, Cities Development Initiative for Asia, climate change, free-market economic systems, Klaus Töpfer, Swedish development agencies, UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, UN-HABITAT, United Nations Environment Programme

Transport, cooling system in SRP growth study

CEBU: Phase one of the Priority Infrastructure Investment Plan for the South Road Properties (SRP) had recently been completed by the Asian Development Bank-Cities Development Initiative for Asia … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Asian Development Bank, Bus Rapid Transit, Cebu, City Planning and Development Officer Paul Nigel Villarete, district cooling, green house gas, Priority Infrastructure Investment Plan, South Road Properties

Singapore and Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) Join Hands to Assist Developing Countries

Report on sustainable modes of transport to be presented today

Higher CO2 emission to affect air quality in Kochi

Experts begin feasibility study on urban transport

CDIA to play saviour for Corporation

LRT set for endorsement by RDC, Tom still rejects project

Global firm gives tips for civic body

Interview with Klaus Töpfer: “Tackle two crises at once”

Transport, cooling system in SRP growth study

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