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ADB Urban Forum 2011: Financing Future Cities

Asian Urban Forum 2011

ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines: 15 November 2011 - 17 November 2011 Asian cities, some already nation-sized in terms of their economy, will determine the future of the planet. They are the new workshops of the world: their economic growth has lifted millions out of poverty, although they are still home to more than two thirds of the world's poor who are most vulnerable to the impacts ... [Continue Reading]

Incentivizing Asia’s Urban Future: CDIA High-level urban policy round-table

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CDIA will conduct a High-Level Urban Policy Roundtable at ADB in Manila, Philippines on 14 November 2011. It will call upon Asian countries to make urbanization (and urban infrastructure development in particular) a key instrument for enhancing growth, combating poverty, addressing climate change, and serving as a stabilizing factor in the regional and global economic system. The Roundtable ... [Continue Reading]

Vijayawada, India recently approved for support

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Vijayawada, India was given approval in principle at the CMT meeting of April 11, 2011. Support will include assisting the city to prepare a revision to the CDP through application of the CIIPP Toolkit. The exact scope of PFS support will require further assessment, but preliminary target areas include: water supply, transport and slum improvement. It is expected that the proposed infrastructure ... [Continue Reading]

MFA Singapore and GIZ Training Program on Cities and Climate Change in Singapore 2011

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World Urban Forum 5

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22-26 March, 2010 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With half of humanity already living in towns and cities, it is projected that in the next 50 years, two-thirds of us will be living in towns and cities. A major challenge is to minimize burgeoning poverty in cities, improve access of the urban poor to basic facilities such as shelter, clean water and sanitation and to achieve environmentally friendly, ... [Continue Reading]

4th Program Review Committee Meeting – Manila, Philippines: November 4, 2009

4th Program Review Committee Meeting – Manila, Philippines: November 4, 2009 Agenda Presentation on CDIA’s work on CMD to the PRC: Climate Change Initiative for Urban Infrastructure Investments Presentation on CDIA’s work on PPP to the PRC: PPP Guide for Cities ADB Presentation on Urban Transport: A Crisis in Urban Transport ... [Continue Reading]

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. Urbanisation in developing countries will have to find alternative ways. Klaus Töpfer, former head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), hopes the global economic crisis will yet prove an ... [Continue Reading]