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Asian Cities: Environmental Management and Financing Challenges

4 May 2007 (2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)

The seminar aims to identify conceptual and practical issues which need to be addressed in order to meet the vast need for environmentally related infrastructure. Financing sustainable urban development will be the key theme of the seminar, with three main sub-themes: finance, the political/institutional base, and tools for management.

PROGRAM/SPEAKERS
Time SpeakerTopic
2:00 p.m. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss
Vice President, Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, ADB		Opening remarks
2:10 p.m. Kazunobu Onogawa
Director, United Nations Centre for Regional Development 		The Japanese experience in transition - from polluting industry to quality environment and the 3Rs
2:30 p.m. E. Sreedharan
Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail		Coordination issues in implementing mass transit and managing stakeholder participation [PDF]
2:50 p.m. Simeon Seong Chee Tay
Chairman, National Environment Agency		Incentives for a green city - the Singapore experience [PDF]
3:10 p.m. Mr. Nicholas Grambas
Executive Director, Macquarie Bank		Financing environmental infrastructure
3:30 p.m. Jiang Ping
Deputy Secretary General, Shanghai Municipal Government		Financing environmental improvement in Shanghai [PDF]
Moderator:
Victor Mallet
Financial Times

Contact Us

For further information, contact Mr. Michael Lindfield, tel: (63-2) 632-6833, email: mlindfield@adb.org
or Mr. WooChong Um, tel: (63-2) 632-6473, email: wcum@adb.org



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