RP proposes zero climate-change casualty

Found in:
Body:
Business Mirror

Jonathon L.

Developing Rural-Urban Transport Linkage Road Map

View the full country profile for Vanuatu

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    Ministry of Finance and Economic Management
    Summary:

    Using lessons from other Pacific island countries regarding engaging the private sector in service delivery, the TA will advance integration of the rural transport network to improve access to rural areas for tourism and goods and services.

     

     

    Project Components:

    The project will identify investment opportunities in rural feeder and provincial roads to complete gaps in the network, particularly in areas with tourism and agricultural production potential. A plan for rural–urban transport linkages will be developed with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management and other ministries as required.

    Expected Outputs:

    1. Improved access to rural areas will lower transport costs
    2. Increase service reliability, thereby increasing incentives for tourism
    3. Providing rural income opportunities

    Contacts:

    ADB Contact:
    Emma Ferguson
    Email: efurguson@adb.org

    Project Status:
    Under Implementation (as of March 2011)
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    Vanuatu
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    ADB
    Financing Amount:
    $1,400,000
    Cofinancing Total:
    no information available
    Total Amounts:
    $1,400,000

Integrated Urban Development

View the full country profile for Tonga

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    Asian Development Bank
    Summary:

    Project Description:

    Contacts:

    ADB Contacts:
    Emma Ferguson
    Email: efurguson@adb.org

    Stephen Blaik
    Email: sblaik@adb.org

    Project Status:
    Under Implementation (as of March 2011)
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    Nuku'alofa
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    ADB
    Financing Amount:
    $15,620,000
    Cofinancing Total:
    #11,569,000 (Government)
    Total Amounts:
    $794,000

Climate Change: Learning from Grassroots Coping Strategies

Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-12-11 03:49
View the full country profile for France
Author(s):
Huraera Jabeen, Adriana Allen and Cassidy Johnson
Year:
2009
City:
Fifth Urban Research Symposium, France
Summary:

Full Paper

Built-in resilience: learning from grassroots coping strategies Fifth Urban Research Symposium 2009

This paper attempts to establish the relations between adaptation, disaster risk reduction and coping strategies for urban areas. It summarizes some of the existing coping strategies of the urban poor in Korail area – the largest informal settlement in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The paper discusses how local planning, adaptation, and governance mechanisms can support the existing coping strategies in urban areas.

A Blueprint for the Integrated Assessment of Climate Change in Cities

Submitted by andrea on Thu, 2009-11-05 05:05
Author(s):
Kohler, J., S. Evans, A. Dagoumas, A. Ford, M. Tight, S. Carney, A. Bristow, R. J. Dawson, H. Harwatt, J. Hall, S. Barr, and M. Batty
Year:
2009
Publisher:
Tyndall Centre
Summary:

A blueprint for the integrated assessment of climate change in cities
Tyndall Centre Working Papers

Full text

Abstract

“More than half of the global population live in cities, which are major concentrations of vulnerability to climate change. Cities are also major emitters of greenhouse gasses. Consequently they are key to mitigating global climate change and reducing the impacts of climate change on people and infrastructure.