Monday, March 17th, 2014
China is planning a major expansion of its transport networks and urban infrastructure as it seeks to increase migration from rural to urban areas, lifting incomes and demand to drive continued economic growth. The 2014-20 urbanization plan...
Monday, December 2nd, 2013
The population of metros such as Delhi has grown by over 21% in the last decade. The growth in smaller cities has been ever more phenomenal. For instance, Ahmedabad’s population grew 40.38% between 2001 and 2011. At...
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
As part of its commitment to taking a strategic landscape-scale approach to biodiversity, the Australian Government will invest $10.0 million over three years in the National Wildlife Corridors Plan. The Plan will develop and pilot a national...
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Asia and the Pacific are at the epicenter of severe weather disasters, and with the highly concentrated population countries in the region are vulnerable to climate-induced migration. With this pending threat, an ongoing effort is underway to...
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
Governments in the Asia-Pacific region face the risk of unprecedented numbers of people displaced by floods, storms and other impacts of climate change, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a report on Monday. The bank and...
