- Urban Development Overview - World Bank Group
The Tamil Nadu Sustainable Urban Development Project in India achieved significant urban service delivery improvements, benefiting 2 8 million people across 30 urban areas Key accomplishments include the construction of a first-of-its-kind wastewater treatment plant, 500 km of new stormwater drainage systems, over 1,000 km of water supply
- Banking on Cities: Investing in Resilient and Low-Carbon Urbanization
For low- and middle-income countries, the right urban investments can unlock enormous economic potential—if they’re made wisely, inclusively, and urgently With strategic funding, smarter financing, and greater efficiency, cities can lead the way toward a more sustainable, resilient, and prosperous future
- Shaping a Cooler Bangkok: Tackling Urban Heat for a More Livable City
Extreme urban heat is becoming an urgent challenge for Bangkok, threatening lives, livelihoods, and the city’s economic resilience The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect exacerbates this crisis, turning built-up areas into heat traps that contribute to heat-related mortality, lost productivity, higher energy consumption, and other negative outcomes
- Urban Development - World Bank Group
More than half of the world's population lives in cities Learn more about what the World Bank is doing to create green, resilient, and inclusive urban development Access facts, statistics, project information, development research from experts and latest news about cities
- Promoting Livable Cities by Investing in Urban Mobility - World Bank Group
Urban transport is vital for connecting people to jobs, education, healthcare, and other essential services in cities The World Bank is supporting countries through investments in mass transit projects and other public transport improvements Since 2012, 12 metro and bus rapid transit (BRT) projects have been completed, benefiting more than 20 million people Among the many benefits of these
- Urban Transport in Yangon and Mandalay: Review of Sector Institutions . . .
Urban growth, while offering opportunities for economic development and creation of more and better-paid jobs, also increases the pressure on the existing urban mobility systems and access of the population to jobs, services, and their communities Yangon, with over 5 million urban population, is the main economic center in Myanmar
- Bangladesh Receives $900 Million World Bank Financing to Improve . . .
The $400 million Resilient Urban and Territorial Development Project will help improve climate-resilient and gender-responsive urban infrastructure and urban management capacities The project will be implemented in seven city clusters along the economic corridor covering over 950 kilometers of the highway from Cox Bazaar in the south to
- Urbanization in Thailand is dominated by the Bangkok urban area
Like most large urban areas in the region, Bangkok is administratively fragmented, with more than 60% of the urban area located outside the boundaries of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Surat Thani was the fastest-growing urban area spatially, growing from 20 square kilometers in 2000 to 36 in 2010, at 5 8% a year, as well as in
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