Towards a GMS Urban Development Strategy

Urban Development and Water Division South East Asia Department

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Strategic Selection of Urban Growth Centres

Choices of towns with high growth potentials Connectivity and market conditions, along a corridor or beyond Hinterland and natural resource base
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Urbanization is going to happen

Asia 2050: Most of economic growth will be urban

Country Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Lao PDR Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand 1950 26.8 10.2 12.4 7.2 20.4 16.2 27.1 99.4 16.5 1975 62.0 4.4 19.3 11.1 37.7 23.9 35.6 100.0 23.8 2000 71.1 16.9 42.0 22.0 62.0 27.8 48.0 100.0 31.1 2025 80.9 26.3 50.7 49.0 80.5 44.4 55.4 100.0 42.2 2050 87.2 43.8 65.9 68.0 87.9 62.9 69.4 100.0 60.0

Viet Nam
Timor Leste Southeast Asia
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9.9
11.6 15.5

14.6
18.8 23.3

24.3
24.5 38.2

36.4
40.5 49.7

54.9
59.0 65.4

Ambitions of a GMS urban strategy take advantage of corridors Balanced

urbanization Competitive cities Inclusive growth Green economy

GMS corridors expanding:

Integration with PRC Inclusion of Myanmar

Source: ADB Transport & Trade Facilitation in GMS. 2008, p. x

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Strategic Projects for structural transformation of GMS Corridors

CAM: GMS Corridor Towns Development Project LAO PDR: GMS Corridor Towns Development Project VIE: GMS Corridor Towns Development Project

For 2012 approval: CAM: $47.4m LAO PDR: $41.83m VIE: $131m
Addressing environmental problems

What will the CTDP do?

Environmental infrastructure:

Economic infrastructure:

Informal markets

Nature of investments: multisector

Battambang Flooding
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Uncontrolled Solid Waste

Strategy for the second generation of Corridor Towns Projects

How to select towns? What are the priorities? What are the priority investments

Possible Locations for Future Corridor Investments

1 Yunnan-Myanmar Western Corridor 2 Viet Nam-Guangxi & Viet Nam-Yunnan Eastern and Northern Corridors 3 Myanmar-Thailand East-West Corridor

4 Southern Economic Corridor

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Improved Urban Competitiveness through Urban Investments

Towns better prepared for urban future:
Modern environmental services (water, waste water, solid waste management) Improved climate resilience (flood control measures) Improved economic infrastructure = enhanced competitiveness
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Thoughts for Discussion

What is your countrys strategy for urban areas along the corridors? Have investment priorities already be defined?

How can ADB assist you? What are your views on how to move forward?

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