Hong Soo Lee
Senior Urban Development Specialist (Smart Cities), Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Sectors Group, Asian Development Bank

Hong Soo Lee is a smart city expert with urban policy, planning, and development background. He brings his experience to support bank-wide initiatives and projects in urban development. Before joining ADB, he worked at the Seoul Housing Corporation, Republic of Korea Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority.

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Rebuilding Homes and Strengthening Communities: An Integrated Approach to Pakistan’s Housing Reconstruction

A community-driven initiative can benefit interventions in housing and create opportunities to improve the design and delivery of services and facilities in critical sectors.

   Pakistan; Urban development; Water
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty; Goal 5: Gender Equality; Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation; Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities; Goal 13: Climate Action
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Bhutan’s Path to Green and Resilient Affordable Housing

Enhancing housing affordability and sustainability requires capacity development, affordability-based demand assessment, financing, and design improvements.

   Bhutan; Capacity development; Social development and protection; Urban development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure; Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Redesigning Cities for Resilience and Livability

It is time to revisit urban strategies and revise the urbanization process and practices to build back better post-pandemic cities.

   Health; Urban development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities