Abstract: The built environment plays a significant role in making a city resilient. If correct measures are applied in building our cities, we can minimise the disruptions a disaster can cause to cities. Accordingly, to make cities resilient from disasters, professionals in the construction industry will need to play a significant role. Various disciplines such as urban planning, architecture, civil engineering, and building surveying all need to make cities resilient for disasters. Accordingly, this talk introduces how various professionals should play their role in making cities resilient for disasters.
Speaker: Nuwan Dias is a Research Fellow in Disaster Resilience at the Global Disaster Resilience Centre, University of Huddersfield UK. His research interests include multi-hazard early warning, integration of climate change adaptation to disaster risk reduction and resilience in urban planning and Design. He has delivered over 10 invited speeches and keynote presentations for audiences in Europe, South Asia and South East Asia. Nuwan has chaired over 20 sessions in international conferences and presented his research work in more than 30 international audiences. Further, Nuwan has published in two edited book chapters and 12 peer-reviewed journal articles. He was involved in developing research impact case studies for the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) under the Unit of Assessment 13, Architecture, Built Environment and Planning for the University of Huddersfield. Nuwan has worked in many international research projects funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020, Erasmus+, Lifelong Learning and the Global Challenges Research Fund in different capacities. In his different roles, he has worked with multi-stakeholders including government, non-government organisations and industry partners. Nuwan earned his PhD in Urban Design from the University of Huddersfield, UK, his Masters degree from the University of Salford, UK and the undergraduate degree from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Further, Nuwan is a Fellow member of the Higher Education Academy of the UK. Nuwan can be contacted at: n.dias@hud.ac.uk.
JOIN ZOOM MEETING
MEETING ID: 862 7055 3817
PASSCODE: 168677
