Water, Engineering and Development Centre
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The Water, Engineering and Development Centre is one of the world’s leading education and research institutes for developing knowledge and capacity in water and sanitation for sustainable development, DRR and emergency relief.
Our research and teaching includes disaster risk reduction and the multi-disciplinary integration of proactive hazard mitigation strategies into the decision-making processes of key stakeholders.
We focus on solutions for people in low- and middle-income countries, helping to provide evidence-based answers to important questions – not only about what needs to be done to improve basic infrastructure and essential services – but also how to go about it.
An undergraduate module titled 'Disaster risk reduction for the built environment' is taught to BEng/MEng 'Civil Engineering' students.
Ongoing programme of doctoral research in DRR and associated topics.
Information and Research for Reconstruction (i-Rec) Group
CIB (Conseil International du Bâtiment) International Council for Building - Task Group 63 'Disasters and the Built Environment'
Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT)
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Education: Teaching, learning and capacity building underpin sustainable developments in water, sanitation and hygiene: Education is the sine qua non – the indispensable condition of development. It won't happen without it.
Knowledge and research: Knowledge is central to progress. It's not just the generation of new knowledge through research, but using existing knowledge to the full, and working seriously on dissemination and uptake.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.