Website

https://www.futurecitycentre.com/

Coordinator(s)

Objectives and Scopes

Rapid growth of urban centers presents numerous challenges to humanity, many of which can be addressed through built environment solutions. In the face of more frequent and powerful hazards, the future of vulnerable and growing populations is increasingly perilous. Against this background the objectives of the Commission are:

  • to explore optimum means of engaging multiple stakeholders in collaborative projects that address issues of disaster and development through built environment solutions
  • to encourage strategic urban planning through development of an evidence base supporting built-in disaster risk reduction (DRR)
  • to advocate for the deployment of the appropriate built environment professionals in support of DRR activities
  • to develop tools / frameworks / models to support built environment organizations in complex environments in a variety of global contexts
  • to support the embedding of disaster and development issues in the curriculum of built environment disciplines globally, encouraging the consideration of broader career paths.

Current Work Programme

The Commission’s Work Program includes:

  • stimulating and facilitating experts’ discussion worldwide via social media
  • triennial updating of a Research Roadmap
  • best practices Webinar series
  • participation with scientific sessions and workshops in international conferences and congresses, including the triennial CIB World Building Congress and the i-Rec conferences
  • triennial conference on Disasters and the Built Environment under the responsibility of the Commission
  • setting up and facilitating an International, Commission related Student Chapter on Disasters and the Built Environment

Planned Output

  • Establishment group blog on Disasters and the Built Environment: Emergent Issues
  • Establishment designated Linkedin group on Disasters and the Built Environment
  • Establishment of an International Student Chapter on Disasters and the Built Environment
  • Special Journal issue in IJDRBE – the International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment
  • 2020: Research Roadmap on “Disasters and the Built Environment”- Version 2

Internal Structure

  • Commission Scientific Secretary: Dr Cassidy Johnson, University College London, UK
  • Commission IT Officer: TBD
  • Commission Student Chapter Advisor: TBD

External Relations

The Commission aims to establish a relationship with:

  • IJDRBE – the International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment

and with the following organizations:

  • UN-ISDR – the UN International Strategy for Disaster Resilience
  • i-Rec – the Information and Research for Reconstruction Network
  • the Multi-Hazard Mitigation Council, USA
  • ANDROID. the EU Disaster Resilience Network

Membership

Commission Members are to be Individual Member of CIB or appointed representatives of Organizational CIB Members

Status

The Commission was established in October 2013, as successor to the former CIB Task Group TG63 – Disasters and the Built Environment