We are very happy to announce that CUDRR+R and partners’ project on “Low-carbon seismic resistant building model for Istanbul” received seed-funding from the UK Royal Academy of Engineers. We look forward to working on...
CUDRR+R Statement on Racial Injustice and Equitable Resilience The Center for Urban Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience (CUDRR+R) is a non-profit research center with a mission to produce knowledge and undertake practices and...
CUDRR+R’s Ebru Gencer chaired “Efficient Post-Disaster Recovery Phase that Supports Well-Being and Diversity” session at the Frontiers of Development: Disaster Resilience Symposium that took place in Istanbul during 2-4 March, 2020. The session discussed how...
Effective risk governance at the #urban scale requires participation, from decision-making to planning and implementation. Read more from Ebru Gencer, Center for Urban Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience (CUDRR+R) about how regional and local contexts shape stakeholder involvement in #ResilientCities: http://bit.ly/2OuDXCv
CUDRR+R attended Workshop on Urban Resilience Metrics for Policy Action organized by the Bartlett Development Unit at University College London in September 26-27, 2019. The aim of this meeting was to bring together practitioners...
CUDRR+R participated at the Urban Climate Change Research Network’s (UCCRN) Science for 1.5 Degrees Session during the #climatesummit and at its strategic meeting at the Roosevelt House, joining the discussion on how to translate UCCRN’s Second...
CUDRR+R’s Ebru Gencer attended the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, in Geneva that took place in May 2019. CUDRR+R was represented at the Local and Regional Governments meeting for the Implementation of the...
CUDRR+R’s Ebru Gencer has contributed to two new Words into Action (WiA) Guides for the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for DRR. These WiA Guides will especially support planners and technical officers. Please access...
Climate Resilient Cities in Latin America Initiative published the final investigative reports of their funded projects. Please read our report: Planeamiento Participativo para la Resiliencia al Clima en ciudades de America Latina here https://www.crclatam.net/documentos/publicaciones/72-reporte-de-investigacion-planeamiento-participativo-para-la-resiliencia-al-clima-en-ciudades-de-am%C3%A9rica-latina/file.html
New publication of our project on Participatory Planning for Inclusive and Resilient Urban Development is out at Environment and Urbanization’s special 30 year issue on Climate Change and Cities. You can download the publication...