9th Symposium on new technologies for urban safety of mega cities in Asia

Organizer(s) University of Tokyo International Center for Urban Safety Engineering Institute of Industrial Science

Venue

Kobe International Conference Center 6-9-1, Minatojima-Nakamachi

Date

13 October 2010 - 14 October 2010

Recognizing the importance of applying advanced tools in urban safety, Japan is hosting, sponsoring, and organizing a 2-day international symposium on new technologies for urban safety of mega cities in Asia.

The symposium seeks to bring together expertise in areas of design, construction and maintenance of urban infrastructure and those engaged in the development of new tools that could be used for better asset and environmental management.

The symposium will focus on the following topics for urban safety and implementation of urban environmental management:

- Disaster response and recovery
- Risk assessment, prediction, and early-warning
- Decision-making technologies
- Planning and development of urban infrastructure systems
- Life-cycle management of infrastructure systems
- Climate change mitigation and adaptation
- Development and application of sustainable technologies
- Application of geo-spatial technologies

Source

http://icus-incede.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/USMCA2010/introduction.html

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Themes Climate change Early warning Risk identification and assessment Urban risk and planning Structural safety

Country and region Japan Asia

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