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Virtual conference on disaster risk reduction - civil engineering for a disaster resilient society
This conference is First of its kind on Disaster Risk Reduction focusing on the role of Civil Engineering in building Disaster Resilient Society. This conference envisages providing a platform for researchers to exchange knowledge on disaster risk reduction primarily focusing on civil engineering perspectives and cross-cutting issues. Research and innovations in civil engineering have the potential to offer solutions for disaster resilient infrastructures. The vision of this conference is set in line with the priorities set by UN-SFDRR and UN-SDGs to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction.
Focus
- UN Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in 2015
- UNDRR chief's 5-point plan for resilient infrastructure
- 1st agenda of Indian Prime Minister's ten-point agenda on DRR-'Disaster Resilient Infrastructure'
- UN Sustainable Development Goals SDG#9 & SDG#11
CALL FOR PAPERS
Technical papers on different themes of the conference are invited. The work presented in the paper should be original and free from plagiarism. The accepted papers after peer review will be published by Springer in Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Series (ISSN: 2366-2557) as a book chapter (Indexed in Scopus). For submission details, please visit https://vcdrr.nitk.ac.in/
REGISTRATION
For registration, please visit the conference website.
There is no Registration Fee for Authors contributing a paper. The non-author participants who wish to attend the conference are encouraged to make a donation (as per your wish) to any agency (like UN CERF) for disaster relief activities and attach the transaction receipt during registration.
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