Urban Resilience Asia Pacific Conference
September 11, 2018

Urban Resilience Asia Pacific Conference
7-8 November 2018: UNSW Sydney, Australia

How can vulnerable, low-income neighborhoods in fast-growing cities in the Asia-Pacific region become more resilient to disasters and climate change?

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Asia Pacific is one of the world’s fastest urbanizing regions, as well as home to the largest number of people living in low-income settlements. Yet, the region is susceptible to a wide range of natural hazards. It is expected that climate change will contribute to higher sea-level rise, stronger windstorms and higher temperatures, increasing urban risk and exacerbating migration.

This two-day conference invites practitioners, researchers and decision-makers from all disciplines to present, discuss, debate and recommend realizable social, political and economic measures that build resilience in the Asia-Pacific region. 

The conference will address four key themes:

Innovation: actions that improve processes and/or products either incrementally or radically
Information: access to information and its societal benefits
Infrastructure: equitable access to infrastructure and pro-poor approaches to planning
Institutions: Effective governance structures and urban management

For all conference inquiries, please contact Laura Bruce at [email protected]