Friday 22 October 2021 (Day Three) 

16:00 – 17:15 CST / 10:00 – 11:15 CEST 

Panel Discussion: Urban Growth and Megacities: The Path towards Urban Resilience in Asia


Drawing on their expertise, panelists will present their work and address the following questions:  

  • How can a systems approach support sustainable and resilient urban growth?  
  • How should cities approach complex and systemic risks?  
  • What are the pathways to achieving urban resilience, social equity, and economic growth?  

Moderator:

Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany, NMO Secretary for Iran; Professor, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES); Associate Member, Academy of Science of Iran; and Member of INSF Engineering WG.

Panelists:

Jaewon Cho, Professor and Director, Science Walden Center, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

Jiuchang Wei, Professor, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China; Visiting Scholar, Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, Texas A&M University; Visiting Scholar, Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, Curtin University of Technology

Raya Muttarak, IIASA Program Director and Principal Research Scholar, Population and Just Societies Program; IIASA Acting Research Group Leader and Principal Research Scholar, Migration and Sustainable Development Research Group, Population and Just Societies Program

Xuemei Bai, Distinguished Professor, Urban Environment and Human Ecology, Australian National University; Fellow of Academy of Social Sciences in Australia

Mahua Mukherjee, Professor, Department of Architecture & Planning Joint Faculty and Ex-Head, Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management, IIT Roorkee, India; SAADRI Secretary-General; UNDRR -APSTAAG and GADRI Board Member






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