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Center for Disaster ResilienceUniversity of TwenteEnschede Contact person: Dr. Funda Atun |
| Outline The Centre for Disaster Resilience (CDR) is a center of excellence within the university of Twente, faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) with the aim to conduct fundamental, interdisciplinary and applied research, dissemination, education and training, international cooperation, and providing advisory services in the field of disaster resilience. The CDR was officially launched on 28 October 2021 by H.R.H. Princess Margriet together with the coordinator and lead-scientist Dr. Irene Manzella. The mission of CDR is to increase well-being and global sustainable growth by significantly decreasing disaster risk with emphasis on the application of spatial analysis and Earth observation methodologies. CDR addresses all aspects of Integrated Disaster Risk Management (Natural and Technological hazards) with a particular emphasis on disaster resilience. It combines physical sciences (hazard related studies like hydrology, geology, ...), social sciences (rural and urban planning, vulnerability studies, ...) and technological sciences (geo-information science, Earth observation, ...). It brings together nearly 70 scientists within the faculty ITC, ranging from PhD researchers to full professors, that have an interest in disaster resilience from their specific perspectives. CDR is also member of the 4TU-resilience initiative - a collaboration of the four technical universities in the Netherlands and it is one of the centers of excellence within the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) research program. [detail] --> |
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