CRSCAD Newsletter August 2013
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Registration for fall courses is now open
Graduate Certificate Program
Professional Development Program
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Dr. Adesoji Jiboye (left) with CRSCAD's director, Professor Adenrele Awotona
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On May 30th, 2013, Dr. Adesoji Jiboye, the Chair of the Department of Architecture at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ife-Ife, Nigeria, visited CRSCAD to discuss on-going research projects in both institutions, to explore the opportunities for possible collaborations and to discuss OAU's participation in the forthcoming May 2014 international conference at UMass Boston on, Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Sustainable Reconstruction: The Role of Architectural, Planning and Engineering Education. The department, which is in the College of Environmental Design and Management, has graduated over 600 architects since it was established in 1977. OAU is a government-owned and -operated university.
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News Digest - National and International Conferences on Disasters and Emergency Management
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Awotona, Adenrele (ed.) Rebuilding Sustainable Communities with Vulnerable Populations after the Cameras Have Gone: A Worldwide Study, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, U.K.: Newcastle upon Tyne, 2012, xvi+513pp., Isbn13: 978-1-4438-3739-2; Isbn: 1-4438-3739-3 -
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Awotona, Adenrele (ed.). Rebuilding Sustainable Communities for Children and their Families after Disasters: A Global Survey, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, U.K.: Newcastle upon Tyne, 2010, xxviii+458pp., ISBN 9781443817769, and as e-book by MyILibrary (LaVergne, TN)
Awotona, Adenrele (ed.). Rebuilding sustainable communities in Iraq: Policies, Programs and International Perspectives, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008, xxiii+319pp; ISBN (10): 1-84718-927-X; ISBN (13): 9781847189271. -
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About CRSCAD:
We work in close collaboration with practitioners, academics, researchers, policy makers, and grassroots organizations on all the continents of the world in their search for the most appropriate and sustainable ways to rebuild their communities after disasters.
University of Massachusetts
McCormack Hall, 3rd floor, Room 612
Boston, Massachusetts 02125
Telephone: 617.287.7116
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Editorial Committee
Contributions, suggestions, and feedback about the newsletter are welcome and should be sent to any of the following members of the Editorial Committee:
- Adenrele Awotona (Editor and Chair)
- Brandon P. Milby (Design and Distribution)
- Jennifer Clifford
- Victor Dzidzienyo
- Katharine Galaitsis
- Yasamin Izadkhah
- Amal Mohammed Hassan Jamal
- Olga Lauterbach
- Oluwatoyin Ilesanmi
Telephone: 617.287.7116
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2014 Conference: Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Sustainable Reconstruction
May 8−10, 2014
The conference will explore and examine how disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and sustainable reconstruction after disasters will be addressed in context of architectural, planning and engineering education. Through this international conference, discussions will be held on educational opportunities such as online short courses, continuing education options, curricular suggestions for schools in countries most vulnerable to catastrophic disasters, and joint degree programs for schools with appropriate expertise in the topic.
Representatives of regulatory agencies, professional associations, foundations supporting educational initiatives, and academic societies−as well as academic institutions−are encouraged to attend.
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Recent Global Disasters
Earthquake in China, July 22
Flooding in Paraguay, July 5
Outbreak of Dengue fever in Central America
Continuing drought and food insecurity in Namibia
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