Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology organised a seminar titled 鈥楳ulti-hazard Resilient and Equitable Tomorrow鈥檚 Cities鈥� was held under the initiative of Tomorrow鈥檚 Cities.
CUET vice-chancellor Mohammad Rafiqul Alam inaugurated the ceremony in the academic council room of the university, said a press release.
The special guests were CUET pro-vice-chancellor Professor Jamal Uddin Ahmed, Faculty of Architecture and Planning dean Muhammad Rashidul Hasan, lead professor of Tomorrow鈥檚 City鈥檚 Work Package-2, Institute of River, Harbour and Environmental Science director Asiful Haque and NSET- Nepal鈥檚 deputy executive director Ramesh Guragain, also senior management member of Tomorrow鈥檚 Cities.
Civil Engineering Department professor and Tomorrow鈥檚 Cities project coordinator Md Bashir Jishan delivered the welcome speech at the programme conducted by Research Assistant Tanveer Mahmud.
Md Bashir Jisan, Tanveer Mahmd and Md Sohail Rana, research lecturer, Institute Earthqua Engineering and Research, CUET presented technical talk on the work of Tomorrow鈥檚 Cities.
It should be noted that Tomorrow鈥檚 Cities research project is being conducted jointly by Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka University, Chittagong Development Authority and Cox鈥檚 Bazar Development Authority along with Edinburgh University, UK.聽
In the seminar, a possible urban development plan of Jaliapalong of Ukhia upazila of Cox鈥檚 Bazar and Bairag union of Anwara of Chittagong were presented. In this case, the risks and potential financial and social losses of the unions due to earthquakes, cyclones, floods, fires, and landslides have been assessed.