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For over five decades, reconnaissance groups around the world have visited earthquake-affected areas. The premise is to learn key lessons to help communities worldwide understand their earthquake risk and take actions to improve their resilience.
In this talk, Professor Emily SO will describe the importance of evidence-based research and set out the key challenges of surveying post-disaster. She will provide a critique on what academic value data from the field brings to reducing the consequences of earthquakes and other natural perils.
Lecturer
Emily SO (Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge)
Commentator
MIYAKE Hiroe (Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Center for Integrated Disaster Information Research, The University of Tokyo)
Moderator
Takeo HOSHI (Director, Tokyo College)
00:00 Lecture
33:04 Comment & discussion
58:48 Q&A
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Tokyo College invites leading researchers and intellectuals from around the globe to come together and engage in open discussions about the future of society.
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For over five decades, reconnaissance groups around the world have visited earthquake-affected areas. The premise is to learn key lessons to help communities worldwide understand their earthquake risk and take actions to improve their resilience.
In this talk, Professor Emily SO will describe the importance of evidence-based research and set out the key challenges of surveying post-disaster. She will provide a critique on what academic value data from the field brings to reducing the consequences of earthquakes and other natural perils.
Lecturer
Emily SO (Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge)
Commentator
MIYAKE Hiroe (Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Center for Integrated Disaster Information Research, The University of Tokyo)
Moderator
Takeo HOSHI (Director, Tokyo College)
00:00 Lecture
33:04 Comment & discussion
58:48 Q&A
---------------------------------------------------------------
Tokyo College invites leading researchers and intellectuals from around the globe to come together and engage in open discussions about the future of society.
・Subscribe to Mail Magazine 【メールマガジン登録】
tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/subscribe
・Tokyo College Website 【東京カレッジウェブサイト】
tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
・東京カレッジへの寄付はこちらから。寄付者限定イベント等も予定しています。
utf.u-tokyo.ac.jp/project/pjt138
・X (Twitter)
https://x.com/CollegeTokyo
/ utokyo.tokyocollege
