"We have learned various things from past disasters, in that, wheN they occur, several disasters can happen at the same time.”
Dr. Giles Sioen sat down with delegates and the media to discuss sustainable cities and resilience to disasters on day two of the 2019 JEMUN conference in Osaka. He is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability and a Science Officer based in Future Earth’s Global Hub Japan, coordinating the Future Earth Urban and Health Knowledge-Action Networks. He holds a Ph.D. in Sustainability Science from the University of Tokyo, a master’s in Urban Design and Planning from Luca-Arts at KU Leuven, and a bachelor’s degree in Garden and Landscape Architecture from the University College Ghent. His current research focuses on a model-based approach using systems thinking for trans-disciplinary decision making to help bridge the gap between strategy and implementation.
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Dr. Giles Sioen Talks About Sustainable Cities and Disaster Resilience