Increased frequency of natural hazards and sea level rise are expected impacts of climate change in India. Marginalised urban settlements are often vulnerable to disaster due to their location in hazardous areas and the use of non-durable building materials.Their inhabitants are therefore strongly affected by climate change. But amidst strives to meet climate targets, the poor's needs are mostly overlooked.

In this context, there is an urgent need for paradigmatic shift in the education of graduate students in spatial planning and design as well as training of urban professionals from different backgrounds in order to confront upcoming challenges related to climate change impacts on urban informal settlements.

The BReUCom project intents to conceive and pilot 20 short terms post-graduate Professional Development Programs (PDPs) targeted at real world problems. It aims to produce Open Educational Resources by developing 10 comparative case studies and 10 descriptions of new courses for graduate students in existing programs, following MIT's OpenCourseWare (OCW) model. It shall pilot new courses on urban resilience in existing curricula for graduate students.

The Professional Development Programs (PDPs) are designed to function as modules on urban resilience for urban professionals from different backgrounds and working experiences, pilot modules including internships with NGOs in India and Europe.

For more information: https://www.breucom.eu

Wednesday, 30 October 2019

KRVIA Masters Newsletter, October 2019 Edition



KRVIA Masters Newsletter, October 2019 Edition



KRVIA Masters News, October 2019 edition, documents the dissemination of activities in the KRVIA Masters program across the semester, along with participation and contributions from a variety of resource-people and academics.

It showcases students' works from Studio I and Studio III as well as workshops and conferences conducted through the semester, as part of the academic program.


The newsletter can be viewed online at

KRVIA Masters Newsletter, October 2019 Edition
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