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Presentation of the Disaster Risk Management Plan for Bela, by GIDM / દ્વારા બેલાના  આપત્તિ-જોખમ-વ્યવસ્થાપન યોજના ની રજૂઆત

On the morning of the 17th of February, we held activities at Bela’s School for all the community and local authorities. The activities started with laying out the 3D laser scanning map of the village of Bela, so to use it for talking and locating the spaces designed as key buildings and evacuation spaces. 17મીContinue reading “Presentation of the Disaster Risk Management Plan for Bela, by GIDM / દ્વારા બેલાના  આપત્તિ-જોખમ-વ્યવસ્થાપન યોજના ની રજૂઆત”

Final presentation at CEPT University

On the 15th of February, Dr Bernadette Devilat gave a final lecture at the School of Architecture, CEPT University. After an introduction by Saatvika Pancholi, the presentation summarised the latest phase of this research project, which studied the applicability and scalability of the framework developed in previous phases by creating a disaster risk management planContinue reading “Final presentation at CEPT University”

Phase 3- Field work 3 at Bela

We have carried out another fieldwork at Bela, this time with students from CEPT University, as part of their winter school, and with members of the team from the University of Nottingham, GIDM, CHC CRDF and the Hunnarshala Foundation. On the first day, we carried out a reconnaissance walk of the village, visiting the structuresContinue reading “Phase 3- Field work 3 at Bela”

Disaster risk reduction and management workshop at GIDM

On the second day of the project activities, we had a workshop at the Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management. Experts there gave talks to the team and participating students from CEPT University, delivering the key messages that there are no natural disasters and the importance of building resilience to move from disaster management to disasterContinue reading “Disaster risk reduction and management workshop at GIDM”

Winter School, School of Architecture CEPT University

From the 4th to the 13th of December 2024, the Post Disaster Heritage Re-construction in Bela Winter School was held at CEPT University, Bela and Bhuj. The winter school focused on designing retrofit measures for some vernacular structures in Bela, using 3D data already available. This was informed by the seminar contents and on-site, hands-onContinue reading “Winter School, School of Architecture CEPT University”

Phase 3- Field work 2 at Bela

Members of our local research team, Shubham Daberao, from the Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management (GIDM), and Aditya Singh, from the Hunnarshala Foundation, visited Bela at the end of October 2023 for Phase 3 of this project. The site visit aimed to build upon the current development of a Disaster Risk Management Plan through strengtheningContinue reading “Phase 3- Field work 2 at Bela”

Phase 3- Field work 1 at Bela

CHC Team, along with the team from GIDM and the Hunnarshala Foundation visited Bela, Kutch, in the first week of May 2023 for Phase 3 of the project. The site visit involved discussions with the community, on-site understanding of the digitally documented structures in phases 1 and 2, identifying structures that can work as aContinue reading “Phase 3- Field work 1 at Bela”

Issue Brief published ઇશ્યુ બ્રીફ પ્રકાશિત

We are happy to share the news that our Issue Brief inside the publication: “Cultural heritage in the context of disasters and climate change: Insights from the DCMS-AHRC Cultural Heritage and Climate Change Cohort” is ready for download here: [https://doi.org/10.48785/100/107] અમને આ સમાચાર શેર કરવામાં આનંદ થાય છે કે આ પ્રકાશનમાં અમારો ઇશ્યુ બ્રીફ શામેલContinue reading “Issue Brief published ઇશ્યુ બ્રીફ પ્રકાશિત”