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INTRODUCTION
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Over half of the world’s population is concentrated in urban areas covering just 4 percent of the world’s surface. Mega cities (exceeding a population of 10 million) in particular are characterized by a high population density and tremendous pressure on supporting infrastructure, leading to susceptibility to lack of safe drinking water and adequate sanitation. Rapid urbanization and economic development are distinctive features of Asia along with a tremendous rate of population growth. It is estimated that by 2015, Asia will be host to more than 50% of the mega cities in the world. A phenomenal growth in the number of high-rise buildings and other infrastructure in these cities is clearly foreseen, though a balance is often not ensured with measures for their maintenance.
Recent developments of various technologies including remote sensing, GIS, GPS and other computational tools have provided motivation to focus on devising new methodologies for management of urban assets and infrastructure to mitigate damage during disasters, such as earthquakes and floods.. Given the critical situation in Asia, increased attention needs to be paid to learn from these developments and provide a safer environment. This can be achieved only when the different concerned groups including researchers, practicing engineers and decision makers, share their concerns and expertise.
Recognizing the importance of advanced tools in urban safety, the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and the International Center for Urban Safety Engineering (ICUS) of the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, are organizing a 2-day international symposium on new technologies for urban safety of safe mega cities in Asia.
The symposium seeks to bring together experts in areas of design, construction and maintenance of urban infrastructure and those engaged in development of new tools that could be used for better asset management. The symposium will provide a forum for decision makers, practicing professionals and researchers to share their expertise in diverse areas such as infrastructure planning and development, application of new technology, nondestructive evaluation of structures and rehabilitation methods. The symposium will focus on:
Authors are invited to submit abstracts clearly stating the aims and conclusions of the work carried out. Abstracts not exceeding 300 words may be sent by email or facsimile to the Conference Secretariat given below,
Dr Sudhir Misra
/ Dr Onkar Dikshit
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur
Kanpur 208016, INDIA
Fax: +91-512-2597395
Email: usafety@iitk.ac.in
Indian delegates
Academic institutions: Rs. 3000/-
Students: Rs. 1000/-
Others: Rs. 5000/-
Foreign delegates: US$200
Delegates may pay the fees through :
q Bank draft in favour of ‘URBANSAFETY2004’ payable at State Bank of India, IIT Kanpur, India, or,
q SWIFT transfer to account no 01100085148 (SWIFT code: SBININBB499).
The fee covers the symposium proceedings, registration kit, lunch and tea during the symposium and the conference dinner.
Last date for registration: September 15th, 2004
An exhibition is also being planned alongside. Interested companies should contact the above address for more details.
Download Registration Form (DOC) (PDF)
Dr Sudhir Misra
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Tel: (+91-512) 2597346
Fax: (+91-512) 2597395
Email: usafety@iitk.ac.in
Submission of Abstracts: June 30, 2004
Notification of Acceptance: July 15, 2004
Submission of Full Paper: August 31, 2004
Last date of Registration: September 15, 2004
For more information and updates, please visit:
http://icus.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/isus04/
http://www.iitk.ac.in/infocell/announce/usafety04/
http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sud/usafety04/
Agra is located about 200 km from Delhi on the banks of the river Yamuna, and is known for the famous Taj Mahal. Delegates may also visit Fatehpur Sikri and the Agra Fort, which are excellent monuments of ancient Indian architecture.
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Keun Joo Byun, Yonsei University, Korea
BL Deekshatulu, University of Hyderabad,
India
Sanjay G Dhande, IIT Kanpur, India (Chairman)
Wei Cheng Fan, USTC, Anhui, China
Sudhir K Jain, IIT Kanpur, India
Tsuneo Katayama, NIED, WSSI, Japan,
RR Navalgund, NRSA, Hyderabad, India
Shigefumi Nishio, IIS, University of Tokyo, Japan
Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, AIT, Thailand
Xila S Liu, Tsinghua University, China
Shunji Murai, Keio University, Japan
Katsumi Mushiake, Fukushima University, Japan
Shinichiro Ohgaki, COE, University of Tokyo,
Japan
SA Reddy, Gammon India Ltd., India
Mahesh C Tandon, ICI, India
Suvit Vibulsresth, GISTDA, Thailand
Jeffrey C.L.Chiang, Monash University, Malaysia
Bithin Datta, IIT Kanpur, India
Nguyen Tien Dich, IBST, Vietnam
Yozo Fujino, COE, University of Tokyo, Japan
SK Govil, IIRS, India
Srinkanth Herath, United Nations University,
Tokyo, Japan
SK Kaushik, IIT Roorkee, India
CVR Murthy, IIT Kanpur, India
Anura Nanayakkara, University of Moratuwa, Sri
Lanka
Lal Samarakoon, AIT, Bangkok, Thailand
Kiang Hwee Tan, NUS, Singapore
Mukesh Sharma, IIT Kanpur, India
Somnuk Tangtermsirikul, Thammasat University,
Thailand
Tran Thuc, IMH, Vietnam
Taketo Uomoto, ICUS, COE, University of Tokyo,
Japan (Co-chairman)
Pennung Warnitchai, AIT, Bangkok, Thailand
Yoshifumi Yasuoka, IIS, University of Tokyo,
Japan
Onkar Dikshit, IIT Kanpur, India
Dushmanta Dutta, ICUS, University of Tokyo, Japan
Yoshitaka Kato, ICUS, University of Tokyo, Japan
Satish C Koria, IIT Kanpur, India
Santosh Kumar, IWD, IIT Kanpur
Deepak Kunzru, IIT Kanpur, India
Kimiro Meguro, ICUS, University of Tokyo, Japan
Sudhir Misra, IIT Kanpur, India (Secretary)
Ryozo Ooka, ICUS, University of Tokyo, Japan
Kripa Shanker, IIT Kanpur, India
RB Singh, Anulab, Agra, India
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS
The symposium is supported by several national and international organizations including following:
Financial support from the following organizations is gratefully acknowledged.
Support in the form of sponsorship and co-sponsorship is welcome from professional organizations and agencies. Please contact the Symposium Secretary at usafety@iitk.ac.in for more details.
Limited accommodation for Symposium
participants at special rates will be provided at the Jaypee and some other
hotels in Agra. Please let the Symposium Secretary (usafety@iitk.ac.in) your
requirements at an early date. Details about the rates, etc. are being worked
out and will be put on the website shortly.