JPCL2019

The project consists on a scientific meeting and symposium involving Japanese and Chilean participants in a topic of interest for both counterparts: Both Japan and Chile are countries that face important natural hazards (climate change, earthquakes, tsunamis…) which greatly affect their built environment, their cities, their urban planning, their collective memory and their societies. The project is focused on a concrete case study: The earthquake and tsunami of 2010 in greater Concepción area.

The symposium cover 4 thematic areas:

1. Sustainable HVAC, equipment and comfort systems in a context of disasters, climate change and scarcity of energy. Environmental impact of building industry.
2. Heritage and built environment. Preserving and maintaining buildings, cities and collective memory.
3. Government, society and policy framework: Safety in urban planning and risk assessment.
4. New technologies applied to buildings and urban planning against disasters.

The symposium is aimed at a variety of audiences.

• Undergraduate students, preferably, but not limited, from architecture and building engineering.
• Postgraduate students, related to architecture, urban planning, heritage, building environment and engineering.
• Researchers, academic staff and professors.
• Representatives from companies, civil servants and government representatives.