‘Resilience must be central to dev’

Natural disasters are increasing in the country due to climate  change, so resilience needs to be at the centre of all types of  development at the present time, said a Buet professor yesterday.  

Prof  Farida Nilufar of architecture made the recommendation while speaking  on the second day of the three-day Urban Thinkers Campus conference at  Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet).

Presenting  a keynote on “Urban Design and Landscape”, she said, “The earth’s temperature is steadily rising, impacting the world’s people, wildlife and natural ecosystems; so urban design and landscape approaches need to be aligned  to resiliency while developing different types of open spaces,” she  said. 

She also stressed on excavating waterbodies, and enhancing drainage and greenery in urban and rural areas. 

Among others, Prof Shayer  Ghafur and Prof Khandaker Shabbir Ahmed also spoke yesterday at different sessions of the conference, organised by the architecture department of Buet.

A three-day exhibition has also been organised, where various development projects, models, and documentaries are being  presented under Buet’s Urban Lab.