Global Center of Excellence for Water Hazard and Risk Management
ICHARM The International Centre for Water Hazard
Our Mission
The mission of ICHARM is to serve as the Centre of Excellence to provide and assist implementation of best practicable strategies to localities, nations, regions, and the globe to manage the risk of water related disasters.
Special Topic
- Japanese Version of "the United Nations World Water Development Report 3" is Available
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Japanese versions of "Overview of key messages" and "Facts and Figures", which are abridged editions of "the United Nations World Water Development Report 3 (WWDR3)", are available.
You can download PDF files here.- "Overview of key messages" (PDF 1,046KB)
- "Facts and Figure" (PDF 2,024KB)Coordinated by the World Water Assessment Programme, "the United Nations World Water Development Report 3: Water in a Changing World" is a joint effort of the 26 United Nations agencies and entities that make up UN-Water. It was laid open to the public at the 5th World Water Forum in March, 2009.
WWDR3 covers water, food and energy issues in the world including water-related disaster. ICHARM contributed writing Chapter 11 "Changes in the global water cycle" and Chapter 12 "Evolving hazards - and emerging opportunities".
- ICHARM Seeks a Research Specialist (Disaster Prevention Research Team)
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ICHARM is now seeking a new research specialist for the Disaster Prevention Research Team.
The application guideline in Japanese and English is available from here.
Feel free to contact us. We are looking forward to many applications.DEADLINE: Application must be received by 17:00, 23 March 2010 (Japan Standard Time).
- ICHARM Seeks Research Specialists (Hydrologic Engineering Research Team)
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ICHARM is now seeking three new research specialists for the Hydrologic Engineering Research Team.
The application guideline in Japanese and English is available from here.
Feel free to contact us. We are looking forward to many applications.DEADLINE: Application must be received by 17:00,
22 February 201029 March 2010 (Japan Standard Time).
- 19 March 2010
- ICHARM Launches Ph.D. Disaster Management Program in 2010
The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and ICHARM will jointly launch a Ph.D. program in disaster management in October 2010 in order to nurture professionals who can train researchers and take leadership in planning and implementation of national and international strategies and policies in the field of water-related disaster risk management. This three-year Ph.D. program will accept 1-3 students every year. (We’ve already closed the application for the first year.)
You can check more details at: http://www.grips.ac.jp/pstudents/phd_programs/disaster.html
- 29 January 2010
- ICHARM Newsletter Volume4 No.4 (No.15) is Now Available
The latest version of ICHARM newsletter is now available.
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- ICHARM Teams Up with ADB to Start a Water-related Disaster Management Project in Asia
- ICHARM Holds Quick Reports on Floods 2009
- ICHARM Launches Ph.D. Disaster Management Program in 2010
- Introduction of "IFAS" (No.3)
You can download from here.
- 25 January 2010
- ICHARM Signs the MOU with DPRI
ICHARM signed the “General Memorandum for Academic Cooperation and Exchange" with the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI) of Kyoto University. The signing ceremony was held at DPRI on 25 January 2010. Prof. Norio Okada, director of DPRI, and Prof. Kuniyoshi Takeuchi, director of ICHARM, signed the agreement.
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