IFLA Working Programme 05 - Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience

Goal: Develop and implement landscape-based strategies for Disaster Risk Reduction and post disaster recovery, promoting community resilience and preparedness.

Impact: Reduce the risks and impacts of disasters, promote community resilience and support post disaster recovery efforts.

Working Programme Members

Director - Maria Gabriella Trovato

Maria Gabriella Trovato Is an associate professor in the Landscape Architecture for Global Sustainability Programme at the Faculty of Landscape. The Society. Norwegian University of Life Sciences. She's a licensed architect and landscape architect with a PhD in landscape architecture: parks, gardens and spatial planning (UNIRC and the University of Naples, 2003). As an architect practicing and teaching landscape design, Maria is interested in investigating new forms of urban living in a world of change, in flux and conditions.

Co-director - Marie-Pierre McDonald

Marie-Pierre McDonald Is a landscape architect with a Master of Architecture degree from McGill University. She's the vice president and associate partner of the inter-nation collaboration team and workd closely with several indigenous communities and government agencies on complex planning (strategic, economic. Recreation and tourism and housing) development and regulatory projects. Her inclusive collaboration methods ensure optimal management of the various projects and trusted to her and allow her to develop adapted solutions.

Other members of the Working Programme

Arthur Odehia

Clare Penny

Cynthia Wuisang

Lília Coelho

Mahsa Ghadimi

Mauricio Pruzzo

Paolo Damone

Paula Villagra