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BOOK CONTRIBUTION: HANDBOOK ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND DISASTERS

'Chapter 37: 5-Dimensional climate+scenario model to countermeasure urban heat island effect' of the book has been written by Parisa Kloss and Mojtaba Samim to present anew tool for empowering decision makers and local leaders


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YEAR

18 October 2022


LOCATION

Tokyo, Japan

WORLD URBAN CAMPAIGN STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

GATHERED AT WUF 11

World Urban Campaign partners and steering committee members gathered together at WUF 11 to discuss their plans for the next 2 years as well as meeting Mr. Neil Khor, Chief of Staff, Office of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat.


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YEAR

28-29 June 2022


LOCATION

Katowice, Poland

RUPD JOINED AT WORLD URBAN FORUM 11

RUPD joined World Urban Forum (WUF11) organized by Katowice City and UN-Habitat






YEAR

26-30 June 2022 


LOCATION

NKatowice, Poland

BOOK CONTRIBUTION: REMAPPING URBAN HEAT ISLAND ATLASES IN REGENERATIVE CITIES

A chapter of this book has been written by Parisa Kloss and Heba Allah Essam E. Khalil titled ''Greenery Measures to Mitigate Urban Heat Island in Unplanned Areas: Imbaba, Giza, Egypt


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YEAR

03 June 2022


LOCATION

Cairo, Egypt (IGI Global publisher)

LECTURE ON URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS AT GIZ MOROCCO

Parisa Kloss was honoured to be invited by GIZ Morocco to discuss and speak about ''The Urban Heat Island Effect and Adaptation Strategies'' 



YEAR

02 March 2022


LOCATION

Rabat, Morocco (online)

KLUTC2022, URBAN LAB 3: KEEPING TRACK OF PROGRESS TO ACHIEVE SDGSAND IMPLEMENT THEM ON THE GROUND

Parisa Kloss contributed as a speaker to Urban Lab 3 at the 2d Kuala Lumpur UTC 2022 on ''Innovation and Technology-Based Approach to Achieve Climate Adaptive Cities''



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YEAR

11 February 2022


LOCATION

Mannheim, Germany (online)

PROPOSAL APPROVED BY WORLD URBAN CAMPAIGN FOR ORGANIZING SECOND KL URBAN THINKERS CAMPUS 2022

KL Urban Thinkers Campus proposal titled 'Implementation of Urban Climate Change Action Plan in KL'' has been approved by World Urban Campaign, UN-Habitat. It will be held on 11 Feb. 2022, Online


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YEAR

01 December 2021


LOCATION

Kenya, Nairobi

DEVELOPING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR UNPLANNED AREAS IN CAIRO TO COMBAT URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS

RUPD is working on integrating greenery into unplanned areas in Cairo by designing a chain of cooling public spaces to provide urban thermal comfort and boost rehabilitation along the Nile and re-establish high quality urban life

 



YEAR

11 November 2021


LOCATION

Cairo, Egypt

UN-HABITAT INNOVATE4CITIES 2021 CONFERENCE: INCLUSIVE, RESILIENT AND CLIMATE NEUTRAL CITIES

Parisa Kloss was honoured to be selected as one of the speakers at ''Data-Driven Modelling for Cooler Cities'' session at UN-Habitat Innovate4Cities conference which focuses on the nexus between science, practice and innovation, vital to realizing ambitious climate action




YEAR

12 October 2021


LOCATION

Online 

DEVELOPING ''5-DIMENSIONAL CLIMATE+SCENARIO MODEL'' TO COUNTERMEASURE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT

RUPD is working on developing a model to provide a platform to document the status quo of climate stress, predict the improvement potential of future planning, assess their climatic impacts on surrounding areas by placing the new designs into the model and serve as a base for future construction permit


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YEAR

01 April 2021 - 01 April 2022


LOCATION

Montreal, Canada

RUPD PARTICIPATED IN CALL FOR

FUTURE ARCHITECTURE IDEAS

RUPD participated in call for ideas in ''Future Architecture Platform'' with Oasis Abu Dhabi design



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YEAR

16 December 2020


LOCATION

Europe 

SHARE YOUR IDEAS: INDIA URBAN THINKERS CAMPUS 2020

WORLD URBAN CAMPAIGN

We will be glad to receive your innovative ideas to tackle urban climate change. Join and share them with us






YEAR

25 November 2020


LOCATION

Nagpour, India (Online)

RUPD PARTICIPATED IN COOL ABU DHABI COMPETITION CHALLENG TO MITIGATE THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS

RUPD's public space design proposal for an urban area in Abu Dhabi to mitigate the urban heat island (UHI) effect, provide thermal comfort and a pleasant environment for the people


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YEAR

12 May 2020


LOCATION

Abu Dhabi, UAE

URBAN THINKER CAMPUS EVENT AT WORLD URBAN FORUM 10 ORGANIZED BY UN-HABITAT

Parisa Kloss was delighted and honoured to be invited

as one of the panelists in''Urban Thinker Campus Event'' at WUF10 organized by UN-Habitat


YEAR

12 February 2020


LOCATION

Abu Dhabi, UAE

RUPD PARTICIPATED AT WORLD URBAN FORUM 10

RUPD participated at WUF10 organized by UN-Habitat


YEAR

07-14 February 2020


LOCATION

Abu Dhabi, UAE

PARTNER MEETING FOR KLUTC2019 ORGANIZATION AT KUALA LUMPUR CITY HALL

Meeting partners for the last arrangements and organization of KLUTC2019 at Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL)


YEAR

27 November 2019


LOCATION

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

''VILLA ON THE ROCKS'' DESIGN ON THE PROCESS

RUPD is designing a Villa on the Rock



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YEAR

03 September 2018


LOCATION

Capri Island, Italy

RUPD PARTICIPATED AT WORLD URBAN FORUM 9

RUPD participated at WUF9 organized by UN-Habitat


YEAR

7-13 February 2018


LOCATION

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

RUPD'S TRAINING COURSES AT HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITÄT ZU BERLIN, SEMINAR FÜR LÄNDLICHE ENTWICKLUNG (SLE)

Parisa Kloss joined SLE at Humboldt University Berlin as external lecturer for series of lectures on “The Urban Heat Island Effects and Mitigation Strategies“



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YEAR

06 October 2016- Now


LOCATION

Berlin, Germany

RUPD CONTRIBUTED IN GERF PROJECT

GERMAN-EGYPTIAN JOINT PROJECT

RUPD contributed to German-Egyptian Research Fund (GERF) Project on “Improving Environmental Performance in Informal Areas and Reducing Urban Heat Island Phenomenon''


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YEAR

01 September - 01 December 2016


LOCATION

Cairo, Egypt

RUPD'S TRAINING COURSE FOR STUDENTS AT ART UNIVERSITY

RUPD's training course on “Cities and Climate Change“ at Art University, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design



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YEAR

22 May 2016


LOCATION

Tehran, Iran

RUPD'S TRAINING COURSE FOR MUNICIPALITY OFFICIALS

RUPD's training course on “Cities and Climate Change“ in Tehran Urban Research & Planning Centre at Tehran Municipality



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YEAR

02 May 2016


LOCATION

Tehran, Iran

RUPD WON FIRST PRIZE AT TEHRAN WORLD AWARD

ORGANIZED BY TEHRAN MUNICIPALITY

First prize in Proposal Category titled "A Step Towards Urban Resilience: Development of Planning Principles and Architectural Design with Implementation Guidelines to Improve the Climatic Function of Buildings in Tehran City''


YEAR

14 December 2015


LOCATION

Tehran, Iran

RUPD'S PUBLICATION IN DESIGNER MAGAZINE

A paper titled ''From Stability to Dynamic: Urban Resilience and Sustainability'' (in Persian) written by Parisa Kloss published in Designer Magazine, No.11, Summer 2015


YEAR

20 August 2015


LOCATION

Tehran, Iran

RUPD PARTICIPATED IN SYMPOSIUM ON SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE

Speech by Parisa Kloss at ''Symposium on Sustainability and Resilience'' organized by Designer Magazine



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YEAR

01 October 2014


LOCATION

Tehran, Iran

FIRST SYMPOSIUM OF RUPD IN COOPERATION WITH MINISTRY OF ROADS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN TEHRAN, IRAN

1st Symposium of RUPD on ''Urban Climate Change Resilience: with Focus on Urban Heat Island Phenomenon'' in cooperation with Ministry of Roads and Urban Development


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YEAR

03 September 2014


LOCATION

Tehran, Iran

LECTURE AT TECHNICAL UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN

URBAN MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

Lecture by Parisa Kloss on ''Cities and Climate Change'' for Master students at Technical Universität Berlin, Urban Management Department




YEAR

9 December 2013


LOCATION

Berlin, Germany

23RD SRA-E CONFERENCE ON ''RESILIENCE OF REGIONS IN THE FACE OF RISKS''

Speech by Parisa Kloss at 23rd SRA-E Conference 







YEAR

17 June 2014


LOCATION

Istanbul, Turkey

UNITED NATION CLIMATE & SDG SYNERGIES CONFERENCE

Parisa Kloss was honoured to be one of the panellists in the ''Forging Partnerships for Synergetic Action'' session to discuss the ways to strengthen the existing partnership in the conference organized by United Nations and Ministry of the Environment in Tokyo.


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YEAR

21 July 2022


LOCATION

Tokyo, Japan

WORLD URBAN CAMPAIGN SPECIAL SESSION AT WUF 11

Parisa Kloss was honoured to be one of the panellists in the special session: ''The City We Need Now'' to discuss the priority actions to achieve Resilience, Low-Carbon and Climate Compatible Cities organized by World Urban Campaign of UN-Habitat at WUF 11.


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YEAR

28 June 2022


LOCATION

Katowice, Poland

WORLD URBAN CAMPAIGN STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Parisa Kloss was honoured to be elected as a steering committee member of World Urban Campaign of UN-Habitat. She is one of the chairs in Business Partner Constituent Group



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YEAR

21 June 2022


LOCATION

Nairobi, Kenya

SERIES OF LECTURES AT CAIRO UNIVERSITY, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEWYORK AND JOHANNESBURG UNIVERSITY

Parisa Kloss was honoured to be invited by three universities to discuss ''Developing Adaptation Strategies to Tackle Urban Heat Island Effects''


YEAR

18 and 19 April 2022

27 May 2022


LOCATION

Johannesburg university

Cairo University

The State University of New York (online)

SECOND KUALA LUMPUR URBAN THINKERS CAMPUS 2022 (KLUTC2022), WORLD URBAN CAMPAIGN

RUPD was honoured to be one of the main partners and organizers of the 2d Kuala Lumpur UTC 2022 titled ''Implementation of Urban Climate Change Action Plan in Kuala Lumpur''. Cooperation between RUPD, Mannheim City, Urbanice Malaysia, UKM


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YEAR

11 February 2022


LOCATION

Mannheim, Germany (online)

RUPD GbR APPOINTED AS A PARTNER OF

WORLD URBAN CAMPAIGN (WUC)

RUPD is proud to be appointed as a partner in the World Urban Campaign (WU),an initiative of UN-Habitat



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YEAR

31 January 2022


LOCATION

Kenya, Nairobi

BOOK CONTRIBUTION: SMART CITIES: CRITICAL DEBATES ON BIG DATA, URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

A chapter of the book has been written by Parisa Kloss titled ''The interaction between intelligence and resilience of cities''. It discusses successful factors and obstacles that cities are facing to develop smart city.


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YEAR

12 November 2021


LOCATION

London, England (Routledge Taylor & Francis Group)

UN-HABITAT WORLD URBAN CAMPAIGN, COP26 CLIMATE ACTION LEARNING EVENT

Parisa Kloss was honoured to be invited as one of the speakers of UN-Habitat, World Urban Campaign (WUC) programme at COP26 Climate Action Learning Event 



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YEAR

10 November 2021


LOCATION

Glasgow, England (Online)

MALAYSIA URBAN FORUM (MUF)

SUSTAINABLE URBAN NATION 2030: BETTER CITIES FOR ALL WITH COVID-19

Parisa Kloss was honoured to be invited as one of the speakers at MUF 2021, Business Leaders Roundtable: ''Financing Sustainable Urban Development''






YEAR

07 September 2021


LOCATION

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 

LOCALIZING SDGS RELATED TO URBAN CLIMATE CHANGE IN KUALA LUMPUR

RUPD collaborated with the National University of Malaysia on publishing a book. We used ''City WORKS Tool'' to localize SDGs related to urban climate change in KL. The tool has been developed by GIZ Bonn.



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YEAR

11 January 2021


LOCATION

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

INDIA URBAN THINKERS CAMPUS 2020

WORLD URBAN CAMPAIGN

RUPD was honoured to be one of the main partners and organizers of India UTC 2020 titled ''Think innovAte aCT For Urban cLimate change (TACTFUL)''. Cooperation between RUPD, VNIT, Keio University, RIKA, Nagpur Municipality 


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YEAR

09-11 December 2020


LOCATION

Nagpour, India (Online)

PROPOSAL APPROVED BY WORLD URBAN CAMPAIGN FOR ORGANIZING INDIA URBAN THINKERS CAMPUS 2020

India Urban Thinkers Campus proposal titled ''Think innovAte aCT For Urban cLimate change (TACTFUL)'' has been approved by World Urban Campaign, UN-Habitat



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YEAR

18 August 2020


LOCATION

Kenya, Nairobi

VIRTUAL MEETING WITH MALAYSIAN PARTNERS FOR ''KLIMATE'' PROJECT

Virtual meeting with Malaysian partners (UKM, Urbanice and KPKT) for ''KL Integrated and innovative sustainable Measures to mitigAte urban heaT island Effects (KLIMATE)'' project


YEAR

02 April 2020


LOCATION

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysaia (Online)

''LAB CITIES 4.5: ACCELERATING SUSTAINABLE SMART CITY'' AT WORLD URBAN FORUM 10

Parisa Kloss was honoured to be among the panelist in ''Lab City 4.5: Accelerating Sustainable Smart City'' at WUF10 organized by Urbanice Malaysia


YEAR

11 February 2020


LOCATION

Abu Dhabi, UAE

KUALA LUMPUR URBAN THINKER CAMPUS 2019 (KLUTC2019) WORLD URBAN CAMPAIGN

RUPD was honoured to be one of the main partners and organizers of KLUTC2019 titled ''Combating the Urban Climate Change in South East Asia: Towards Implementation of New Urban Agenda''. Cooperation between RUPD, UKM, DBKL, KPKT, Urbanice Malaysia, GIZ


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YEAR

07-09 December 2019


LOCATION

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

PROPOSAL APPROVED BY WORLD URBAN CAMPAIGN FOR ORGANIZING KUALA LUMPUR URBAN THINKERS CAMPUS 2019

Kuala Lumpur Urban Thinkers Campus proposal titled ''Combating the Urban Climate Change in South East Asia: Towards Implementation of New Urban Agenda'' has been approved by World Urban Campaign, UN-Habitat


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YEAR

30 March 2019


LOCATION

Kenya, Nairobi

PROJECT MEETING AT KUALA LUMPUR CITY HALL

Project meeting with Kuala Lumpur Deputy of Mayor for starting cooperation among RUPD, Kuala Lumpur City Hall, The National University of Malaysia and Veritas Company  



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YEAR

21 February 2018


LOCATION

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

KICK OFF MEETING AT MINISTRY OF URBAN WELLBEING, HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA

Kick off meeting for our project titled ''Optimization of Climatic Performance of Urban Areas in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia'' with Secretary General of Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government


YEAR

13 January 2017


LOCATION

Putrajaya, Malaysia

LECTURE AT CAIRO UNIVERSITY

ARCHITECTURAL DEPARTMENT

Lecture by Parisa Kloss on “Impacts of Urban Parameters on Micro-Climate Changes'' at Cairo University, Architectural Department




YEAR

04 September 2016


LOCATION

Cairo, Egypt

RUPD'S PROJECT PROPOSAL AWARDED

AT HAFEN UNIVERSITY HAMBURG

Project proposal titled ''Optimization of Climatic Performance of Urban Areas in Hamburg to decrease energy consumption and adapt to climate change'' awarded at Hafencity University for 3 months research project


YEAR

15 August - 15 November 2016


LOCATION

Hamburg, Germany

RUPD'S INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSES FOR ACADEMIA AT TEHRAN UNIVERSITY

RUPD's intensive courses on “Climate Adaptive Architecture and Urban Planning countering Urban Climate Change“ at Tehran University



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YEAR

11-12 May 2016


LOCATION

Tehran, Iran

RUPD PARTICIPATED IN IDEA COMPETITION FOR THE BERLIN MUSEUM OF THE 20TH CENTURY

RUPD participated in Ideas Competition for the Berlin Museum of the 20th Century and its urban integration



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YEAR

12 February 2016


LOCATION

Berlin, Germany

DEUTSCHE WELLE PUBLISHED AN INTERVIEW   

Deutsche Welle interviewed Parisa Kloss about ''Urban Resilience Against Earthquake in Tehran, Iran'' (in Persian)



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YEAR

03 September 2015


LOCATION

Bonn, Germany

THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COUNTERMEASURES TO URBAN HEAT ISLAND

Speech by Parisa Kloss at ''3rd International Conference on Countermeasures to Urban Heat Island''





YEAR

13 October 2014


LOCATION

Venice, Italy

SECOND SYMPOSIUM OF RUPD IN COOPERATION WITH

QAZVIN PROVINCE ROAD AND URBANISM OFFICE

2nd Symposium of RUPD on ''Urban Climate Change Resilience: with Focus on Urban Heat Island Phenomenon'' in cooperation with Qazvin Province Road and Urbanism Office 


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YEAR

04 September 2014


LOCATION

Qazvin, Iran

''BRUCKNER 20 VILLA'' DESIGN ON THE PROCESS

RUPD is designing a sustainable villa in Bornheim/Merten



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YEAR

09 August 2014


LOCATION

Bornheim, Germany

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND URBAN RESILIENCE SUMMER SCHOOL, BAUHAUS UNVESITÄT WEIMER

Lecture by Parisa Kloss on ''Meaning of Urban Heat Island for Planning''



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YEAR

19 August 2014


LOCATION

Weimar, Germany

RESILIENT URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT (RUPD) GBR

RUPD established in Berlin






YEAR

15 August 2013


LOCATION

Berlin, Germany

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