Video: Revitalising urban informal settlements
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Professor Rebekah Brown, Director of the Monash Sustainable Development Institute (MSDI), explains the RISE (Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments) Project, which aims to significantly improve the living conditions and health of some of the world's urban poor.
Funded by the Wellcome Trust's Our Planet, Our Health program, and the Asia Development Bank, MSDI is leading the project alongside the Monash faculties of Art, Design and Architecture, Business and Economics, Science, Engineering and IT, and Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, in collaboration with national and international institutions and universities.
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About the Authors
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Rebekah brown
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Senior Vice-President; Director of RISE
Rebekah is Senior Vice-Provost and Vice-Provost (Research) at Monash University, and Director of RISE (Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments), an action-research program working in the Pacific and Southeast Asia to deliver solutions that benefit health, environment, and water and sanitation. Rebekah is a pioneer in the field of interdisciplinarity. It’s a concept that, by pooling the expertise of multiple subject areas, promises breakthroughs in a range of important issues that will change people’s lives. She has an interdisciplinary background, forging a successful career as a civil engineer before completing a PhD in environmental studies.
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