Strengthening Civil Society Networks in Pakistan for their vital role in the process of social development through action-oriented research initiatives at grassroots level.
UDERC also serves as a platform to strengthen people-to-people interaction between Japan and Pakistan through eco-tourism, language programs and cultural exchange activities.
Urban Development and Environmental Research Center
(UDERC)
Sakano Lab
Tokyo Institute of
Technology
Morishita Lab:
Aichi Gakuin University
Research Group
Dr. Takeshi Komai
Institute of Geo-Resources&
Environment (GREEN),
National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and
Technology (AIST)
Tsukuba, Japan
UDERC is a publishing Partner
of World Health Organizations
to produce environmental and
health literature in Urdu
Environmental Science
Department,
Lahore College for Women
University (LCWU)) Pakistan
Department of Research
and Evaluation, University
of the Punjab, Lahore ( In
progress)
Collaborating
Organizations
ADI Inc. (Canada)  is our strategic
partner to solve the problem of
arsenic-contamination in Pakistan
International Society
of City and Regional
Planners (ISoCaRP)
UDERC was established
by Dr. M. Atiq ur Rahman
(JSPS Postdoctoral
Research Fellow) to
extend the benefits of his
research to local
communities at
grassroots level in
Pakistan.
UDERC is strategic partner of  
SANYO (Gulf) and Global
Village Energy Partnership
(GVEP) for the Promotion of
Solar Technology in Pakistan.
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NHK World Radio Japan
(Japanese Language/
Other programs)
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Urban Development and Environmental Research Center (UDERC)  is a registered Center under the
Registration of Societies Act with the City Government Lahore, the Government of Pakistan.  UDERC works as
collaborative research center with several local and international research institutions in order to conduct action
oriented research work in Pakistan in the field of environment,  provision of safe drinking water, social development,
disability, environmental literacy and urban planning. UDERC works by strengthening the civil society networks in
Pakistan through their active involvement in action-oriented research activities at grassroots level. These research
initiatives are taken under the scientific support and technical guidance of Japanese scientists and researchers.
UDERC also serves as a platform to strengthen the bilateral relations through people-to-people interaction between
Japan and Pakistan through eco-tourism, language programs and cultural exchange activities.

UDERC works as a collaborative research center of the following Japanese institutions.

  • Dr. Takeshi Komai' Research Group,  Institute of Geo-resources and Environment (GREEN), National Institute
    of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ministry of Economics Trade and Industries (METI),
    Government of Japan.
  • Dr. Tatsuro Sakano Lab, Department of Social Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Prof. Dr. Hideharu Morishita Lab, Department of Information and Policy Studies, Aichi  Gakuin University, Japan
  • Dr. Shinji Tajima, International Center for Literacy and Culture (ICLC), Tokyo

Other Organizations:
  • International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISoCaRP), The Netherlands
  • ADI Inc. Canada
  • SANYO (Gulf)
  • UNESCO (UDERC is Publishing Partner of UNESCO for production of reports in Urdu Language)


Collaborating Institutions in Pakistan:
Milestone Society for Special Persons (Regd.)


Our Research Activities:
  • Research for the provision of Arsenic Free Water in Project areas in Pakistan
  • Pak-Japan Friendship Park (Environmental Research Parks)
  • Japanese Language Classes in Lahore
  • Handmade Paper: produced by recycling waste paper.
  • Micro Credit Schemes for small enterprises development specific to generate income resources for rural
    women.
  • Provision of Arsenic Treatment Units / Fluoride Treatment Units through micro credit schemes involving
    community organizations in rural areas of Pakistan.
  • Environmental Literacy and Education
  • Recycling Kitchen garbage into fertilizers for home gardens
  • Seminars/Conferences/Training Workshops
  • Barrier Free Urban Development/ Town Planning
  • Mobility equipments for handicaps and persons with sever disability

For more information contact us.