UNESCO Chair on Ecologically Safe Development of Large Regions: Volga Basin (191), established in 1997 at Nizhni Novgorod State Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering  (Russian Federation).

Fields/Disciplines

Disciplines related to environmental protection; Engineering; Environmental education.

Objectives

•  To promote interdisciplinary ecological education, training, research activities and field projects combining social and human sciences as well as environmental sciences and engineering.

Host Institution

• Nizhni Novgorod State Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering. Website
• UNESCO Chair on Ecologically Safe Development of Large Regions: Volga Basin. Webpage (in Russian)

Partnership

• Some 50 higher education institutions of the Russian Federation.

UNESCO Sector/Office responsible for the Chair/Network

Natural Sciences; UNESCO Office in Moscow.

Documents

• Progress Report 2009 (short version)
• Progress Report 2007 (short version)

Contact

Prof. Evgeny Koposov,
UNESCO Chairholder, Rector, Professor NNGASU
E-Mail address - unesco@nngasu.ru
Work Phone - +7 8312 30 18 77
Fax - +7 8312 30 09 86
Street - Iljinskaya, 65
City - Nizhny Novgorod
Postal Code - 603950
Country - Russian Federation