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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has said it will use its emergency task force to help rebuild areas of Japan devastated by the earthquake and tsunami that hit the country last week.

The RICS Disaster Management Commission will work with Japanese surveyors to assess the scale of the damage, and help developing countries also affected by the tsunami to rebuild cities so that they are more resilient to future disasters, the institution said.

Shailesh Kataria, Director of RICS Disaster Management Commission, said: 鈥淩ICS remains ready to respond to specific requests from governments, UN agencies, private sector and civil society organisations for technical expertise through the RICS Disaster Management Commission (DMC), and global network of over 100,000 members 鈥� many of whom are in the Asia-Pacific region.

鈥淩ICS DMC supports disaster hit communities to build back better. Japan鈥檚 highly developed earthquake mitigation and preparedness work has undoubtedly saved countless lives, however, it will need considerable support from surveyors and other built environment professionals to deal with the devastation caused by this powerful earthquake and tsunami.

鈥淩ICS DMC will collaborate with Japanese surveyors and other built environment professionals to promote better earthquake mitigation measures in developing countries, especially through DMC鈥檚 work in the UN鈥檚 Global Task Force on building codes.

鈥淔urthermore, RICS DMC and RICS members expect to provide technical expertise to support post-disaster damage assessments, and promote the 鈥榖uild back better鈥� agenda not only in Japan, but also in other countries that may be affected by the tsunami鈥� .