Urban Development and Environmental Research Center (UDERC) is an initiative of Sakano Lab, Department of Social Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. UDERC has established close research collaborations with different organizations in Japan, Pakistan and other countries. Most prominent institutions include Lab of Dr. Takeshi Komai, Institute of Geo Resources and Environment (GREEN), Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI), Japan; Dr. Morishita Lab, Aichi Gakuin University, Japan; Dr. Nirei Hisashi, Emeritus Prof. Ibaraki University, Chairperson, Geo Pollution Control Agency (NPO), Japan; Prof. Watanabe, Social Entrepreneurship Program, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan and Dr. Shinji Tajima, International Center for Literacy and Culture (ICLC) Tokyo. In Pakistan UDERC is research partner with Department of Environmental Science, Lahore College for Women University (LCWU). UDERC is also a publishing partner with World Health Organization (WHO) to translate literature on environmental health and arsenic related publications. As an outreach initiative of Sakano Lab, Tokyo Institute of Technology, UDERC is a registered research center with City District Government Lahore under Societies Registration Act.