Sustainable Development Research in Asia Pacific Region (SDiAP)
Professional education for the tertiary teaching staff. The Symposium at RMIT University is designed to foster and facilitate the exchange of information, ideas and experiences acquired in the execution of research projects, especially successful initiatives and good practice. It is not limited to a specific discipline, but intentionally seeks to promote sustainable development research across multiple disciplines. Four key themes will be explored at the conference: Education for Sustainability Sustainable Cities Sustainable Buildings Sustainable Infrastructure A further aim of the event will be to document and disseminate the wealth of experiences on sustainable development research in the Asia-Pacific today. To this purpose, a peer-reviewed book titled Sustainable Development Research at Universities in the Asia-Pacific will be published, with all accepted papers. This will be part of the award-winning World Sustainability Series, published by Springer, one of the world's top five scientific publishers.
The research outcome is an edited research book. Delegates from major countries across the Asia Pacific Region attended and the outcome is a volume to be published by Springer titled Sustainable Development Research in the Asia Pacific. The countries were: 1. UK: University of Manchester 2. Germany: Hamburg University of Applied Sciences 3. Australia: RMIT University, The University of Melbourne, La Trobe University, Deakin University, UTS, Griffith University, University of NSW, Charles Darwin University, 4. New Zealand: University of Otago, 5. Pakistan: PMAS-University of Arid and Agriculture, Rawalpindi, Lahore College for Women University, 6. India: RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University 7. Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 8. Philippines: University of the Philippines, 9. China: Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Tongji University 10. Indonesia: Gadjah Mada University 11. Japan: Rikkyo University 12. Singapore: Singapore University of Social Sciences 13. Sri Lanka: University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 14. Industry delegate from Peru.
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