| Multi-Disciplinary Applications of Geographical Information Science in Southeast Asia
(co-funded by ASEA Uninet, Austria for 2014)
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INTRODUCTION
The
10 Southeast Asian Countries are joining forces to form the ASEAN Economic
Community (AEC) by 2015. The AEC envisages a single market & production
base, a highly competitive economic region. Among others, the areas of
cooperation include human resources development & capacity building as well
as recognition of professional qualifications. The specific defined goals fall under nine
headings namely: (1) Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure Development;
(2) Sustainable Land Management and Biodiversity Protection; (3) Sustainable
Coastal Zone Management; (4) Air Quality Management and Protection; (5)
Sustainable Water Resource Management; (6) Science and Technology for
Sustainable Development; (7) Southeast Asian Sustainable Development
Information Network; (8) Policy Reform for Sustainable Development; and (9)
Governance Reform for Sustainable Development.
The specific defined goals are cross-cutting several academic and
applied disciplines and these require multi-disciplinary competences for
understanding and analysing the interplay of these factors. The jumble of social, economic, environmental and
developmental issues various societies face today certainly require integration
and analysis of several types of data and applications of new technologies and
methodologies help making the analytical processes efficient and effective.
OBJECTIVE- develop in-depth understanding of spatial patterns of various natural, social and economic phenomena
- introduce a variety of sophisticate methods and efficient GIS-technologies to analyse various processes
- give
'hands-on' practical training using GIS-software for capturing,
processing and analysing various types of spatial information for
re-presenting the present, re-constructing the past and projecting the
futur trends.
ACTIVITIES
- Organise a short intensive ‘Faculty Development Workshops’ at the
host institution in Malaysia and invite participants from several
ASEA Uninet member Universities in Southeast Asia.
The reason for organising a short intensive multi-partner ‘Faculty
Development Workshop’ is to network with several institutions (to share
the ’know-how’ and generate higher multiplier effect within a short
period (1 week) and initiate an academic network for future scientific
cooperation among several institutions of higher education.
PARTNERS
Organiser Institutions |
AUSTRIA: - Interfaculty Department of Geoinformatics - Z_GIS, University of Salzburg, Salzburg - ASEA Uninet, Austria
MALAYSIA: - School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor
| Participant Institutions
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INDONESIA: - Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Bandung - Diponegoro University, Semarang - University of Brawijaya, Malang - University of Indonesia, Depok
MALAYSIA: - National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor
PHILIPPINES:
- University of the Philippines, Diliman - University of the Philippines, Los Banos THAILAND: - Burapha University, Chonburi - Chiang Mai University, Chaing Mai - Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok - Kasetsart University, Bangkok - Mahidol University, Bangkok - Prince of Songkla University, Phuket
VIETNAM: - Hanoi University, Hanoi - University of Transport and Communications, Hanoi
| OUTCOMES (see the blog here)
- An intensive Faculty Development Workshop was organised at the School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, National University of Malaysia, Selangor from 17th to 21st November, 2014
- 29 teachers and postgraduate students participated in the workshop and completed individual Geospatial practical projects exploring multi-disciplinary applications of GIScience in Southeast Asia. All the participants presented the outcomes of their projects in the dissemination seminar.
Contact: Dr. Shahnawaz, Interfaculty Department of Geoinformatics - Z_GIS, University of Salzburg, Austria. |
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