Intensive Course and Community Engagement Program URBAN SUSTAINABILITY AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT “Creating a Smart City for All”

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Introduction

As regards to the rapid population growth in many developing countries and increase of economic development, sustainability becomes a very important issue to cope with. Sustainability is often treated as a synonym for environmentalism but that is not the whole story. Sustainability is not just about the environment quality; it is also about social equity and economic prosperity (www.tacoma.uw.edu). According to the millennium project, there are 15 global challenges that we have to face to in the 21st century as presented in the figure below (www.millennium-project.org).

Figure 1. Global challenges defined by the millennium project

By 2050, more than 6 billion people will live in urban areas. This development calls for ‘smart’ approaches to ensure that cities are optimized for environmental impact, economic activity, energy consumption, and ‘the good life’. To achieve this kind of situations, it requires rethinking as the need for smart urban solutions has never been greater. Whether developing new cities from scratch or rebuilding existing cities, the challenge is to ensure that the city becomes more livable, economically successful, and environmentally responsible (www.stateofgreen.com/en/InFocus/Smart-Cities). Based on the reason above, the intensive course on urban sustainability and human settlement is designed in order to bring the perspective of smart city to young generation. Not only exposing the urban problems especially in the developing country i.e. Indonesia, but also introducing the concept of a smart city and its implementations. Besides lectures delivered by professors and professionals in various aspects of urban development such as solid waste management, water pollution control, flood management, water supply and demand, urban infrastructure planning, economic sustainability, community engagement, et cetera, this intensive course will also be enriched by discussion activities and some site visits. The program becomes even more interesting as it includes cultural activities.

Objectives

This intensive course program is aimed:

1. to increase the awareness of various urban problems;
2. to introduce the concept of smart city and its implementations;
3. to promote Indonesian cultures; and
4. to provide opportunity for students to innovatively develop their capacity.

Who Can Participate in the Program and How?

This intensive course program is offered to any international student who has strong motivation to improve his/her knowledge on sustainable urban development. It is basically open for both undergraduate and post graduate student from any major of studies. This program is also offered to any partner institution of Unpar as part of the collaboration activities. To participate in this program, the student must submit application for further selection process. While for the partner institution, a letter of intent will be necessary to define the agreement. Both application and letter of intent can be submitted to international office of Unpar at io@unpar.ac.id. The total cost for joining the program as presented below is IDR 13,100,000 or equivalent to USD 1,145 per person.

Qualification of the Participants

• Bachelor degree students, at least from the 5th semester or master degree students or doctoral degree students,
• open for every study background.

What We Provide

When the student is selected to participate in the program, the student deserves to get pickup and drop off service from Jakarta or Bandung airport, single accommodation, entry ticket to the related cultural activities, inland transportation related to program, insurance for accident during the program, daily breakfast, lunch for most activities, welcome dinner reception, and closing ceremony. This policy is made in order to provide opportunity for international student to taste Indonesian culinary during their free afternoon and evening. For student, who joins the whole program will be awarded a certificate of attendance. Credits may be given according to the policy of home university.

Application form

Application form can be downloaded from here.

Deadline

The deadline of application submission is 30 September 2014.

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