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8.4.2 Current Situation
AIEES at SNU has participated in APIEL three times, starting from the Cambodia
Unit in August 2011. In the Cambodia Unit, the local partner universities were
RUPP, and in the Greater Pearl River Delta (GPRD) Unit, Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology and Sun Yat-sen University. Each of these universities has
provided graduate students and lecturers.
From SNU, 20 students have taken part so far. Students with diverse majors, such
as international studies, environmental studies, natural science, engineering, law,
and agricultural science, have participated in the fi eld program for cultivating leadership concerning the environment and returned good feedback.
8.4.3 Major Elements of Education
In the Cambodia Unit, the program mainly covers topics, from infrastructure to
environmental management issues—waste disposal, recycling, and water quality
protection—and SNU has focused on rural development and capacity building as
well as contributing to physical and social capacity development for sustainable
development.
The GPRD Unit provided an opportunity to study several components and techniques for a more sustainable urban plan and urban design. In particular, the students’ practical exercises on mapping and gaining techniques for handling vast
amounts of information related to cities greatly helped them come to arrive at the
future direction of sustainable urban development.
In each unit, site visits to understand the local culture and history, as well as
interviews with local residents, have provided a good opportunity for the students to draw a profound understanding of other cultures. The cooperation that
the students from each university showed helped promote the understanding and
capacity to produce defi nite outcomes on site. It is also signifi cant that opportunities to directly experience the possible direction of sustainable development,
rather than in theory, were provided to graduate students from each university
through this program.
Each unit covered fi elds related to sustainable development, such as waste, sewage disposal, air quality management, urban planning, eco-tourism, and offi cial
development assistance from the Korean International Cooperation Agency and the
Japan International Cooperation Agency. Through lectures from experts and fi eldwork, each program was able to cover general plans and implementation measures
for sustainable development in developing countries.
Furthermore, in each group, made up of graduate students from each university,
exchanges were held for carrying out the research project: establishing strategies for
sustainable development. These exchanges in combination with in-depth research
under the instruction of the resource person for each group progressed to outcomes
in forms of presentations and recommendations.
N. Baromey et al.
8.4.2 Current Situation
AIEES at SNU has participated in APIEL three times, starting from the Cambodia
Unit in August 2011. In the Cambodia Unit, the local partner universities were
RUPP, and in the Greater Pearl River Delta (GPRD) Unit, Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology and Sun Yat-sen University. Each of these universities has
provided graduate students and lecturers.
From SNU, 20 students have taken part so far. Students with diverse majors, such
as international studies, environmental studies, natural science, engineering, law,
and agricultural science, have participated in the fi eld program for cultivating leadership concerning the environment and returned good feedback.
8.4.3 Major Elements of Education
In the Cambodia Unit, the program mainly covers topics, from infrastructure to
environmental management issues—waste disposal, recycling, and water quality
protection—and SNU has focused on rural development and capacity building as
well as contributing to physical and social capacity development for sustainable
development.
The GPRD Unit provided an opportunity to study several components and techniques for a more sustainable urban plan and urban design. In particular, the students’ practical exercises on mapping and gaining techniques for handling vast
amounts of information related to cities greatly helped them come to arrive at the
future direction of sustainable urban development.
In each unit, site visits to understand the local culture and history, as well as
interviews with local residents, have provided a good opportunity for the students to draw a profound understanding of other cultures. The cooperation that
the students from each university showed helped promote the understanding and
capacity to produce defi nite outcomes on site. It is also signifi cant that opportunities to directly experience the possible direction of sustainable development,
rather than in theory, were provided to graduate students from each university
through this program.
Each unit covered fi elds related to sustainable development, such as waste, sewage disposal, air quality management, urban planning, eco-tourism, and offi cial
development assistance from the Korean International Cooperation Agency and the
Japan International Cooperation Agency. Through lectures from experts and fi eldwork, each program was able to cover general plans and implementation measures
for sustainable development in developing countries.
Furthermore, in each group, made up of graduate students from each university,
exchanges were held for carrying out the research project: establishing strategies for
sustainable development. These exchanges in combination with in-depth research
under the instruction of the resource person for each group progressed to outcomes
in forms of presentations and recommendations.
N. Baromey et al.