Prof. Visu was invited to participate in the “Global Dialogue on Technology for Resilient Cities” organized by UNEP, International Environmental Technology Centre, Osaka, Japan from 17-19 October, 2017.
The importance of urban resilience and climate resilience though adopting and developing technology was highlighted in this global dialogue. Education, awareness and capacity building for resilient cities, was one of the 6 parallel session conducted in the meeting. The objective of this session was to share the experiences on education, awareness and capacity building approaches related to resilient cities and to discuss innovation and explore partnerships.
In this session, Prof. Visu made the lead presentation on “Academic Curriculum on Holistic Waste Management”. During this presentation he presented the lead role AIT is playing in development of the 33 credit course curriculum developed for the Professional Masters program on Holistic Waste Management with 6 University consortium.
This course curriculum and teaching materials are available at: http://www.rrcap.ait.asia/Pages/hwm.aspx
