Towards a Sustainable Future: A Collaboration of Higher Education Institution and Local Society

The Social Transformation Platform in Universiti Sains Malaysia in collaboration with Yokohama City University will be organizing the 2nd IACSC Symposium in the University Main Conference Hall, USM on September 10-11, 2011.

The main goal of this consortium is to provide a platform for discussion and sharing of urban sustainability topics and findings. It also aims to stimulate inter-disciplinary discussions and networking to further enhance the knowledge of academicians, practitioners, and professionals on urban sustainability. The scopes of the papers that will be presented by invited speakers are mainly (but not limited to) about Environment, Public Health, and Urban Design and Management.