Jointly organized by the University of Indonesia (UI) and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), the seminar will be addressed by Dr. Raldi Hendro Koestoer and Dr. Hayati Sari Hasibuan of UI, and Dr. Vilas Nitivattananon, Dr. Surachet Pravinvongvuth, and Dr. Duangporn Prasertsubpakij of AIT. The seminar will include mixed sessions of presentations and discussion.
Abstract:
A number of large cities in developing countries are getting urbanized rapidly. But this rapid urbanization comes with a cost that the cities are often not well planned and are highly energy consumptive in nature, moreover it has negative impacts in the form of traffic congestion, air pollution, green- house gas emission and so on. Many cities in Southeast Asia including Jakarta Metropolitan Area (JMA) in Indonesia and Bangkok Metropolitan Area (BMA) in Thailand face similar problems related with land use, transport, and environment, generated by urbanization.
In this context, the concept of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is introduced which means managing urban growth in transit corridor which has characteristics of mixed land use, compact, walking distance, and development focused around public transit area. TOD combines increased ridership of mass transit as well as non-motorized transportation.
Therefore, Urban Environmental Management (UEM) Program under Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in collaboration with Environmental Science Program under University of Indonesia (UI), has taken up the initiative to conduct a research on the topic of ‘Green Mega Urban for Transit Oriented Development’ which aims to comparatively study the Bangkok Metropolitan Area (BMA) and Jakarta Metropolitan Area (JMA) in terms of their population growth, land use, urban sprawl, transportation, and environmental dynamics. The purpose of this research is to find causes of the problems related to traffic and transport behaviours between JMA and BMA, and to figure out how the transit oriented development could work to deal with it.
More details are available at this link.
| Time | Activity | Speakers | Moderator |
| 13:00-13:10 | Opening and introduction | Dr. Vilas Nitivattananon, AIT | Dr. Sohee Kim, AIT |
| 13:10-14:10 | Green Mega Urban for TOD project and Preliminary Study Result for Jakarta Metropolitan Area | Dr. Raldi Hendro Koestoer and Dr. Hayati Sari Hasibuan, UI | |
| 14:10-14:30 | Break | ||
| 15:00-15:30 | Transportation Problems and Green Solutions for Bangkok | Dr. Vilas Nitivattananon, AIT | Dr. Hayati Sari Hasbibuan |
| 15:30-16:00 | A Study of TOD for Bangkok | Dr. Duangporn Prasertsubpakij, AIT | |
| 16:00-16:30 | Discussion | AIT and UI |
Time and Date: 13:00-16:30 hours on 21 October 2015.
Venue: S101, AIT