As economic development and urbanization are rapidly progressing in Asia, various problems are occurring in the cities. Especially, deterioration of living environment and natural environment in cities are becoming serious problems as a result of congested population, lack of basic services, such as infrastructure and welfare, and air, water and soil pollution.
In this conference, journalists discussed problems of deterioration of living environment and natural environment resulting from urbanization and how cities in Asia could cooperate to solve those problems in order to achieve “balanced urbanization”
- Organized by:
- UN-HABITAT Fukuoka Office
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism , Government of Japan.
- Supported by:
- The Nishinippon Newspaper
Participants
- Moderator:
- KOKUBU Takeshi (The Nishinippon Newspaper, Senior Editor)
- Keynote Speech (from Japan):
- SETA Fumihiko (Osaka City University, Graduate School for Creative Cities, Associate Professor)
- Commentator:
- 1. SETA Fumihiko (Osaka City University, Graduate School for Creative Cities, Associate Professor)
2. SHIMAYA Susumu (Deputy Dir. of General Affairs Div., Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan)
3. NODA Toshiyasu (Director, UN-HABITAT Fukuoka Office)
- Panelists (Journalists from respectable newspaper in Asia):
- 1. Arun KATIYAR （independent journalist, media consultant, & author, former Bombay Bureau Chief of India Today)
2. Somhatai MOSIKA (Prachachat Business Newspaper, Reporter)
3. Evi Mariani SOFIAN （The Jakarta Post, Reporter）
4. NGUYEN HAM Bao Truc（Saigon Giai Phong Investment Finance Newspaper, Reporter）
5. NGUYEN Manh Tuan （Vietnam Television, Reporter）
6. WAN Lixin (Shanghai Daily, Associate Opinion Editor)
7. KIM Jong Yeul (The Busan Ilbo, Reporter)
8. ABE Tetsuya (The Nishinippon Newspaper, Kitakyushu Head Office, Reporter)
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The 5th Asian City Journalist Conference was reported on VTV1 (Vietnam Television 1).
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