Department of City and Regional Planning

International Linkages

•    Sakano-Lab, Department of Social Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

•    Morishita-Lab, Department of Policy Studies, Aichi Gakuin University (AGU), Japan

•    Komai-Lab, Department of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

•    Philippine School of Business Administration (PSBA), Manila, Philippines (Included in World Higher Education Database (WHED) and listed in United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) and the International Association of Universities (IAU) i.e. IAU/UNESCO List)

•    School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURP), University of the Philippines

•    International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISoCaRP), Netherlands

These academic exchange agreements include the activities in academic areas of mutual interest on the basis of equality and reciprocity especially:

a.    Exchange of faculty, students,  researchers and other research and administrative staff

b.    Collaborative research projects

c.    Lectures and symposia/video conferencing

d.    Exchange of academic information and materials

e.    Other forms of academic cooperation.

f.    Establishment of Institute of Planning and sustainable development at LCWU

The Department has also initiated collaborative academic activities with the respective faculty/members of the following local and international institutions:

•    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan

•    University of Western Sydney, Australia

•    International Center for Literacy and Culture (ICLC), Tokyo

•    Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand

•    United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Islamabad

•    Federal Ministry of Climate Change, Islamabad

•    Institute of City and Regional Planning, Japan

•    SHARP-SOLAR, Japan

•    UNHABITAT, Islamabad

•    Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Islamabad (under process)

•    National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) (under process)

•    National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) (under process)

•    Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) (under process)

•    National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) (under process)

•    Rescue 1122(under process)