The Second Sino-Japanese Urban Geography Transnational Joint Seminar Held
Source: School of Geography and Planning
Written by: Wu Siran
Edited by: Wang Dongmei
To guide the students to study the development process of urban planning, the organizational form of business, the progress of suburbanization, immigration in metropolitan areas, agriculture and industry of suburbs and the development of rural areas, the School of Geography and Planning of Sun Yat-sen University and the Institute of Human and Social Sciences of Kanazawa University initiated the Sino-Japanese Urban Geography Transnational Joint Seminar, which is held in turn in China and Japan.
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From February 22 to March 5, 2015, the Second Sino-Japanese Urban Geography Transnational Joint Seminar was held in Japan. Prof. Zhou Chunshan, Deputy Dean of School of Geography and Planning; Prof. Liu Yungang, Head of Department of Urban and Regional Planning; Prof. Yuan Yuan, Deputy Head of Department of Urban and Regional Planning; Lecturer Wang Jin and Instructor Kong Biyun led 25 students to visit Kyoto University, Kanazawa University and University of Tokyo. Centering around three themes: urban planning and business development, suburbanization and immigrant, suburban agriculture and industry, the students visited the world cultural heritage－Shirakawa-go and traditional handicraft production of Komastu. They learned about wood carving, gold foil, Kutaniyaki and other Japanese traditional handcraft as well as the tourism development. After in-depth discussion, the students presented their preliminary results.
The transnational course enabled the Chinese and Japanese students to know more about urban planning and development in China and Japan, and promoted mutual understanding as well as academic and cultural exchange.
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