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In Brief

"The Study Directors Meeting on the Fourth In-depth Study" Held

AUICK is conducting the Fourth In-depth Study on "Urban Population Environment Dynamics" in six medium-sized Asian cities; Surabaya (Indonesia), Faisalabad (Pakistan), Cebu (Philippines), Pusan (South Korea), Khon Kaen (Thailand) and Kobe (Japan) in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) since November 1997.

The main objective of the study is to improve understanding of urban population-environment dynamics and knowledge of how population change affects and is affected by environment.
Each study team, composed of National and Local Study Directors, a sociologist and an urban administrator, collected data for the period of 1970-1995 in each city, analyzed them and projected future trends based on the data by using modeling technique, called STELLA.
On November 9-10, Study Directors from six cities met in Kobe to give a presentation of their final reports. The meeting, chaired by Dr.
Gayl D. Ness from the University of Michigan, Principal Investigator for the study project, finished successfully with satisfactory results and fruitful discussions. The outcome of the study is to be published in 1999.

Following the meeting, Dr. Richard Rockwell, Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, gave a lecture titled "Cities and the Planet: Local and Remote Environmental Effects of Large Cities".
The transcript of his lecture will appear in the next issue of this newsletter (No.34).

Participants' List

(Principal Investigators)  
Dr. Gayl Ness Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan, U.S.A.
Dr Toshio Kuroda Director Emeritus, Population Research Institute, Nihon University, Japan

Mr. Kiyoyuki Kanemitsu

(National Study Directors)

Secretary General, AUICK
Dr. Prijono Tjiptoherijanto Vice Coordinator for ITP-NFPCB, Indonesia
Dr. Kareem Iqbal Chairman, MSJ Research Institute, Pakistan
Dr. Wilhelm Flieger Director, Office for Population Studies, University of San Carlos, Philippines
Dr. Jung Duk Lim Professor, Pusan National University, South Korea
Dr. Krasae Chanawongse Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
Dr. Flieger and Dr. Lim concurrently hold the position of Local Study Director. (Local Study Directors)
Dr. Fuad Amsyari Director, Environmental Research Institute, Airlangga University, Indonesia
Dr. Kishwar Ijaz Chairperson, Department of Rural Sociology, University of Agriculture, Pakistan
Dr. Peerasit Kamnuansilpa Associate Dean, Planning and Department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

(Associate Participant)

Dr. Richard Rockwell

Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, U.S.A.

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Newsletter No.33

INSIDE

"The Study Course on ICPD and Health Care" Held

City Report
Chittagong, Bangladesh by Dr. Salim Akhter Chowdhury

Tianjin, China by Mr. Hou Qingchang

Faisalabad, Pakistan by Dr. Rai Qamar-uz-Zaman

Khon Kaen, Thailand by Ms. Patsawadee Churbundit

Sexuality among Jakarta Middle Class Young People by Dr. Iwu Dwisetyani Utomo

In Brief
"The International Advisory Committee Meeting of AUICK" Held

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