Part Ⅰ Monday, January 15

PROGRAM
9:30-9:40

Opening Remarks

9:40-10:40

Special Lecture 1
Dr. Mark Partridge
Swank Chair in Rural-Urban Policy / Professor, AED Economics, The Ohio State University
Natural Resources Curse and Economic Development

10:40-11:40

Special Lecture 2
Dr. Peter Nijkamp
Professor, The Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam
The Netherlands and Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
LOOK WHO'S THERE! Foundation and Application of Migration Impact Assessment

11:40-13:10

Lunch Break

13:10-14:25

Presentation by JDS Fellows
1. Akomeah Prince
Impact of Illegal Gold Mining on Smallholder Rice Farming in the Ashanti Region:
The Case of the Anum Valley Irrigation Project and Rain-Fed Lowland Rice Production Fields.

2. Sujay Chowdhury

Climate Change Adaptation Policy Actions in the Coastal Areas of Bangladesh

3. Bang Thai DuongCharacteristic of Suspended Sediment and flow in downstream of Mekong river, Southern Vietnam

4. Vindya Hewawasam

An Analysis of Climate Change Secretariat Initiatives to Achieve the National Climate Change Policyin Sri Lanka

5. Ho Thi Hang
Effects of Nano-Bubble Water on Anaerobic Digestion of Lignin

14:25-14:40

Coffee Break

14:40-15:40

Presentation by JDS Fellows
6. Islam Al-Imran Ruhul

Waste and Bio-resources in Rural Bangladesh:
Assessment of Biogas Energy Potential from Livestock and Rice Residues

7. Khurelbaatar Javkhlan

A Study on Environmental Approaches to Sustainable Urban Development of Ulaanbaatar City

8. Mihiri Kokila Wijesinghe
Realizing the National Disaster Management Policy of Sri Lanka through Public Private Partnerships (PPPs)

9. Kofi Kyei
Efficiency Analysis of Rice Farmers in the Upper East Region of Ghana:A case Study of the Kassena-Nankana Municipality

Part Ⅰ Tuesday, January 16

PROGRAM
9:30-10:30

Special Lecture 3
Dr. John I. Carruthers
Director, Sustainable Urban Planning Program,College of Professional Studies, The George Washington University
A Revealed Preference Exploration of Quality of Life in Seoul, Korea: A Hedonic Approach

10:30-11:30

Presentation by JDS Fellows
10. Gulzhan Makhmudova

The Remediation Policy after Mining Works in the Kyrgyz Republic

11. Mohammad Sayed Momem Majumdar

Regulatory mechanisms on coastal aquatic resources and the discrepancy
between the legal framework and the reality: A case in Sundarbans, Bangladesh

12. Munasinghe Nimali Lakmini

Assessment of Disaster Safety in Matara District General Hospital in Sri Lanka

13. Nasanjargal Naranbat

Developing the management policy to reduce air pollution in Ulaanbaatar cityusing solar thermal heating utilization system

11:30-13:00

Lunch Break

13:00-14:15

Presentation by JDS Fellows
14. Nguyen Hong Van

Verifying the Increase of Salinity Intrusion at Interannual Scale in the Vietnam Mekong River

15. Pa Pa Shwe Sin Kyaw

Evaluation of the Best Management Practice on Soil Erosion at Bago River Basin, Myanmar

16. Phan Cao DuongAnalysis of land-cover changes in Central Vietnam
using high-resolution multi-spatiotemporal remotely sensed data

17. Stamkulov Marat

Adaptation of Agriculture to Climate Change in the Kyrgyz Republic

18. Su Myat Mon

The Impact of Land Tenure Security to the Livelihood Development of Forest Dependent Communities
in Zaw Gyi Reserved Forest, Southern Shan State

14:15-14:30

Coffee Break

14:30-15:30

Presentation by JDS Fellows
19. Ta Hoang Trung

Using Multi-Temporal High Resolution Satellite Data in Making Land Cover Map of the Mekong Delta

20. Md Zia Uddin

Impact of Road Intersection on Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gases Emission
on Dhaka-Chittagong National Highway

21. Baktygul Ysabekova

The Economic Evaluation of the Pastureland of the Kyrgyz Republic

22. Zakaria Abdul-Razak

Smallholder Rice Farmers’ Adaptation and Resilience to Climate change in Ghana

15:30-15:40

Closing Remarks