Environmental Leadership Capacity Building in Higher Education: Experience and Lessons from Asian Program for Incubation of Environmental Leaders
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Asian Program for Incubation of Environmental Leaders -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Core Concepts -- 1.2.1 Characteristics of APIEL -- 1.2.2 Environmental Leadership -- 1.2.3 Resonance -- 1.2.3.1 Interdisciplinary Resonance -- 1.2.3.2 Interregional Resonance -- 1.2.3.3 Alumni Resonance -- 1.3 Curriculum Structure of APIEL -- 1.3.1 Environmental Challenges and Leadership in Asia: Understanding Environmental Leadership -- 1.3.2 Field Exercises: Developing Essential Skills for Environmental Field Sites -- 1.3.3 Elective Courses: Enabling Interdisciplinary and Specialized Approaches -- 1.3.3.1 Graduate Program in Sustainability Science (GPSS) -- 1.3.3.2 Department of Urban Engineering (UE) -- 1.4 Requirements for Completing the Program -- Reference -- Chapter 2: The Concept of Environmental Leader -- 2.1 Discourse on Environmental Leadership1 -- 2.1.1 History of Environmental Education and the Need for Environmental Leaders -- 2.1.2 Evolution of Environmental Leadership Over Time and Space -- 2.1.3 Becoming an Environmental Leader -- 2.2 Exercising Collective Leadership to Find Solutions for Global Environmental Issues2 -- 2.2.1 Introduction -- 2.2.2 Experiences in the Heihe River Basin -- 2.2.3 Collective Leadership for Finding Solutions for Environmental Problems: A Personal View -- 2.3 Required and Expected Abilities and Skills for Environmental Leaders in Asia7 -- 2.3.1 Environmental Problems and the Need for Environmental Leaders in Asia -- 2.3.2 Essential Elements of Environmental Leaders -- 2.3.3 Education Experience During APIEL Thailand Unit 2012 -- 2.4 Strong Leadership in a Task Force After the Tsunami8 -- 2.4.1 Background -- 2.4.2 Key to Success: Integration of Multi-Stakeholders -- 2.4.3 Key to Success: Application of Scientific Knowledge -- References.