Background

Rapid industrial and economic growth of the developing countries in Asia has increased urbanization and population pressure on local and national governments to keep pace urban environmental management systems to meet the needs of the expanding cities with numerous parameters for management. Air pollution abatement strategies, solid waste management plans, and supply of water and control of wastewater and sewerage systems are the essentials of environmental management. In this energy plays a crucial role in all development plans to enable a livable city. Therefore, urban governance are challenged with the rapid globalization and the need to provide basic amenities to the population. Often, in the absence of basic amenities from local governance, urban communities have to depend on the existing strained resources or try to organize their own systems with external assistance. In order to understand and share experiences among themselves about research and development by the stakeholders as well as learn from good practices, a conference is an appropriate venue. The Canadian International Development Agency and Asian Institute of Technology Partnership Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Applications (SEA-UEMA) Project is jointly organizing a conference with Chiang Mai Municipality (CMM) and Mae Fah Luang University (MFU) of Chiang Rai with the following objectives.