Preface

Kitakyushu has become well-known around the world as a green growth city. Today, Kitakyushu is turning its eyes towards the ultimate goal of achieving a “zero-carbon society,” which has been agreed upon at the international level to be indispensable in building a bright and happy future for Asia. To this goal, the University of Kitakyushu promotes collaboration research, human development, and business development of research outcomes in collaboration with many universities in different countries. One of the results of this effort was implementing the first ICRC (International Conference Research Collaboration) in March 2018, on Improvement of City Environmental Quality, in which 10 universities participated from 3 countries. The purpose of this conference was to build international networking between the University of Kitakyushu and the universities included Universitas Andalas, Universitas Lampung, Universitas Pasundan, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Universitas Negeri Malang, Universitas Padjadjaran, Universitas Langlangbuana, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Universitas Janabadra, and University of Malaya, Malaysia. These universities have similar research interests for the Improvement of Urban Environmental Quality. In this first conference in 2018, 54 articles of the consortium at the conference were disseminated and published through the ICRC scientific journal. For the second ICRC, the total of 132 participants have come from 30 universities which include UPI, University of Malaya, State University of Malang, University of North Sumatra, ITB, University of Lampung, University of Pakuan, University of Diponegoro, University of Airlangga, University of Trisakti, IPB, Ndejje University, and many more. The discussions cover the following topics: 1. Solid Waste Management and Treatment 2. Air Pollution Monitoring 3. Water Treatment and Resource Management 4. Low Carbon Initiative 5. Environmental Education 6. Environmental Culture 7. Environmental Health 8. Renewable Energy List of Steering Committee of ICRC 2021, ICRC 2021 Committees, Scientific Committee, Organizing Committee, are available in this pdf.