Archana Sharma, an assistant professor with the emerging Graduate Landscape Architecture Program in the College of Architecture and Design, published a paper entitled “Interdisciplinary industrial ecology education: recommendations for an inclusive pedagogical model” in the March 2009 issue of Asia Pacific Journal of Education. Sharma’s largely unprecedented research seeks linkages between the fields of industrial ecology and landscape architecture. The paper advances the idea of industrial ecology as an integrated field of knowledge and introduces the concept of industrial ecology to the discipline of landscape architecture. Sharma received her Ph.D. from the University of Singapore in 2007 and taught at the University of Australia before joining the faculty at UT in the fall of 2008.

Other Key Publications

Sharma, A., “Green-switch: reducing the conflict between the industrial and residential interface,” in Mander, U., Brebbia, C.A., et al., (eds.), The Sustainable City IV–Urban regeneration and sustainability, WIT Press, Southampton, Boston, 2006, 147-154.

Sharma, A. and Ong, B.L., “Integrating eco-industrial park with the natural ecosystem: Exploring the role of landscape connector,” 5th International Conference on Ecobalance, 6-8th November, 2002, Japan.

Sharma, A., “Eco-industrial parks: Exploring a landscape planning methodology,” 38th International Federation of Landscape Architects World Congress, 26-29th June 2001, Singapore.

Sharma, A., “From industrial parks to eco-industrial parks: Exploring landscape planning possibilities,” 7th European Roundtable on Cleaner Production and Sustainable Development, 2-4th May 2001, Lund, Sweden.

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