A critical competency review comparing global needs, professional bodies and regional curricula found Thai programs strong in culture and local wisdom but less explicit in landscape ecology, urban ecology and environmental stewardship.
Key findings
- Professional bodies converged on integrating design, science and management. US curricula emphasized ecological-cultural balance and simulation, Asian curricula cross-disciplinary urban problems, and Thai curricula broad professional or cultural strengths but less explicit ecology and stewardship cores.
Why this matters globally
The framework can align curricula with climate adaptation, disaster risk, urban water and biodiversity and prepare graduates as change agents.
Thai researcher contribution
KMUTT researchers positioned Thai curricula against professional and international trends and proposed real-world project-based multidisciplinary learning.
Limitations to consider
The abstract does not report a search protocol, selection criteria or quality appraisal. Curriculum descriptions may differ from teaching practice, and students, alumni, employers and communities were not surveyed.