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A New Hydrology For A Thirsty Planet
Une nouvelle hydrologie pour une planète assoiffée
18 – 27 July, 2001, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Some of the participants at the Assembly (marvelous) dinner
"La Butte aux bois", Lanaken, Belgium, 25 July 2001, Photo by Norman Jake Peters
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Instructions for oral and poster presentations
Guide lines for the Chairpersons of the Scientific Sessions
NSF/AGU Grants for Students and Young Scientists from the US
Introduction
Water is an integral part of the environment, and its availability is indispensable to human beings, the functioning of the biosphere and to economic development. Because of lack in scientific knowledge, misuse of water resources and poor water management practices depleted supplies, falling groundwater tables, and diminished stream flows have often resulted. Water pollution, originating mostly from human activities, occurs more frequently than ever before and is more widespread, causing decreases in availability of water suitable for many uses. In contrast, there are also examples of ‘good’ water management practice and excellent opportunities to learn from these examples and to evaluate the potential transfer of these techniques to other regions.
Because of the rapidly increasing global demand on fresh water and the high vulnerability of freshwater resources including the quality, the main theme of the IAHS Scientific Assembly Maastricht 2001 will be ‘A New Hydrology for a Thirsty Planet’.
The main idea of the Scientific Program is firstly to review the problem of the water related threats (S1), then to probe why it went wrong and what we have learnt to date and how to cope with a fast-changing global environment (S2-S5, W1-W8) and finally to conclude with what needs to be done in the future (Concluding session).
Maastricht 2001 will pay particular attention in its symposia and workshops to the unique challenges of water scarcity and availability in developing countries. These countries are often faced with economic and bureaucratic constraints. These constraints are juxtaposed with problems of infrastructure, socio-economic development and maintenance in areas frequently associated with high climatic susceptibility (e.g. water availability and storage). A primary focus of the Scientific Assembly is to encourage participation and foster communication for developing viable solutions of effective water resources management. Hydrologists as well as water resources planners and managers from developing countries are therefore especially encouraged to attend and make presentations.
Commission presidents on the Maastricht 2001 Scientific Committee:
The Dutch Delegation of the Scientific Committee:
Symposia Call for papers: Participants who wish to present a paper or a poster at one of the symposia should send an extended abstract (300 - 400 words) in either English or French directly to the symposium convenor by 15 May 2000. After a decision by the convenors of acceptance or rejection, authors of accepted papers will receive instructions for the preparation of their complete papers and will be asked to submit them before 1 October 2000.
Workshops Call for papers: Participants who wish to present a paper or a poster at one of the workshops should send an extended abstract (300 - 400 words) in either English or French directly to the workshop convenor before 1 October 2000.