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International Conference on
Water and Urban Development Paradigms:
Towards an integration of engineering, design and management approaches
Period: 15 - 19 September 2008
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Water is perhaps the world’s most valuable resource - clean water has even been touted as the ‘next oil’. Water has become a strategic (and shrinking) resource, a commodity; indeed, control of water has always been - and remains - a highly politicized affair. This proves as a major challenge as cities and urban areas are gaining an estimated 60 million people per year - over 1 million every week.
This international conference intends to bridge the gap between the disciplines of water management, ecology and the approaches of engineering, urban design and spatial planning. Sessions will develop a series of themes, discussing the historical relationship between water systems and human settlements, and related management problems regarding urban floods, water use and water sanitation. In each session, presentations are invited on problem definition, technical and design-based solutions, but also on boundary conditions of exogenous, political or economical nature.
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Key conference links
The full conference website is at: http://www.urbanwaterconference.be
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