2nd General Assembly of the RISKBASE project: "Common System Understanding for Risk-Based Management of River Basins" in combination with the 2nd Thematic Workshop of the RISKBASE WP 1b: “Bridging Science, Water Management and Practical Experiences in European River Basins”
In RISKBASE, leading European scientists and representatives of major
European stakeholder groups will review and synthesise the outcome of EC RTD
Framework Pro-gramme projects, and other major initiatives, related to
integrated risk assessment-based management of the water/sediment/soil
system at the river-basin scale. The synthesis will lead to the development
of integrated risk assessment-based management approaches enabling the
prevention and/or reduction of the negative impacts caused by human
activities on that system.
At present there is a fragmentation and a narrow view on the research that
is going on at the various river basin case studies that are being carried
out in the different ongoing EU funded projects. Since most of the partners
involved in those projects are coming from research the links to river basin
managers and other stakeholders are often weak. Sharing of the understanding
of river basins between scientists and basin managers/stakeholders is the
objective of the 2nd RISKBASE General Assembly and the integrated 2nd
Thematic Workshop of WP1b (“River Basin Cases”).
This common understanding is seen by RISKBASE as the basis for risk-based
management of river basins.
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2nd Thematic Workshop of WP 1b: “Bridging Science, Water Management and
Practical Experiences in European River Basins”: This 2nd Thematic Workshop
of WP 1b organised by CSIC aims at linking the knowledge and experiences
from scientists, river basin authorities and stakeholders. Different
institutional settings as well as main environmental issues at stake will be
presented through three parallel sessions focused on the following European
regions: Southern (Llobregat/Ter), Central (Danube) and Northern (Dommel). A
fourth parallel session will focus on the impact of biofuel production. This
global approach will allow a common system understanding of river
basins.
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The scientific programme will comprise poster presentations on 15th / 16th
May 2008. The abstracts should be submitted before 18th April
2008.
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Registration
form.
Contact information |
Katja Wendler: DECHEMA e. V., Forschungsförderung und Tagungen, Theodor-Heuss-Allee 25, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
(email: wendler@dechema.de ; hermsdoerfer@dechema.de) Phone: +49 69 7564-618 ; Fax: +49 69 7564-117 |
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Event type | Conference |
File link |
http://www.riskbase.info/content.php?_calendar[ACTION]=detail&_calendar[ID]=1461&pageId=3300 |
Source | Riskbase - a EU-FP6 funded Coordination Action Project |
Subject(s) | POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY |
Relation | http://www.semide.net/initiatives/fol060732/proj253672 |
Geographical coverage | Hungary |
Address | VITUKI, Kvassay J. út 1. H - 1095 Budapest, Hungary |
Organizer | Riskbase project |
Target audience | Euro |
Period | [15/05/2008 - 17/05/2008] |
Status | Confirmed |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |