3rd International conference on water and flood management
Themes of the conference include:
Catchment processes, ecosystems and quality of environment
- Hydrological, morphological and mixing processes
- Wetland, riverine, mountain, floodplain and coastal ecosystems
- Arsenic contamination of groundwater
- Habitat requirements of fish species and aquatic plants
- Hydro-ecological effects of water and land use
- Landscape modification and flow regime changes
- Water pollution and ecosystem degradation
- Environmental flow estimation
Flood management
- Socio-economic and environmental impacts of flood
- Short and long term flood forecasting
- Reduction of vulnerability to flood
- Enhancement of resiliency to flood hazard
- Risk transfer and equity issues
- Integration of land use, flood management and ecosystem protection
River basin management
- River hydraulics
- River dredging, restoration and management
- River bank protection
- Conflicts and cooperation in water and flood management
- Watershed, river and ecosystem maintenance
- International water laws and treaties
- Integrated river basin management
Urban water management
- Urban stormwater and waste water management
- Domestic water supply and equity in access to water
- Wetland restoration and protection
- Integration of urban land use planning and water management
Agricultural water management
- Water conservation, water use efficiency and productivity
- Virtual water trade
- Reduction of vulnerability to drought and salinity
- Integration with water needs of other sectors
Coastal zone management
- Tidal river management
- Management of freshwater flow and saline water intrusion
- Storm surge and tsunami hazards and socio-economic impacts
- Shore protection, port structure and navigation channel planning
- Coastal ecosystem protection and biodiversity maintenance
- Sea level rise and adaptation strategy
- Integrated coastal zone management
Water governance and national development
- Water policy and development goals
- Developing resiliency against water related hazards
- Demand management, water rights, conflict resolution and water allocation
- Regulatory measures for environmental and livelihood security
- Cross-sectoral integration, gender and stakeholder participation
- Integrated water management, governance, capacity building and institution
Water information management
- Information management system
- Decision Support System
- Linking system state indicators and decision support indicators
- Application of artificial intelligence
- Simulation of water resources systems
- Remote sensing and GIS applications
Climate change impacts on water management
- Meteorology and climatology
- Impacts of climate change in water sector
- Climate change modeling and predictions
- Application of climate change modeling on water management
- Assessment of vulnerabilities and risks
- Socio-Economic implications of climate change
- Mitigation and adaptation measures of changing climate