From 2008-05-19 to 2008-05-23

Venue: Lodz, Poland

Summary:
This conference will bring specialists from various disciplines, contributing to perceiving floodplains as an integrative element of strategies to manage water-related disaster risks and enhance opportunities for sustainable management. Conference sessions will be organized around regional perspectives (Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, North and South America). Their aim is to present a range of contrasting philosophies and associated practical approaches appropriate for different parts of the world in relation to the Millennium Development Goals.

Organizers: European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology; Polish Academy of Sciences; Department of Applied Ecology, University of Lodz, Poland; International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM), Tsukuba, Japan; Institute for Water Resources of the US Army Corps of Engineers, USA; World Meteorological Organization; FAO European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission (EIFAC)
Contact Name: Z. Kaczkowski
E-mail: kaczko@biol.uni.lodz.pl
URL: http://www.erce.unesco.lodz.pl/index.php?id=122&lev=1&t=2&nid=50