From 2003-01-22 to 2003-01-24

Venue: University of Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch
Western Cape, South Africa

Summary:
Symposium Objectives are:
- To promote understanding of the inter-connectedness of the physical and biotic components of water resource systems
- To report on decision support systems and model applications in support of all aspects of IWRM
- To explore the roles that statutory, legal, institutional and administrative measures and processes may play in the implementation of IWRM
- To contribute to the search for a balance between the ecological protection of water resources and the social and economic contexts of water requirements
To review the prediction of hydrological extremes – floods and droughts – and to explore their impacts on human communities
- To promote understanding of the impacts of large-scale land-use, system operating rules and climate change on the water quality and the assurance of supply of water resource systems.

Organizers: International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
Contact Name: Prof André Görgens
E-mail: agorgens@ing.sun.ac.za
URL: http://www.civeng.sun.ac.za/images/ICWRS-SYMP-announcement.doc