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Responding to global changes: Water in an urbanizing world. World Water Week. Stockholm, 21-27 August 2011
Posted on: 15 May 2012
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This event provides an annual foal point to consider global water issues. Two dimensions must be considered in the governance strategy. One concerns issues that refer to the urban centres and systems per se. The other relates to policies and management systems for the urban dynamics in a wider geographical context. Presentations are available online.
Towards efficient use of water resources in Europe
Posted on: 9 May 2012
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This report is the first in a series of thematic assessments that European Environment Agency (EEA) is publishing in 2012 to support discussion and development of the ‘Blueprint to safeguard Europe’s Water Resources’. The report builds on earlier EEA reports describing the state of Europe’s water resources and the pressures they face. It focuses on resource efficiency and describes the opportunities for more efficient water use and avoiding pollution across all sectors, while staying within sustainability boundaries.
Drying up: What to do about droughts in the People’s Republic of China
Posted on: 24 April 2012
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released a publication which explores the difficulties that China will face in supplying its cities with water and in managing more frequent and longer droughts in the face of climate change. A case study of the Guiyang Municipality in the Guizhou Province is presented to illustrate how demand management can be used to manage and prevent droughts and provide sustainable water supplies. The study looks at optimal infrastructure for management and sustainable supply, as well as ecosystem management.
Leaping into SuDS. Nottingham, 29 February 2012
Posted on: 17 April 2012
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This seminar provided an update on the latest legislative changes related to Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) and an opportunity to discuss the implications for developers, practitioners and unitary authorities alike. It focused on the practicalities of putting the new policy into practice and the challenges which lie ahead. Presentations are available online.
6th World Water Forum. Marseille, 12-17 March 2012
Posted on: 17 April 2012
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The goal of the latest World Water Forum, held every three years, was to tackle the challenges our world is facing and to bring water high on all political agendas. Information on the event, including videos, is available online.
Water & Environment 2012. London, 20-21 March 2012
Posted on: 17 April 2012
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The annual conference of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) addressed multidisciplinary issues across all areas of the global water and environment sector. Abstracts are available online.
Attitudes of Europeans to water-related issues
Posted on: 22 March 2012
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This Flash Eurobarometer provides insight into European citizens’ awareness of different water-related issues.
Water management in Europe. Lille, 22-23 February 2012
Posted on: 13 March 2012
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This event provided an opportunity to consider and discuss the main issues around water management in Europe, to support future policy development in the sector, and to highlight and share examples of best practice. Presentations are available online.
The EU blueprint to safeguard Europe’s water: Highlighting the critical issues for the UK. London, 11 January 2012
Posted on: 13 March 2012
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The aim of the conference was to raise awareness and brief a wide range of stakeholders on the EU’s blueprint to safeguard Europe’s water process. It focused in particular on a number of the technical issues that have been raised by the process including: the strategic vision for Europe’s water, water scarcity, research and innovation, ecosystem goods and services, climate change impacts, closer integration of WFD- CAP objectives and water footprinting with a view to scoping the issues that enables responses from participating organisations and individuals. Presentations are available online.
Waterways: Contributing to the vision for a Greater Manchester
Posted on: 1 December 2011
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A new report by British Waterways calls on councils in Greater Manchester to do more to exploit the benefits of canals and rivers to the local economy. Recommendations include: Regeneration of waterways to be fully integrated in strategic planning across the Greater Manchester Combined Authority; New canal-side developments to maximise the interaction with waterways and an improved canal corridor environment; Policy makers to use Policy Advice Note: Inland Waterways for guidance on how waterways contribute to the economic, social and environmental agendas.Demonstrate the value of waterways to Local Transport Plan and Local Sustainable Transport Fund priorities, working with Transport for Greater Manchester; Market waterways of Greater Manchester to maximise visitor potential, including currently underused and unmanaged waterspace.
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