会议名称(英文)： 41st IAH Congress "Groundwater : Challenges and Strategies"
所属学科： 水文与工程地质
开始日期： 2014-09-15
结束日期： 2014-09-19
所在国家： 摩洛哥
所在城市： 摩洛哥
具体地点： Marrakech Maroc
主办单位： 国际水文地质学家协会
摘要截稿日期： 2014-03-29
联系人： Professor Nour-Eddine
联系电话： +212(0)661 444 676
传真： +212(0)524 43 74 11
E-MAIL： iah2014.marrakech@gmail.com or contact@iah2014.org
会议网站： http://www.iah2014.org/
会议背景介绍：
The Moroccan Committee of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH-CM) is organizing the 41st International Congress of IAH in Marrakech (Morocco) in 2014, under the theme
"Groundwater: Challenges and Strategies."
Around the world, the pressure on water resources and especially on groundwater resources is increasing, due mainly to growing demand and water quality degradation. Widespread access to safe drinking water, irrigation, urban expansion, industrial development and tourism are among factors that increase these pressures.
Exploration and mobilization of additional water resources have become high priorities in many countries. In general, groundwater resources are finite and are subject to temporal variability in the context of severe climate, to which climate changes add more uncertainties. This situation is further aggravated due to overexploitation of groundwater, the use of inefficient irrigation techniques and the proliferation of pollution sources (fertilizers and pesticides, untreated wastewater discharges, uncontrolled solid waste disposal, mining, urbanization, etc.) and other pressures. These pressures affect groundwater availability and sustainability.
It is therefore of a paramount importance to rethink groundwater policies and management in a more holistic and integrated vision, taking into account supply and demand, groundwater vulnerability and protection, mobilization of non conventional water resources and ground water recharge. From this perspective, groundwater governance is a central issue. Setting up frameworks for good governance will not only help access groundwater in a more equitable and sustainable way, but set conditions for better cooperation (rather than conflict) at the local, national and even International levels.
The IAH Congress will be organized for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region, one of the regions of the world that suffers severe water scarcity. This offers the opportunity to deal with topics such as extreme aridity and groundwater, non renewable groundwater resources and major trans-boundary aquifers. The Congress is aimed at scientists, researchers, students, engineers, water resources specialists, officials and government administrators, NGOs and all those interested in groundwater and environment.
The Congress will offer the opportunity to exchange ideas, knowledge, experience, techniques and knowhow in various aspects of groundwater.
征文范围及要求：
Main Topics :
T1: Climate change and groundwater resources
T2: Interaction groundwater / surface water
T3: Vulnerability, pollution and rehabilitation of groundwater resources
T4: Aquifers in fractured and karstic environments
T5: Coastal aquifers
T6: Management and governance of groundwater resources
T7: Tools and techniques for the investigation of groundwater resources
T8: Unconventional groundwater resources
T9 : Hydrogeology of arid zones
T10: Groundwater and oil exploitation |
