A New Paradigm on Integrated Water Management in Urban Areas

Integrated Water Resource Management and Climate Change International Seminar A New Paradigm on Integrated Water Management in Urban Areas November ...
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Integrated Water Resource Management and Climate Change

International Seminar

A New Paradigm on Integrated Water Management in Urban Areas November 10-12, 2009 Cali – Colombia http://www.agua2009.info/

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Presentation Actual urbanization trends worldwide have become a great challenge for Sustainable Development, especially in terms of urban service management related to water, such as drinking water supply and the corresponding water basin, wastewater management and environmental services. On the other hand, water management has a clear interconnection with other basic public services such as education and health and may contribute to diminished poverty in peri-urban and clustered rural areas. The fast population growth in cities and the resulting demand on water services has become a challenge for politicians, planners, scientists and others professionals. Likewise, the actual inefficiency of water management in urban environments is reflected by the population without access to drinking water, sanitation and drainage services, putting at risk the compliance with the Millenium Development Objectives, which require not only significant investments of billions of dollars, but also a guarantee of their efficiency. This implies a change in the water management paradigm to start considering the following: an holistic vision of the problem in which water is managed as a limited multi-use resource, and the solutions are proposed under the adequate allocation and protection criteria, considering the water basin as a planning unit and including concepts such as Cleaner Production and proper technology selection criteria. This paradigm shift demands intersectorial and multidisciplinary work. Innovations shall also include tools and strategies that facilitate the integration of different technical, social and economical disciplines with regards to water resource planning. Instituto Cinara of Universidad del Valle, jointly with its local, national, and international partners, has been working on different projects to contribute to the achievement of such a change in water management paradigm in urban environments. This seminar has been defined under this context, in which the new approaches, trends and experiences related to the paradigm change will be discussed.

Objectives • Promote and disseminate knowledge and experience with regards to the need to implement new strategies in the water resource integrated management context in urban areas in order to achieve the Millenium Development Objectives.

• Generate an environment for the discussion of policies, strategies, guidelines and actions with regards to the change of paradigm in urban water management at city, basin and global levels.

• Show progress in technological and methodological development in relation to paradigm changes in water integrated management in urban areas.

Topics • The challenge of Millennium Development Goals in relation with water and sanitation –Millennium declaration –Situation at global, regional and local level –Environmental sustainability in MDG –Water, sanitation and water management in MDG

• Social, institutional and regulatory aspects –Governance –Social inclusion –Public policies –Regulations –Management models

• Economic and financial aspects –Financial requirements of water resources insfrastructure –Economic instruments for pollution control –Ways and means of financing –Cost of water services –Financing of water services in cities of developing countries

• Urban water cycle and river basin –Drinking water supply –Ecosanitation –Punctual and non punctual contamination –Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) –Cleaner Production –Urban planning –Control pollution –Reuse

• Hydroinformatics: a tool for paradigm shift –Geographical Information Systems (GIS) –Support decision models –Information management –Uncertaintly and risks analysis –Expert systems –Ecology and modelling of water quality

• Learning Alliances as strategy to achieve the paradigm shift –Visioning and planning based on scenarios –Comunication and diffusion strategies –Process documentation –Community participation –Inter-institutional and inter-sectorial participation

Scientific Committee Alberto Galvis, MSc. Universidad del Valle. Colombia Darner Mora, PhD. Laboratorio Nacional de Aguas. Costa Rica Diederick Rousseau, PhD. UNESCO – IHE. Holanda Dimitri Solamatine, PhD. UNESCO – IHE. Holanda Douglas Laing, PhD. Independent consultant. Australia Gerardo Galvis, PhD. OPS. Costa Rica Inés Restrepo, PhD. Universidad del Valle. Colombia Jan Teun Visscher, PhD. Independent consultant. Holanda John Butterwoth, PhD. IRC. Holanda

Abstracts Presentation Will be accepted abstracts for oral presentation or poster. The principal author when submitting your abstract must submit plans that modality. Abstracts must have a maximum of 2 pages long (font: Times New Roman, 12 pts, single spaced), including tables and graphs with the main results. The abstract should contain: title, authors, affiliations, introduction, goal, key words, key results and discussion, conclusions and references

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Receipt of abstracts: Notification to authors: Receiving extensive papers on: International conference: Seminar:

Until June 15, 2009 August 28, 2009 September 30, 2009 November 9, 2009 November 10, 11,12, 2009

Cost of the event National Participants:

660.000 col. pesos

International participants:

350 dolars

National speakers:

560.000 col. pesos

International speakers:

300 dolars

Discount for payments before September 30, 2009:

10%

* The cost includes the international conference and the seminar. See http://www.agua2009.info/

Information Alberto Galvis [email protected] Diana Paola Bernal [email protected] CINARA Institute – Faculty of Engineering Universidad del Valle http://cinara.univalle.edu.co Calle 13 # 100-00 Ed. 341 Tel: (57) (2) 339 2345 – 339 6096 – 330 1986 Fax: (57) (2) 339 3289 Cali, Colombia Cali is located in the southwestern part of Colombia in the geographic valley of the Cauca River. The municipality of Cali has a wide range of altitudes over sea level, between 956 and 4200 meters. The average altitude of the urban area is 1,000 meters above sea level. It has a tropical climate, with an average urban temperature of 24°C. Rainfall varies between 1,300 mm/year in the southern part of Cali and 1,000 mm/year in the northern part of Cali. The rainy season goes from March to May and from October to November. Cali’s urban area has an extension of approximately 121 km2. The areas of potential future development are located in south-eastern part of Cali: Cali-Jamundí corridor expansion zone and special expansion area Navarro. According to the 2005 census, Cali had 2,075,380 inhabitants, the third city in population size in Colombia and the main city located in the south-western part of the country. Cali is located 140 kms. away from Buenaventura, the main Colombian Pacific Ocean port, and 480 kms. away from Bogotá, the country’s capital city. www. cali.gov.co

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