* * * * An Important Conference Announcement * * * *
BRITAIN DIVIDED: MANAGING WATER RESOURCES FOR SOCIAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE
RGS-IBG, I Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR
Wednesday 24 November 1999
10.00 am to 5.00 pm
CONFERENCE CHAIRS
Dr Neil Summerton, Director of OCEES; and Fellow of Mansfield College
Judith Rees, Pro-Director, LSE and Professor of Environmental and Resources Management
PRESENTATIONS
* Climate Change and Water Availability
Dr Mike Hulme, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia
* Implications for Hydrology and Water Resources in Britain
Dr Nigel Arnell, Dept. of Geography, University of Southampton
* Forecasting Water Demand
Paul Herrington, Dept. of Economics, University of Leicester
* Managing Demand and Water Recycling Technologies
Martin Ward, Innovation Technologist, Anglian Water Technology Group
* Will Today's Water Resources Meet Tomorrow's Demands?
Brian Duckworth, Managing Director, Severn Trent Water Ltd
* Sustaining the Water Cycle
Frank M Law, Institute of Hydrology
* Regulatory and Policy Responses
Dr Neil Summerton
* Commercial Responses
Nicholas Hood CBE, Chairman, Wessex Water Ltd
* Research Priorities and Ways Forward
Dr David Owen, VTZ Delphi
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Practitioners and policy makers in water supply, management and regulation;
researchers and student; utility analysts, investors and project financiers;
journalists and broadcasters concerned with environmental and water policy issues;
stakeholders in catchment management
THE ISSUES
Climate change poses a uniquely subtle set of challenges to those involved in the long-term management of Britain's water
resources. Not only is the volume of rainfall set to change, but also its frequency and utility for recharging surface waters and
aquifers. While precipitation is set to fall in southern areas, it is set to rise in the north.
Higher temperatures and lower rainfall are set to boost demand for water in areas where supplies are most vulnerable. This is
being exacerbated by a shift in Britain's population and economic activity from a water-rich north to an increasingly water-poor
south.
A cross-section of representative interests, both in terms of speakers and those in the audience, will examine how social,
climatic and environmental considerations are interacting to affect the long-term management of water resources at both national
and regional levels. The day will highlight issues where further research is needed and apply these to a range of potential
responses so as to identify ways forward for addressing possible imbalances between water availability and demand.
With the second review of water and sewerage prices in England & Wales taking effect from April 2000, this is an ideal
opportunity to set out research priorities to optimise the sustainable utilisation of Britain's water resources. This timely meeting
also falls into the final period of preparation for the Second World Water Forum of Ministers in The Hague next March, when the
World Water Vision Action Plan is expected to be approved.
COST? Forty pounds plus VAT for academics, or non-profit making organisations, fifteen pounds plus VAT for post-graduate
students, all others £360 plus VAT. This price includes lunch.
TO FIND OUT MORE For full programme and registration details, email [log in to unmask] (giving your postal address) or
call Alison Glazebrook on 0171 591 3006 and full details will be sent.
Organised by the RGS-IBG as part of its 'Environment and Society Forum'
Alison Glazebrook
Head of Programmes
Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
1 Kensington Gore
London, SW7 2AR
Tel. 0171 591 3006 (direct line), fax. 0171 591 3059, email.
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visit our website at www.rgs.org
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Kath Bowden
Programme Administrator
ESRC Global Environmental Change Programme
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Mantell Building, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9RF
Tel: 01273 678935 Fax: 01273 604483
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