

- Jan. 2008, The template for paper (MS-Word) is downloadable at "General
Information" page. The template was a little
modified on January 16th.
- Dec. 2007, Notice of acceptance will be e-mailed around December 25.
Please e-mail to (yu "at" chikyu.ac.jp), if you have not received
any notice from the convener at your submitted session until the end of
December, 2007.
- Dec. 2007, The number of the submitted abstract is shown at "Call for
Papers" page
- Dec. 2007, Abstract submission on web site was closed on December 1.


- The vulnerability of water resources due to climate change and human
activities is globally increasing. The phenomenon of hydrological change
is complicated because of the combinations and interactions between natural
climate fluctuation, global warming and human activities including changes
in land utilization. The impact areas of hydrological changes are also
not only within the basin, but reach to the ocean through coastal water
exchanges. This conference aims to integrate the problems from headwater
to the ocean which may occur globally in the future because of climate
change and increase in population on earth. The conference topics include
land-atmosphere interaction, land-ocean interaction, groundwater - surface
water interaction, headwater studies under climate changes and human impacts,
coastal zone and estuary studies, socio-ecological analyses and monitoring
of vulnerable water resource, integrated model and management for sustainable
uses of water resources, reconstruction of human impacts on the surface
and subsurface environments, and other water issues in regions with vulnerable
water resources. The conference will give interdisciplinary knowledge
and current awareness on integrated water management under the pressures
of climate change and human activities.


- International Symposium: Oct. 1-3, 2008
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(All dates below are tentative and subject to change)
- 1st circular: Sept. 2006
- 2nd circular: Apr. 2007
- Deadline of abstract submission: Dec. 1 2007
- Notice of acceptance: Dec 25, 2007
- Deadline of full paper submisson: Mar. 1 2008
- Announcement of reviewer's comments or paper acceptance: around the end of Apr., 2008
- Deadline of revised paper submission: June 1, 2008
- Deadline of early registration (discount): June 1, 2008
- Deadline of registration through web site: Aug. 31, 2008


- Liu Changming (CAS, China)
- Yoshihiro Fukushima (RIHN, Japan)
- Martin Haigh (Oxford Brooks University, UK)
- Chen Jianyao (Sun Yat-sen University, China)
- Toshiharu Kojiri (Kyoto University, Japan)
- Josef Krecek (Czech Institute for Technology, Czech)
- Dan Rosbjerg (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
- Hubert H. G. Savenije (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
- Lilang Ren (Hohai University, China)
- Makoto Taniguchi (RIHN, Japan)


- Dr. Makoto Taniguchi
- Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)
- 457-4 Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8047 Japan
- Tel: +81-75-707-2255, Fax: +81-75-707-2506
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