Workshop on Water Quality Management
in Developing Asian Cities
"Human Impact on Urban Subsurface Environments" will hold the workshop on water quality management in developing Asian megacities.
The water quality specialist of government (from Bangkok, Manila and Jakarta cities) report on the situation about urbanization and water quality change. In addition, we will discuss about future urban water management refer to the case of the United States and Asia. Please join us on this occasion.
| Date & time: |
Saturday July 18th, 2009 9:20-16:20 |
| Venue: |
RIHN Seminar Room 1, 2 (  access) |
| Title: |
"Workshop on Water Quality Management in
Developing Asian
Cities" |
Invited Presenters
from Asian governments |
1. | Renato Cruz Tantoco
(Environment Management Bureau, Department of
Environment and Natural Resources, Philippine) |
| 2. | Wijarn Simachaya
(Pollution Control Department, MONRE, Thailand) |
| 3. | Andono Warih
(Jakarta Provincial Government Regional
Environment Management Board, Indonesia) |
| Language |
English |
[Agenda]
| Part I : Outline and Intermediate Results of the Project |
| Chair: Shinji Kaneko (Hiroshima Univ.) |
| 9:20 – 9:30 |
Opening remark
Makoto Taniguchi (RIHN)
|
| 9:30 – 9:40 |
City comparison on water quality observations in RIHN Project
Shinichi Onodera (Hiroshima Univ.) |
| 9:40 – 10:00 |
Ground water pollution in Asian megacities
Hosono Takahiro (Kumamoto Univ.) |
| 10:00 – 10:20 |
Discussion |
| 10:20 – 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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| Part II : Water quality in urban water bodies: Jakarta, Manila and Bangkok |
|
Chair: Shinji Kaneko(Hiroshima Univ.)
|
| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Long-term Urban Development & Water Quality in Jakarta
Andono Warih
(Jakarta Provincial Government Regional Environment
Management Board, Indonesia)
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| 11:00 – 11:20 |
Discussion |
| 11:20 – 11:50 |
Long-term Urban Development & Water Quality in Manila
Renato Cruz Tantoco
(Environment Management Bureau,
Department of Environment and Natural Resources)
|
| 11:50 – 12:10 |
Discussion |
| 12:10 – 13:10 |
Lunch |
| 13:10 – 13:40 |
Long-term Urban Development & Water Quality in Bangkok
Wijarn Simachaya
(Pollution Control Department, MONRE, Thailand)
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| 13:40 – 14:00 |
Discussion |
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| Part III : Water Management in Cities |
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Chair: Shinichi Onodera (Hiroshima Univ.)
|
| 14:00 – 14:30 |
Regional Environment Simulator and Its Applications
Takao Yamashita (Hiroshima University)
|
| 14:30 – 15:00 |
Groundwater management: lessons from the United States(tentative)
David Eaton
(The University of Texas at Austin/Hiroshima University)
|
| 15:00 – 15:20 |
Discussion |
| 15:20 – 15:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 15:30 – 16:00 |
Overall discussion and future plan |
| 16:00 – 16:10 |
Closing remarks
Makoto Taniguchi (RIHN)
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Contact:
Tomoyo TOYOTA
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)
zip code: 603-8047
457-4, Motoyama Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto
City, Japan
tel: +81-75-707-2256 fax: +81-75-707-2506
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homepage
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