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Oxford Centre for Water Research Seminar Series - Hilary Term 2005
Please Note: This seminar series has finished. For information on our current seminar series please see our Seminar Series.
All seminars will be held in the Upper Lecture Theatre, Dept. of Geography, Mansfield Road on Tuesdays from 4.15 pm unless indicated otherwise below. For further information contact Prof. Mike Edmunds.
Week 2: Tuesday 25 January 2005
The Water Margin.
Dr John Rodda, Formerly Director of Hydrology and Water Resources at the WMO.
Week 3: Tuesday 1 February 2005
Water: Poverty and Growth; Politics and International Relations.
David Grey, World Bank Senior Water Advisor.
Week 4: Tuesday 8 February 2005
The River Basin Game: Role-playing and mediation in water management.
Dr Bruce Lankford, UEA.
Week 5: Tuesday 15 February 2005
Water Security and the Empowerment of women in Rural Rajasthan.
Prof. Mary Grey, University of Wales, Lampeter, Sarum College, and Wells for India.
Week 6: Tuesday 22 February 2005
Mining Libya's Groundwater.
Salem El Maiar, KBR and University of. London.
Week 7: Tuesday 1 March 2005 - The UNESCO Lecture
Is there indeed a global water crisis looming? - What should science do?
Dr Andras Szollosi-Nagy, Unesco Paris.
Week 8: Tuesday 8 March 2005
Political / institutional aspects of transboundary IWRM - with reference to the Mekong River Basin.
Malcolm Wallace, Halcrow Group Ltd.