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Oxford Centre for Water Research Seminar Series - Michaelmas Term 2004
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 (ULT), Dept. of Geography, Mansfield Road on Wednesdays from 1-2pm unless indicated otherwise below. For further information contact Dr Rachael McDonnell. All welcome!
Week 1: Wednesday 13 October 2004
Water Governance - Challenging the Consensus.
Roger Calow, British Geological Survey.
Week 2: Wednesday 20 October 2004
Demand for water and climate change.
Tom Downing, Stockholm Environment Institute.
Week 3: Wednesday 27 October 2004
Climate adaptation: Risk, uncertainty and decision-making in water management.
Jacqui Harman, UK Climate Impact Program, Oxford.
Week 4: Wednesday 3 November 2004
Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink: The paradoxes of water politics in Durban.
Alex Loftus, SoGE, University of Oxford.
Week 5: Wednesday 10 November 2004
Translating the European Water Framework Directive.
Larissa Naylor, Environment Agency, Bristol.
Week 6: Wednesday 17 November 2004
Water access indicators.
Anu Devi, SoGE, University of Oxford.
Water quality and water quality issues in the Elands River Catchment, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.
Owen Horwood, SoGE, University of Oxford.
Week 7: Wednesday 24 November 2004
Private sector participation and privatization in the water sector: a conceptual and empirical exploration.
Esteban Castro, SoGE, University of Oxford.
Week 8: Wednesday 1 December 2004
The Political Ecology of Water Privatisation in Latin America: Water Rights Markets in Chile.
Jessica Budds, SoGE, University of Oxford.