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Date:
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Wed., 10 October, 2007
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Time:
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13:30-17:00 (Registration starts at 13:00.)
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Venue:
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UN House, 3F, U Thant International Conference Hall
5-53-70, Jingu-mae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
An eight-minute walk from Shibuya Station;
A five-minute walk from the subway Omote-Sando Station (Exit B2).
http://www.unu.edu/hq/ginfo/contact.html
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| Organized by: |
United Nations University (UNU)
Japanese Association of Hydrological Sciences (JAHS)
Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR)
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| Concept: |
Increasing and expanding human activities are affecting the natural environment in an unprecedented scale, disrupting the stability of natural material and energy cycles that are essential to human survival. Global and local water cycles are the key to some of the most challenging issues confronting us today.
In this forum, the topic of sustaining water cycle for disaster risk reduction will be investigated from different viewpoints including restoration and sustainability of urban water cycle, groundwater problems in greater Tokyo, integrated water quality management and role of water cycle in sustainability, to arrive at new paradigms for sustaining water cycle for disaster risk reduction.
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Programme (with simultaneous interpretation of Japanese/English):
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13:00
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Registration
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13:30~13:45
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Welcome Address
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I. Yasui, Vice-Rector of UNU
A. Yoshikoshi, President of JAHS
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Message
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S. Briceno, Director of UN/ISDR
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13:45~14:15
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Keynote Lecture
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Y. Takahasi (UNU)
Changing river basin water cycle and disaster reduction
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14:15~15:35
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Presentations
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[Chair: K. Mori (Nihon Univ.)]
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14:15~14:35
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M. Saito (Research and Development Center, Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.)
Groundwater changes in the Greater Tokyo Metropolis in relation to water cycle
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14:35~14:55
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T. Hayashi (Akita Univ.)
Integrated surface/ground water management and quality problem
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14:55~15:15
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S. Nishikawa (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Japan)
Promoting sound and sustainable water cycle
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15:15~15:35
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S. Herath (UNU)
Water cycle restoration for disaster reduction and sustainability
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15:35~15:55
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Break
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15:55~16:55
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Panel Discussion
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Moderator: A. Yoshikoshi (Ritsumeikan Univ.)
Panelists: Takahasi, Saito, Hayashi, Nishikawa and Herath
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16:55~17:00
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Closing Address
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K. Suzuki, Executive Director of ADRC
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Admission is free
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To register for the Public Forum, please send your request in the following reply sheet by e-mail (forum2007entry@jahs.jpn.org) or FAX (03-5317-9430) by Wed., 3 October, 2007.
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Contact:
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c/o Secretariat, Japanese Association of Hydrological Sciences
E-mail; forum2007entry@jahs.jpn.org Tel; 03-3329-1151 Ext. 5213
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REPLY SHEET Public Forum “Sustaining Water Cycle for Disaster Risk Reduction”
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