
SSi Water in Mountains
Organised by: Institut de la Montagne, France
Coordinator: Carmen de Jong (e-mail: carmen.dejong@institut-montagne.org)
Special Session “Water in Mountains”
Session Room: SSi, Einstein (translation French/English)
1st September 2008, 16:00- 17:30
Convenor: Carmen de Jong
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16:00-16:05 | Introduction : Stakeholder-driven Water Management strategies against Water Scarcity in the Alps and beyond | Carmen de Jong Scientific Director, The Mountain Institute, University of Savoy, France |
16:05-16:20 | Adapting to increased climatic variability in mountain communities requires an assessment of the water footprint and a focus on green water management | Hans Schreier Professor emeritus, Institute for Resources & Environment, University of British Columbia, Canada |
16:20-16:35 | Mountain Hydrology in a Changing Environment: Experiences from Austria | Hans Peter Nachtnebel Director, Department of Water-Atmosphere-Environment, BOKU, Vienna, Austria |
16:35-16:50 | Man-induced and natural changes in the level of three subalpine lakes of the Western Alps (Lakes Geneva, Annecy and Bourget) | Olivier Pellegrin(1) & Jean-Paul Bravard(2) (1) PhD student and (2) Professor, Depart. Of Geography, University of Lyon, France |
16:50:17:05 | Climate change impact studies on water resources : application to glacier-fed hydropower production systems in the Swiss Alps | Bettina Schaefli Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands |
17:05-17:20 | Snow pack in the Pyrenees: relevance for water management, observed trends and projections for the 21st century | José Ignacio López Moreno Postdoc, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Zaragossa, Spain |
17:17-17:35: | Principles of large scale karst discharge modelling in the Mount Hermon region | Alon Rimmer Associate Scientist, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Ltd, Israel |
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