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Monday 1st September, 2008

 14:00 - 15:30

OS6j Urban and regional water conservation and reuse ( Room: Sully 3 )
Date: 2008-09-01   Time: 14:00-15:30
  • SINGAPORE’S EXPERIENCE IN WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT - Author(s): Tay Teck Kiang
  • Urban wastewater reuse for landscape irrigation in a seaside resort: microbial requirements. - Author(s): Eric Blin, Philippe Blatière, François Brissaud
  • Community water supply and Sanitation in Nongteng Resettlement Residential area for UEM in Vientiane the capital city of Lao P.D.R - Author(s): Daophet Bouapha, Bounghon Homsombath
  • The role of small scale wastewater treatment in the Development of water resources in West bank of Palestine - Author(s): Mohammed Yousef Sbeih
  • DECISION TOOL TO EVALUATE AND PLAN WATER RESOURCES AT SOUK-AHRAS - Author(s): Samia Snani, Soumia Ouled Zaoui, Yassine Djebbar, Habib Abida

    • OS7a Financing water development ( Room: Einstein )
    Date: 2008-09-01   Time: 14:00-15:30
  • FINANCING ACCESS TO WATER FOR ALL: WORLD WATER FORUM TO BE HELD IN ISTANBUL SHOULD PASS FROM WORDS TO ACTION - Author(s): Gülser Öztulnali Kayir
  • INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS IN THE WATER SECTOR: LAST DECADE ANALYSIS AND WAY FORWARD TOWARDS MDGs - Author(s): Alejandro Jiménez, A. Pérez-foguet
  • Can smallholder farmers meet the full financial costs of irrigation services? - Author(s): S. Perret, M. Geyser
  • A Simulation and Scenario Testing of Canal Irrigation Cooperatives in India for Financial Viability and Sustainability - Author(s): G.g.koppa, D.p. Mishra

    •  16:00 - 17:30

    OS1i IWRM to combat water scarcity ( Room: Joffre 1 )
    Date: 2008-09-01   Time: 16:00-17:30
  • Exploration and evaluation of effective integrated water management in the development of agricultural production systems - Author(s): Cailing Hu
  • L'assainissement, une composante clé de la gestion des ressources en eau - Author(s): Christophe Le Jallé, Denis Désille
  • WATER POLICIES AND AGRICULTURAL POLICES: - Author(s): Consuelo Varela-ortega, Chris Swartz, Tom Downing, Irene Blanco
  • BILAN GEOPHYSIQUE DES RESSOURCES EN EAU DU SOCLE SOUS CLIMATS MEDITERRANEENS ET ARIDES. - Author(s): Jean Pierre Mercury
  • How to transfer regional experiences with combatting water stress to other regions ? - Author(s): J. Buma, J. Griffioen, M. Manez, E. Moors, E. Preziosi, C. Sullivan
  • Optimal Conjunctive use of Groundwater and Surface Water in an Irrigation Network - Author(s): A. Montazar, M. Riyazi

    • OS6k Rural water conservation and reuse ( Room: Sully 3 )
    Date: 2008-09-01   Time: 16:00-17:30
  • Climate change and water availability in North-West Algeria: investigation by dendrochronology and stable water isotopes - Author(s): Luc Lambs, Mohamed Labiod
  • Technical issues involved in modernizing farm irrigation system - Author(s): Bruno Molle
  • Spatial redistribution of water resources in a Tunisian semi-arid catchment subject to conservation works - Author(s): Guillaume Lacombe, Christian Leduc, Bernard Cappelaere, Mohamed Ayachi, Monique Oi, Mohamed Kefi
  • Pilot Study on Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency Measures - Author(s): Abdel-zaher Kamal Abdel-razek
  • Classifying, Clustering & Clumping; defining groups of irrigators in Australia’s Namoi Valley. - Author(s): G. Kuehne, H. Bjornlund, B. Cheers
  • Integrated assessment of the impact of a small reservoir on land use and livelihood in Burkina Faso - Author(s): Katrin Zitzmann, Quang Bao, Claudia Arntz

    • Tuesday 2nd September, 2008

     08:30 - 10:00

    OS1a Mediterranean ( Room: Einstein )
    Date: 2008-09-02   Time: 08:30-10:00
  • Gestion de la demande en eau en Méditerranée, progrès et politiques - Author(s): Gaëlle Thivet, Mohammed Blinda
  • L'eau en Méditerrannée, situation actuelle et perspective - Author(s): Mohammed Blinda, Jean Margat
  • IMPACT OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURAL WATER USE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION - Author(s): Sevilay Topcu, Burak Sen, Filippo Giorgi, Xunqiang Bi, E. Galip Kanit, Tayfun Dalkilic
  • Hydrological modelling in the High Atlas mountains with the help of remote-sensing data: milestones of the SudMed project - Author(s): A. Boudhar, L. Hanich, B. Duchemin, V. Simonneaux, P. Maisongrande, A. Chehbouni, S. Thomas, A. Chaponnière
  • Comportement des producteurs agricoles et efficacité d’usage de l’eau en semi-aride Tunisien - Author(s): Fraj Chemak

    • OS3d Climate change: Planning, adaptation and mitigation ( Room: Joffre A-B )
    Date: 2008-09-02   Time: 08:30-10:00
  • OMERE a long term hydrological research observatory about anthropogenic and climate change impacts on water and matter flow in Mediterranean rural catchments - Author(s): M. Voltz, J. Albergel, P. Andrieux, J.m. Lamachère, D. Raclot, N. Ben Mechlia, M. Ben Younes Louati, A. Biarnes, A. Dubreuil, F. Elbaz-poulichet, J.c. Fabre, C. Floure, F. Garnier, R. Hamdi, G. Hasdine
  • Understanding hydrologic variability for better surface water allocations in Karkheh Basin Iran - Author(s): Ilyas Masih, Hugh Turral, Ahmad Mobin-ud-din, Stefan Uhlenbrook
  • Population vulnerability and climate variability in the Sahel: - Author(s): Malick Zoromé, Bruno Barbier, Harouna Karambiri, Hamma Yacouba
  • WATER BALANCE MODEL TO PREDICT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN WATERSHED EPITÁCIO PESSOA – PARAÍBA RIVER - BRAZIL - Author(s): Josicleda D. Galvíncioa, Magna Soelma Beserra De Moura, Francisco De Assis Salviano De Sousa
  • New solutions for water supply management in a climate change context - Author(s): Guillaume Arama, Magali Dechesne, Christelle Pagotto

    • OS6f The human dimension of water management ( Room: Sully 3 )
    Date: 2008-09-02   Time: 08:30-10:00
  • La reconnaissance sociale comme préalable du progrès technique : - Author(s): Claire Gout
  • Water matters in New Zealand: Exploring and articulating social values - Author(s): Ann Winstanley, David Wood, Miria Lange
  • Water Soft Paths: Planning Beyond Demand Management - Author(s): Paul A. Kay, David B. Brooks
  • Identifying Water-Poverty Links at Plot Level: - Author(s): Stephen Vosti, Lisa Bennett, Luis Bassoi, Marco Maneta, Lineu Rodrigues, Marcelo Torres, Richard Howitt, Wesley Wallender
  • Increasing Water Use Efficiencies through Participatory On-Farm Water Management Studies - Author(s): Shahab Daneshvar, Farshid Morshedi, Faramarz Bakhtiyari, Alireza Shokoohi, Karim Shiati
  • Economic costs on health related to water: Mexico case - Author(s): Boris Marañón-pimentel

    • OS8a Capacity building ( Room: Joffre 1 )
    Date: 2008-09-02   Time: 08:30-10:00
  • Capacity Development in IWRM through E-learning – Experiences of Water Virtual Learning Centre at AIT, Thailand - Author(s): Mukand S. Babel, Velma I. Grover, Devesh Sharma, Shahriar Md. Wahid
  • Capacity Building Programmes for Effective Transboundary Water Management - Author(s): Anton Earle, Cecilia Martinsen, Peter Qwist-hoffmann, Klas Sandström, Daniel Malzbenderv, Joan Kariuki
  • Une démarche pédagogique à l’appui d’échanges d’expériences sud-sud : les stages collectifs du projet Sirma - Author(s): J Poncet, M Kuper, S Bouarfa
  • Improving Farmers’ Adaptive Capacity to Manage Water Dynamics Through Participatory Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation in Northeast Thailand - Author(s): W. Naivinit, Guy Trébuil, Manitchara Thongnoi, Christophe Le Page
  • Teaching canal hydraulics and control using a computer game or a scale model canal - Author(s): Pierre-olivier Malaterre, David C. Rogers
  • FROM REVINDICATION TO PROPOSITION: CAPACITY BUILDING IN NEGOTIATION ABOUT WATER MANAGEMENT IN PERIURBAN AREAS. - Author(s): Raphaèle Ducrot, Vilma Barban

    •  11:30 - 13:00

    OS1k IWRM and water allocation ( Room: Joffre 1 )
    Date: 2008-09-02   Time: 11:30-13:00
  • Water allocation and climate change in a West African transboundary basin (Volta) - Author(s): Devaraj De Condappa, Anne Chaponnière, Jacques Lemoalle, I. Terrasson, I. Asamoah, B. Boubacar
  • The Use of Multi-objective Optimization for Reservoir’s System Operation with an Evolutionary Algorithm: The case of the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza, Brazil - Author(s): Francisco Venícius Fernandes Barros, Luiz Sérgio Vasconcelos Do Nascimento, Eduardo Sávio Passos Rodrigues Martins, Dirceu Silveira Reis Junior
  • SUSTAINALBEL AND BENEFICIAL USE OF NATIONAL DAM WATER RESOURCES IN SWAZILAND - Author(s): Jonathan I. Matondo, Kenneth M. Msibi
  • Coordinating Policy Initiatives Between Governments in the Water Industry - Author(s): Brian Davidson, Biju George, Hector M Malano
  • MoGIRE, a Model for Integrated Water Management - Author(s): Arnaud Reynaud, Delphine Leenhardt
  • Integrated Watershed Management Using Multicriteria Decision Making Technique - Author(s): Eun-sung Chung, Sang-ug Kim, Kyung-shin Park, Kil Seong Lee

    • OS2a Trade and globalisation ( Room: Joffre A-B )
    Date: 2008-09-02   Time: 11:30-13:00
  • Erratic Rains and Erratic Markets - Author(s): Wolfram Laube, Martha Awo, Benjamin Schraven
  • Community impacts of water markets in Australia's Murray Darling Basin: implications for social sustainability - Author(s): Jane Edwards, Brian Cheers, Henning Bjornlund, Geoff Kuehne
  • SHOULD U.S. WATER TAKINGS JURISPRUDENCE INFLUENCE NAFTA CH. 11 APPROPRIATION CLAIMS FOR WATER? - Author(s): Jonathan R. Schutz
  • Water and Free Trade Agreements - Author(s): Pablo Solón, Miguel Solanes, Denisse Rodríguez, Rene Orellana, Howard Mann
  • Water and trade in agriculture. Investigating virtual water hypothesis in the Euro-Mediterranean region. - Author(s): Alexandre Le Vernoy

    • OS3e Regional and nationwide scenarios 1 ( Room: Einstein )
    Date: 2008-09-02   Time: 11:30-13:00
  • Climate and river runoff changes in West and Central Africa: past variability and prediction of water resources for the 21st century. - Author(s): G. Mahé, J.e. Paturel, S. Ardoin, J.f. Boyer, L. Casenave, A. Crès, A. Dezetter, C. Dieulin, S. Girard, M. Rescan, N. Rouché, E. Servat
  • Impact de la variabilité climatique en zone équatoriale : exemple de modification de cycle hydrologique des rivières du sud-Cameroun - Author(s): Gaston Liénou, Gil Mahé, Jean Emmanuel Paturel, Eric Servat, Daniel Sighomnou, Luc Sigha-nkamdjou
  • Melting of low latitude Andean glaciers according to global and local climate variations - Author(s): Eric Cadier, Marcos Villacís, Luis Maishincho, Carla Manciati, Edgar Ayabaca, Bernard Francou
  • The Water Resources of Perú and the Consequences of Climate Change - Author(s): Daniel N. Leavell
  • Climate Change Impacts on Water Availability in the Semiarid Elqui Valley, Chile - Author(s): Maxime Souvignet, Hartmut Gaese, Lars Ribbe, Ricardo Oyarzún, Nicole Kretschmer
  • Response of Lake Mar Chiquita (Argentina) to climate change: data analysis and application of a lake-catchment model - Author(s): Magali Troin, Christine Vallet-coulomb, Florence Sylvestre, Eduardo Piovano

    • OS6g Public-private partnership ( Room: Sully 3 )
    Date: 2008-09-02   Time: 11:30-13:00
  • Water Soft-path Application in Industrial Systems: A Pulp and Paper Case Study - Author(s): Elizabeth Hendriks
  • Private Sector Participation in Water Supply: Prospects and Challenges in Developing Economies - Author(s): E.o. Longe, M.o Kehinde, C.o. Olajide
  • Aquifer Storage and Recovery: - Author(s): John Ward, Peter Dillon, Agnes Grandgirard

    •  14:00 - 15:30

    OS1c Europe and North America ( Room: Joffre 1 )
    Date: 2008-09-02   Time: 14:00-15:30
  • Un modèle pluie-débit distribué parcimonieux pour la prédétermination et la prévision des crues éclair. Application au bassin du Gardon d'Anduze (France). - Author(s): Christophe Bouvier, Arthur Marchandise, Pascal Brunet, Anne Crespy
  • The future of Europe’s freshwaters – perspective up to 2030 - Author(s): Ilona Bärlund, Martina Flörke, Joseph Alcamo, Christof Schneider, Kasper Kok, Juha Kämäri
  • Is the Water Framework Directive going to work? - Author(s): José Albiac
  • A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF SELECTED ASPECTS OF THE EU’S WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE VERSUS THE U.S. CLEAN WATER ACT - Author(s): Timothy D. Steele, Sven Kralisch, Detlef Klein, Wolfgang Fluegel
  • Canadian Agriculture and Water - Author(s): Darrell R. Corkal, Philip E. Adkins
  • GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION AND TIMESCALE OF SEAWATER INTRUSION INTO THE CONFINED COASTAL AQUIFER OF THE RHONE DELTA - Author(s): V. De Montety, O. Radakovitch, C. Vallet-coulomb, B. Blavoux, V. Vallès, Y. Travi

    • OS3f Regional and nationwide scenarios 2 ( Room: Joffre A-B )
    Date: 2008-09-02   Time: 14:00-15:30
  • Regional tests for trend detection in maximum pluviometric series in the French Mediterranean region. - Author(s): Nicolas Pujol, Luc Neppel, Robert Sabatier
  • The Amancay project: from decennal to interannual climate variability in tropical and subtropical South America - Author(s): Francoise Vimeux, Jean-philippe Boulanger, Myriam Khodri, Josyane Ronchail, Abdel Sifeddine, Florence Sylvestre, Amancay Participants
  • Possible Impacts of Climate Change on The Nile Flows And Future Water Management in the Nile Basin - Author(s): Mohamed Abdel Aty Sayed
  • The impacts of global climate change on irrigation water requirement of wheat in China - Author(s): Junguo Liu, Hong Yang
  • Vulnerability of Mediterranean hydrosystems to climate changes and human activities: the VULCAIN project - Author(s): Yvan Caballero, Luc Neppel, Bernard Ladouche, Jean-louis Pinault, David Salas, Melia Salas, Eric Martin, Nathalie Dorfliger, Jean-daniel Rinaudo, Jean-michel Citeau, Sébastien Chazot, Laure Maton, Keltoum Chaouche, Isabelle Terrasson, Perrine Fleury
  • Area differentiated analysis of impacts of climate change scenarios on groundwater resources in Northwestern Germany - Author(s): Frank Wendland, Ralf Kunkel, Imke Lingemann, Björn Tetzlaff, Richard Knoche, Harald Kunstmann

    • OS5d Transboundary water issues ( Room: Joffre C-D )
    Date: 2008-09-02   Time: 14:00-15:30
  • Transboundary basins and their development projects: status of some projects and elements of analysis - Author(s): Julie Ladel
  • eWater: The European multilingual ground water information system.
  • COST SHARING OF AN INTERNATIONAL WATERCOURSE WITH RESPECT TO STATE SOVEREIGNTY - Author(s): Fady Hamade
  • La gestion intégrée des ressources en eau transfrontalières et les systèmes d'information. - Author(s): Philippe Guettier
  • The Triangle of Needs: A Framework for Promoting Cooperation in Transboundary River Basins - Author(s): Maria Placht, Ali Shafqat Akanda, Sarah Freeman

    • OS6c Water markets and water sharing approaches ( Room: Sully 3 )
    Date: 2008-09-02   Time: 14:00-15:30
  • Péréquations tarifaires et approvisionnement en eau des Quartiers Insalubres de Casablanca. - Author(s): Anne Olivier
  • Who gets what? policy lessons on how to share scarce irrigation water during droughts - Author(s): Sophie Thoyer, Deborah Peterson, Jean-michel Salles
  • MONITORING THE IMPACTS OF WATER TRADING SOME METHODS AND RESULTS FROM AN AUSTRALIAN WATER MARKET - Author(s): Bjornlund Henning
  • Water sharing among competing farmers in temperate climate: a study of different pricing mechanisms - Author(s): Jean-philippe Terreaux, Mabel Tidball
  • The challenge of agricultural Water Conservation and Water Demand Management in South Africa. - Author(s): Andrew Pott, Jason Hallowes, Gerhard Backeberg, Max Döckel, L. Nieuwoudt

    •  16:00 - 17:30

    OS1d Tropical zones ( Room: Joffre 1 )
    Date: 2008-09-02   Time: 16:00-17:30
  • Delineation of superficial alluvial aquifers using DEM geoprocessing : application to semi-arid northeast Brazil - Author(s): Pascal Kosuth, Guilhem Daly, Christian Feau, Julien Burte, Edouardo Savio Martins
  • THE REVERSE SIDE ON THE RIVER MANAGEMENT IN THESE 60 YEARS IN JAPAN ～AS THE EXAMPLES OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE UPPER AND DOWNSTREAM PEOPLE ～ - Author(s): Yutaka Takahasi, Yoshiko Monma
  • Water availability reduction in reservoirs for different sediment yield scenarios in a semiarid watershed - Author(s): José Carlos De Araújo, Pedro Henrique Augusto Medeiros
  • Challenges of water resources planning in the Andes - Author(s): Jean-christophe Pouget, Roger Calvez, Patrick Le Goulven, Pablo Lloret, Marcos Villacis
  • Environmental Kuznets Curve for Irrigation and its Implications for Future Water Demands:

    • OS3g Climate change: disasters and extreme events ( Room: Joffre A-B )
    Date: 2008-09-02   Time: 16:00-17:30
  • Impact of climate change on hydrological risks - Author(s): Philippe Cantet, Patrick Arnaud
  • Impact du projet Energie de l’OMVG dans la Gestion des extrêmes hydrologiques dans le Parc National du Niokolo-koba et dans la moyenne vallée du fleuve Gambie. - Author(s): Justino Vieira, Lamine Konate
  • Impact of hurricanes in urban centers: Metropolitan Area of Mexico City - Author(s): Augustin Felipe Breña-puyol
  • Capacity Building in Developing Countries as the Aftermath of Natural Disasters - Author(s): Tadeusz Malkiewicz
  • Simulating hydraulic management of the Rhone delta under flood and sea surge conditions - Author(s): Philippe Chauvelon, Marc Pichaud, Alain Sandoz
  • Groundwater Use in Earthquake Emergency: A Case Study in Japan - Author(s): Tadashi Tanaka

    • OS5e Multiple and multisector uses ( Room: Joffre C-D )
    Date: 2008-09-02   Time: 16:00-17:30
  • Industrie et Agriculture à Casablanca (Cas de la commune rurale BOUSKOURA et la commune urbain AIN HARROUDA) - Author(s): Fatiha Zidane, Najia Elboudali, Hassan Rinane, Fouad Amraoui, Undine Giseke
  • Participatory risk management approaches for water planning and management: insights from Australia and Bulgaria - Author(s): Katherine A. Daniell, Peter Coad, Irina Ribarova, Ian White, Nils Ferrand, Jean-emmanuel Rougier, Alexis Tsoukiàs, Philip Haines, Natalie Jones, Albena Popova, Stewart Burn, Pascal Perez
  • Water resource allocation modelling to harmonise supply and demand in the Malaprabha catchment, India - Author(s): Biju George, Hector M Malano, Brian Davidson
  • STRATEGY OF MORPHOPEDOLOGIC UNITIES USE FACE TO CLIMATIC CHANGE ON SOUDAN SAHELIAN ZONE. - Author(s): S. Valet, Ph. Le Coustumer, M. Motélica-heino, P.s. Sarr
  • Facilitating policy-oriented learning about the multi-actor dimension of water governance - Author(s): Leon M. Hermans, Çagri B. Muluk
  • Household Water Demand Prediction Model with Changing Economic Effects by Using Input-Output Table Model - Author(s): Pongsak Suttinon, Nasu Seigo

    • OS5n Institutional and legal development ( Room: Einstein )
    Date: 2008-09-02   Time: 16:00-17:30
  • La Directive Cadre Eau : quels enjeux ? quelles méthodes ? quelles stratégies ? - Author(s): Anaïs Giraud
  • LE CONSEIL DIRECTIF DU CACHAPOAL, EXEMPLE DE GOUVERNANCE DE L´EAU EN CHILI - Author(s): Lilian Jara Rojas, Verónica Gonzalez A.
  • Gouvernance de l’eau dans les métropoles brésiliennes: une nouvelle perspective pour la coopération interinstitutionnelle - Author(s): Ana Lucia Britto, Rosa Maria Formiga-johnsson
  • Construire gouvernance dans la prestation du service d'eau dans Cochabamba - Author(s): Econ. Rossina Alba Maydana
  • Institutional Structures in the Water and Sanitation Sector - Author(s): Patricia Phumpiu, Jan Erik Gustafsson
  • Governmental Intervention into Water Rights Trading in the Context of China’s Water Policy Reform - Author(s): Min Jiang

    • OS6d Water pricing: approaches and impacts ( Room: Sully 3 )
    Date: 2008-09-02   Time: 16:00-17:30
  • Residential water price elasticity and full water cost estimation according to the European Water Framework Directive - Author(s): Nikitas Mylopoulos, C. Fafoutis, D. Vagiona
  • Irrigation Water Use and its Effective Efficiency in Portugal - Author(s): Naim Haie, Rui Pereira, Gaspar Machado
  • Water supply: costs and performance of water utilities. Evidence from Switzerland - Author(s): Andrea Baranzini, David Maradan, Anne-kathrin Faust
  • Decentralization in the management of irrigation and the need of social mediation process: lessons learned from ISIIMM in EGYPT - Author(s): Mohamed H.a. Nawar

    • Wednesday 3rd September, 2008

     08:30 - 10:00

    OS4c Modelling and information management ( Room: Joffre A-B )
    Date: 2008-09-03   Time: 08:30-10:00
  • STOCHASTIC MODELS OF LOW FLOW FOR THE RISK EVALUATION - Author(s): Mikhail Bolgov, Oliver Olsson, Jochen Froebrich
  • Impacts of Climate Change and Human Activities on Runoff decrease in Haihe Catchment, Northern China - Author(s): Lv Yungang, Fanjing, Han Shumin
  • Design and Development of Software for Training the Watershed Managers in the Estimation of Runoff in a Catchment - Author(s): T. B. Kavitha, S. S. Shirahatti, P. Balakrishnan, S. S. Kumathe, M.s. Ayyanagowdar
  • Mise en place d’indicateurs de GIRE par approche managériale
  • Defining Indicators of Irrigation Performance in the context of IWRM monitoring in West Africa - Author(s): Jacques Rey, Florence Ardorino, Hervé Lévite, Rui Silva, Jean-paul Luc
  • Application of multi-agent systems and ambient intelligence approaches in water management - Author(s): Peter Mikulecký, Daniela Ponce, Kamila Olsevicova, Jiri Haviger, Agata Bodnarova
  • The Use of Material Flow Analysis and Indicators for supporting enhanced water policy decisions - Author(s): Lara Yacob

    • OS5a Managing water under conflict situations ( Room: Einstein )
    Date: 2008-09-03   Time: 08:30-10:00
  • Privatisation of irrigation water services: conflict, mediation and new partnerships in the ElGuerdane project, Morocco - Author(s): Annabelle Houdret
  • Managing water in the Segura basin: conflicts around gated communities in Murcia - Author(s): Anna Zimmer
  • Water, environment and pacific settlement of disputes - Author(s): Maria José Cervell Hortal
  • Résolution de conflits de l'eau: analyse des dispositifs juridico-administratifs en France et au Brésil - Author(s): Noemia Bohn, Sophie Richard, Flavie Cernesson, Adilson Pinheiro
  • Past And Present Can Help Build Better Future For The States Sharing Water Resources (Israeli-Arab water conflict) - Author(s): Mohamed Asheesh
  • Israël/Palestine : pour sortir de la crise de l’eau dans un contexte de forts changements démographiques. - Author(s): Pierre Blanc

    • OS5f Governance of water quality ( Room: Joffre C-D )
    Date: 2008-09-03   Time: 08:30-10:00
  • The EU Water Framework Directive implementation in the Iberian context - Author(s): Rodrigo Maia
  • New challenges for water quality monitoring: potential role of novel monitoring tools - Author(s): Catherine Gonzalez, Benoit Roig, Richard Greenwood, Catherine Berho, Nina Graveline
  • SURFACE WATERS VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT: A CASE STUDY (TUSCIANO AND PICENTINO RIVERS) - Author(s): M. Giugni, N. Fontana, G. Lombardi, G. Marini
  • Towards a new drinking water governance in France? From Europe to local scale - Author(s): Aurélie Roussary
  • Coupled water and nutriment modelling of an intermittent French river: The Vène - Author(s): Nanée Chahinian, Marie-george Tournoud, Jean-louis Perrin, Bernadette Picot
  • Estimation of environmental flows at the Orange River mouth using an improved spatial interpolation approach. - Author(s): Billy Troy, Jean Marie Fritsch

    •  11:30 - 13:00

    OS1h Multi-stakeholders and institutions for IWRM ( Room: Einstein )
    Date: 2008-09-03   Time: 11:30-13:00
  • Modelling regional water demand for agriculture with stakeholders : an example in the Drôme basin. - Author(s): Ph. Le Grusse, J.c. Poussin, P. Ruelle, M. Le Bars, L. Brunel, J.m Gonzalès-camacho, J.c. Mailhol, J. Granier
  • Boire ou manger? Boire et manger. Vers une gestion intégrée du Kapilaler de Klaten - Author(s): Robin Bourgeois, Jean Marie Lopez, Hendri Sosiawan, Budi Kartiwa
  • BASES OF A STRATEGIC PLAN OF SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF SOUTH REGION OF CORDOBA, ARGENTINA - Author(s): Juan Carlos Bertoni, Gustavo Vanoli, Edgar Castello, Facundo Ganancias, José Manuel Cisneros, Eduardo Zamora, Eduardo Zapico, Gabriel Caamaño Nelli, Edgardo Masciarelli
  • INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF THE WATER RESOURCES OF THE VOLTA LAKE IN GHANA – THE VRA EXPERIENCE - Author(s): Emmanuel M. K. Amekor
  • The Niger River and Water Resource Management - Author(s): Gilles Rocquelain, Bruno Voron, Guillaume Fabre
  • IMPLEMENTING IWRM IN EGYPT: FROM CONCEPT TO REALITY - Author(s): Eric Viala

    • OS4d Remote sensing, DSS and GIS applications ( Room: Joffre A-B )
    Date: 2008-09-03   Time: 11:30-13:00
  • An integrated modelling and remote sensing approach for hydrological study in arid and semi-arid regions - Author(s): A. Chehbouni, G. Boulet, B. Duchemin, V. Simmoneaux, R. Escadafal, B. Mougenot, L. Hanich, L. Jarlan, S. Khabba, M. Le Page, S. Erraki, J. Ezzahar, R. Hadria, O. Merlin, A. Abourida, A. Cheggour, I. Benhad
  • GIS for Sustainable Water Development in Central Asia - Author(s): Victor Dukhovny, Vadim Ilych Sokolov, Yelena Roshenko
  • Monitoring of surface water quality in large rivers with satellite imagery - Author(s): Jean Michel Martinez, Jean-loup Guyot, Gérard Cochonneau
  • Remote Sensing and Hydrochemistry of Lakes-Groundwater Interaction - Author(s): Sarah Tweed, Marc Leblanc, Ian Cartwright
  • Effect of catchment land use change on the water resources and water quality - Author(s): Olga Barron, Michael Donn, Antony Barr, Daniel Pollock, Warrick Dawes

    • OS5g Human rights and local participation ( Room: Joffre C-D )
    Date: 2008-09-03   Time: 11:30-13:00
  • Rainwater Tanks in Schools – Learning Water Conservation from the Corrugated Iron Sheets - Author(s): Amit Chanan, Gina Spyrakis, Isabelle Ghetti, Elisa Idris
  • Community perceptions of water quality and current institutional arrangements in the Great Barrier Reef region of Australia - Author(s): Silva Larson, Samantha Stone-jovicich
  • Getting Access Right - Author(s): Irit Eguavoen, Daniel Spalthoff
  • Local water governance in South Africa: to which extent participatory approaches facilitate multi-stakeholder negotiations? The Kat River Valley experience - Author(s): S. Farolfi, H. Gumede, K. Rowntree, N Jones, J. Burt
  • Drawing Water for Thirsty Lands: Stories of the Closing Krishna River Basin in South India - Author(s): Jean Philippe Venot
  • A Human Right to Water for Food Production? - Author(s): Inga T. Winkler

    •  14:00 - 00:00

    OS4e Infrastructure ( Room: Joffre A-B )
    Date: 2008-09-03   Time: 14:00-00:00
  • ABOUT EFFICIENCY OF WATER USE IN AGRARIAN SECTOR (CASE STUDY OF TASHKENT PROVINCE, UZBEKISTAN) - Author(s): Munojat Ishankulova, Yusup Rysbekov
  • Efficiency of artificial groundwater recharge by percolation tanks in a semi -arid hard rock aquifer context, South India. - Author(s): Sylvain Massuel, Jérome Perrin, Mohamed Wajid, Cédric Mascre, Subash Chandra, Benoit Dewandel
  • Assessment of sustainable agriculture in the irrigated perimeter of Tadla, Morocco using the CRIWAR strategy module - Author(s): Rob A.l. Kselik, Marinus G. Bos, Ali Hammani, Aziz Bellouti
  • Informal water suppliers meeting water needs in the peri-urban territories of Mumbai, an Indian perspective - Author(s): Anastasia Angueletou-marteau
  • Reliability of water supply systems in Central Europe using Poland as an example - Author(s): Wojciech D?browski, Jaros?aw Bajer
  • Development in the sewage infrastructure of Mexico-City under different climate change scenarios - Author(s): José Agustin Breña, Maria Francisca Naranjo Pérez De León

    •  14:00 - 15:30

    OS1q Hydrological diagnosis and forecasting: complex aquifers ( Room: Joffre 1 )
    Date: 2008-09-03   Time: 14:00-15:30
  • Transfer functions in a karst watershed using correlation and spectral analyses - Author(s): Vincent Bailly-comte, Hervé Jourde, Séverin Pistre
  • Active water management resources of karstic water catchment: the example of Le Lez spring (Montpellier, South France) - Author(s): Nathalie Dörfliger, Hervé Jourde, Bernard Ladouche, Perrine Fleury, Patrick Lachassagne, Séverin Pistre, Arnaud Vestier
  • Hydraulic characterisation of a karst aquifer using large-scale pumping tests in the conduit system - Author(s): Thomas Reimann, Tobias Geyer, Nathalie Dörfliger, Steffen Birk, Hervé Jourde, Bernard Ladouche, Rudolf Liedl, Martin Sauter
  • RECENT PROGRESS OF THE HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF HARD ROCK AQUIFERS - Author(s): P. Lachassagne, Sh. Ahmed, B. Dewandel, N. Courtois, F. Lacquement, J.p. Maréchal, J. Perrin, R. Wyns
  • Gestion intégrée de l’aquifère d’une île haute carbonatée : Lifou (Archipel des Loyauté, Pacifique sud-ouest) - Author(s): Michel Allenbach, Didier Lille, François Orange, Dorota Jaromin
  • Freshwater lens level and temperature in the corallian karstified island of Lifou (New Caledonia, Soutwest Pacific) - Author(s): Pierre Genthon, Wirrman, Hoibian, Mangeas

    • OS3c Climate change: detecting trends, projecting future ( Room: Pasteur )
    Date: 2008-09-03   Time: 14:00-15:30
  • Impact de la variabilité climatique sur les ressources hydriques du bassin de l'Amazone - Author(s): Jhan Carlo Espinoza Villar, Jean Loup Guyot, Josyane Ronchail, Gérard Cochonneau, Naziano Filizola, Pascal Fraizy, David Labat, Luís Noriega, Eurides De Oliveira, Juan Julio Ordoñez, Philippe Vauchel
  • Climate Uncertainty,water availability and social behavior in Mexican Agriculture
  • Comparative Study Climatic Changes with Contemporary Basin River Changes in Iran - Author(s): Manijeh Ghohroudi Tali, Mahnaz Khademi
  • Impacts of climate change on the water resources of coastal Mediterranean rivers in southern France - Author(s): Franck Lespinas, Wolfgang Ludwig, Serge Heussner
  • Utilizing North American Regional Reanalysis for Climate Change Impact Assessment on Water Resources in Central Canada - Author(s): Sung Joon Kim, Woonsup Choi, Mark Lee, Peter F. Rasmussen
  • Sensitivity of hydrological systems to GCM-based climate scenarios in northern Manitoba (Canada) boreal forest region - Author(s): Woonsup Choi, Adam Moore, Kristina Koenig, Peter Rasmussen

    •  16:00 - 00:00

    OS1f Africa ( Room: Pasteur )
    Date: 2008-09-03   Time: 16:00-00:00
  • Confronting models and observation as a necessary step in evaluating global change and water resources - Author(s): F. Delclaux, M. Le Coz, M. Coe, G. Favreau, B. Ngounou Ngatcha
  • An initiative for improving modeling, observing systems, data access, and training related to precipitation in Africa - Author(s): Scott Swerdlin, Thomas Warner, Rajul Pandya, Fredrick Semazzi, Benjamin Lamptey, Scott Swerdlin
  • Ecosystem services and the variability of Lake Chad during a drought period. - Author(s): Jacques Lemoalle, Jean-claude Bader, Marc Leblanc
  • Hydrologie des bassins versants du Haut Atlas marocain. - Author(s): Lahoucine Hanich, Vincent Simoneaux, Gilles Boulet, Abdelghani Chehbouni

    •  16:00 - 17:30

    OS4i Water and energy ( Room: Joffre A-B )
    Date: 2008-09-03   Time: 16:00-17:30
  • The Water Footprint of Energy Carriers - Author(s): Winnie Gerbens-leenes, Arjen Y. Hoekstra, Theo H. Van Der Meer
  • Problematic Hydric-Environmental of the construction of the Hydroelectric Dam “El Cimarrón”, El Salvador C.A - Author(s): Julio César Quiñónez Basagoitia
  • HYDRODYNAMIC MODELLING IN LARGE RESERVOIRS FOR WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT - Author(s): Alfredo Ribeiro Neto, Carlos Eduardo De Oliveira Dantas, José Almir Cirilo
  • Evaluation of Small, Mini and Micro Hydro Power Potential in River Basins of Mexico - Author(s): Sergio Armando Trelles-jasso
  • Current Problems of Water Energy Resources of Tajikistan and Central Asia - Author(s): Inom Normatov, Georgy Petrov, Ayubdzhon Normatov

    • OS5c Major international rivers ( Room: Joffre C-D )
    Date: 2008-09-03   Time: 16:00-17:30
  • Improve Water Governance of River Basins in China - Author(s): Jiebin Zhang
  • INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF THE BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN: CONSTRAINTS AND HOPE FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT - Author(s): Muhammad Mizanur Rahaman, Olli Varis
  • Transboundary Water Cooperation and the Regional Public Good: The Case of the Mekong River - Author(s): Oliver Hensengerth
  • Transboundary river basins in Southern Mexico: water issues and constraints in international relations - Author(s): Edith Kauffer
  • Modelisation semi-spatialisee des ressources en eau du fleuve Niger à Koulikoro. - Author(s): Alain Dezetter, Jean-emmanuel Paturel, Denis Ruelland, Sandra Ardoin-bardin, Luc Ferry, Gil Mahe, Claudine Dieulin, Eric Servat

    • Thursday 4th September, 2008

     08:30 - 10:00

    OS1m Water quality 1 ( Room: Joffre 1 )
    Date: 2008-09-04   Time: 08:30-10:00
  • QUALITE DE L’EAU DE L’OASIS DU RIO MENDOZA (ARGENTINE) - Author(s): Emilie Lavie, José A. Moràbito, Santa E. Salatino
  • Nanofiltration as a sustainable Water Defluoridation operation dedicated to large scale pilot plants in the world - Author(s): Maxime Pontie, Hanane Dach, Jérôme Leparc
  • SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT FROM BÂRLAD WATERSHED - Author(s): Gheorghe Purnavel
  • THE INFLUENCE OF SAMPLING FREQUENCY AT THE QUANTIFICATION OF POLLUTANT LOADS IN THE DESCOBERTO RIVER – DISTRITO FEDERAL, BRAZIL
  • Use of Atrazine and groundwater availability in Brazil - Author(s): Asdrúbal De Albuquerque Arraes, Francisco Mauricio De Sa Barreto, José Carlos De Araújo
  • Organic Trace Substances Relevant for Drinking Water - Author(s): Gabriele Wessel, Gesche Grützmacher, Ingrid Chorus
  • Hydrogeochemistry and balance between minerals and solutions in the mercurial zone of Azzaba, N-E Algeria - Author(s): Moussa Benhamza, Nacer Kherici, Francoise Picard-bonnaud

    • OS4g Risk management 1 ( Room: Joffre A-B )
    Date: 2008-09-04   Time: 08:30-10:00
  • Retention potential in river headstream areas - Author(s): Jan Kocum, Bohumír Janský
  • Flood management at the basin level in France: equity and acceptability of rural-urban risk–sharing policies - Author(s): Katrin Erdlenbruch, Frédéric Grelot, Geoffroy Enjolras, Robert Kast, Sophie Thoyer
  • Predict's experience of assistance of local communities for flood management. - Author(s): Alix Roumagnac
  • Flash flood risk management in real time for assistance to coordinators - Author(s): Emma Haziza, Michel Desbordes
  • Optimization the Operation of Bakhtegan Lake Basin’s Dams in Flood Control Aspect - Author(s): Ali Torabi Haghigh, Pouyan Keshtkaran, Ali Reza Dianatpour
  • Dam break simulation by means of a high resolution algorithm applied to La Parota, Guerrero, México - Author(s): Maritza Arganis, Ernest Bladé, Josep Dolz, Martí Sánchez, Óscar A. Fuentes, Víctor Franco, Faustino De Luna

    • OS5k Local water governance ( Room: Joffre C-D )
    Date: 2008-09-04   Time: 08:30-10:00
  • Local Institutions and Adaptation to Climate-Induced Water Problems - Author(s): Harry Diaz
  • Community organizations in water resource governance: Rural-Urban interface of irrigation management in Thailand - Author(s): Ram Chandra Bastakoti, Ganesh P. Shivakoti
  • Role of stakeholders in Red River basin for IWRM water security and poverty reduction - Author(s): Pham Thi Bich Ngoc, Anders Hjort-af-ornas
  • SURFACE IRRIGATION AND LIVELIHOODS - Author(s): Nitin Bassi
  • Defining rules for model use in participatory water management - Author(s): Pieter Bots, Rianne Bijlsma, Yorck Von Korff, Nicolien Van Der Fluit, Henk Wolters
  • Canadian Legal Framework of Water and Governance in the Prairie Provinces - Author(s): Margot Hurlbert

    • OS6a Economic instruments ( Room: Einstein )
    Date: 2008-09-04   Time: 08:30-10:00
  • Economic value of provisioning services and livelihood dependence on the Ga-Mampa wetland, South Africa - Author(s): Olalekan Adekola, Sylvie Morardet, Frederic Grelot, Rudolf De Groot
  • GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT AND WETLANDS PRESERVATION: - Author(s): Irene Blanco, Consuelo Varela-ortega, Guillermo Flichman
  • Enhanced cost-effective agri-environmental measures for groundwater protection - Author(s): Thomas Schmidt, Tania Runge, Ralf Kunkel, Bernhard Osterburg
  • Situacional analysis of the environmental-financial and social factors in the river basin Lerma Chapala, for the recovery of the levels of the Lake of Chapala. - Author(s): Rabindranarth Romero, Alfonso Olaiz, Alfredo Zavaleta, Miguel Angel Baltazar, René Álvarez
  • Can water pricing policies regulate irrigation use? - Author(s): François Molle
  • Les déterminants de l’adoption des techniques d’économie d’eau d’ irrigation en Tunisie - Author(s): Ayoub Fouzai, Mohamed Salah Bachta

    •  11:30 - 13:00

    OS1n Water quality 2 ( Room: Joffre 1 )
    Date: 2008-09-04   Time: 11:30-13:00
  • An integrated approach for the management of pharmaceutical products in environmental waters - Author(s): Clémence Coetsier, Liming Lin, Benoît Roig, Evelyne Touraud
  • Managing Nutrients in the Environment for Improved Soil and Water Quality - Author(s): Toor Gurpal
  • Evaluation of strategies to reduce nitrate pollution of groundwater - Author(s): Ralf Kunkel, Michael Eisele, Frank Wendland
  • Impact of the hydrologic behavior on the pollutant dynamics in an intermittent Mediterranean river (Vène, France). - Author(s): Marie-george Tournoud, Jean-louis Perrin, Christian Salles, Audrey Caro, Bernadette Picot, Claire Rodier, Christine Grillot, Chu Yin
  • Monitoring to Support Water Quality Management in North-Central Chile - Author(s): Lars Ribbe, Mesenia Atenas, Francisco Meza, Nicole Kretschmer, Ricardo Oyarzún, Eduardo Salgado
  • A Real Time Water Quality Monitoring Network and Water Quality Indices for River Nile - Author(s): Amir Ali Khan, Haseen Khan, Shaden Abdel-gawad

    • OS4h Risk management 3 ( Room: Joffre A-B )
    Date: 2008-09-04   Time: 11:30-13:00
  • European strategies for sustainable flood plain management to reduce flood risk - Author(s): Mariele Evers, Hallvard Berg
  • Floods forecasting and warning operations enhancement by Grid technology adoption in Civil Protection organization - Author(s): Vincent Thierion, Pierre-alain Ayral, Sophie Sauvagnargues-lesage, François Bressand, Philippe Nardin, Roberto Sorani
  • Seasonal Sea Level Outlook With Exceedance Probability - Author(s): Md. Rashed Chowdhury, Thomas A. Schroeder, Sarah Jones, P-s Chu
  • An integrated approach for debris-flow risk mitigation in the north coastal range of Venezuela - Author(s): Jose L. Lopez, François Courtel

    •  14:00 - 15:30

    OS1s Hydrological diagnosis and forecasting: Advanced computational approaches ( Room: Joffre 1 )
    Date: 2008-09-04   Time: 14:00-15:30
  • Hydrologic forecasting of fast flood events in small catchments with a 2D -SWE model. Numerical model and experimental validation. - Author(s): Luis Cea, Jerónimo Puertas, Luis Pena, Marta Garrido
  • Spatially Distributed Water Fluxes in an Andisol Under Banana Plants: Experiments and 3D Modeling - Author(s): Julie Sansoulet, Yves-marie Cabidoche, Philippe Cattan, Stéphane Ruy, Jirka Simunek
  • MHYDAS - Spatially Distributed Hydrological Modelling of AgroSystems : Model development and application cases for water and pollutant transfer in various agro-hydro-meteorological conditions - Author(s): R. Moussa, M. Voltz, P. Lagacherie, P. Andrieux, F. Colin, C. Dagés, J.c. Fabre, X. Louchart, D. Raclot, N. Chahinian, B. Tiemeyer, J.b. Charlier
  • Universal BHP distribution and nonlinear prediction in complex systems using the Ruelle-Takens embedding - Author(s): Rui Gonçalves, A. A. Pinto
  • An investigating the effects of generalized skew coefficient(third moment ) on instantaneous annual maximum discharges. (case study : Dez basin in south western of Iran) - Author(s): Nasser Tahmasebi, Mohammad Mahdavi, Frood Sharifi, Hamid Pezeshk, Sayed Mahmood Reza Tabatabaei

    • OS2b Environment and its variability ( Room: Joffre A-B )
    Date: 2008-09-04   Time: 14:00-15:30
  • Changing Perceptions: water quality and demand in the United Arab Emirates - Author(s): Isaac Wait
  • Integrating water balance and cost-effectiveness analysis for water management: An application in Jordan and Lebanon - Author(s): Stéphanie Aulong, Madjid Bouzit, Nathalie Dorfliger, Fadi Comair, Emad Al-karablieh, Amer Salman
  • SENSIBILITE AUX VARIATIONS CLIMATIQUES D’UN BASSIN A FORTS ENJEUX – LE CAS DE LA GARONNE - Author(s): Anne Dupeyrat, Cécile Agosta, Eric Sauquet, Frédéric Hendrickx
  • IMPACTS DES AMENAGEMENTS HYDRO-AGRICOLES SUR LES RESSOURCES EN EAU DU DELTA DU FLEUVE SENEGAL - Author(s): Fatou Ngom Diop, Honoré Dacosta, Matar Diaw, Raymond Malou, Léonard Elie Akpo

    • OS4b Risk management 2 ( Room: Einstein )
    Date: 2008-09-04   Time: 14:00-15:30
  • Approche géochimique de la vulnérabilité des eaux souterraines de la nappe phréatique de la plaine de Kairouan (Tunisie) - Author(s): S. Ben Ammar, G. Favreau, K. Zouari, C. Leduc, R. Beji, J. M’barek
  • Projet Aware - Réduire la pollution de l’eau par les produits phytosanitaires en améliorant les pratiques d’application par l’utilisation des techniques d’information et de communication embarquées - Author(s): Michael Douchin, Bernadette Ruelle, Vincent De Rudnicki, Franck Lecoq, Irina Valarié
  • Evaluation du risque lié aux variations spatiotemporelles de la pluviométrie au Sahel - Author(s): Joan Bastide, Erwann Fillol, Thierry Métais
  • Fiabilité et Exploitation d’un Barrage déversoir Soumis au phénomène de l’envasement - Author(s): Mouloudi Yahia
  • Caractérisation de la sècheresse au sud Tunisien - Author(s): Manel Ellouze, Habib Abida
  • PROJET PILOTE POUR L’ALERTE DE CRUE SUR UN BASSIN VERSANT GERE PAR UNE COLLECTIVITE - Author(s): Nelly Peyron, Eric Fazi, François Bressand

    • OS5b Governing water towards sustainability ( Room: Joffre C-D )
    Date: 2008-09-04   Time: 14:00-15:30
  • L’eau virtuelle, quel éclairage pour la gestion et la répartition de l’eau en situation de pénurie ? - Author(s): Sara Fernandez, Gaëlle Thivet
  • ON THE NECESSITY OF RECONSIDERATION OF THE WATER BALANCE EQUATION COMPONENTS. - Author(s): Iofin K. Zinoviy
  • Standards Applied to Water Use: An Attempt to Build up Normative Indicators - Author(s): Arnaud Büchs
  • RATIONAL USE OF WATER AND SOIL MANAGEMENT UNDER A CENTER PIVOT SYSTEM - Author(s): Joao Carlos Cury Saad, Marcelo Augusto De Aguiar E Silva, Leonardo Pretto De Azevedo
  • Limits to the groundwater governance in California U.S. and Guanajuato Mexico - Author(s): Gabriela Angeles-serrano, Boris Marañon
  • An historical perspective of governance to enlighten concerted water management in France - Author(s): Sophie Richard, Thierry Rieu

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