3rd International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management

In 2006, the third symposium of the series will be hosted by the Ruhr-University in Bochum, Germany. It will address the very important subject of how to cope with water-related vulnerability of societies. This vulnerability relates to many aspects of water resources: environmental risks, floods, droughts, pollution, water logging and options to create resilience against these risks. The subject is highly relevant and it involves considerable scientific challenges to develop practical tools for quantifying and dealing with vulnerability. Considering the challenges of a fast changing world, joint activities to reduce vulnerability against water related risks are a very important point on the international agenda.

This symposium in Bochum will make a special contribution by providing a platform for the international exchange of research results that relate to IWRM. You are cordially invited to bring your scientific expertise to this symposium and to make this symposium with your personal contribution an outstanding scientific event, which will appropriately address the emerging needs in Integrated Water Resources Management over the next decades.