Floods in Bangladesh, Alternative Solution Strategies, Seminar at the University of Illinois, Urbana, December 1992

描述：该项目支持一个名为“孟加拉国洪灾，美国孟加拉环境与洪水委员会(BEFCA)将在伊利诺伊大学香槟分校(UIUC)与孟加拉国工程技术大学防洪排水研究所(IFCDR)。UIUC水资源中心和国际方案和研究股都在合作组织和举办这次会议。这次会议将讨论目前提出的应对孟加拉国洪灾和随之而来的破坏的想法，并特别考虑到对生命保护、环境问题和所需资源的可用性的影响。会议将包括：现有计划；预可行性研究；工程和水文问题；农业和经济；以及环境和社会。总结和建议将在另一届会议上讨论。除了美国和受邀的孟加拉国科学家外，此次会议还将有来自法国和日本以及其他欧洲国家的专家参加。结果将以会议记录的形式出版，供各国际机构和孟加拉国政府审议和执行。范围：孟加拉国的洪水问题以其频发和广泛的破坏性而闻名。鲜为人知的是，它们通常为粮食生产带来的主要好处。学会最小化一个，最大化另一个，是国家和国际努力的一部分。为这些努力奠定坚实的科学基础是本次会议的计划。这一结果可能会对有类似问题的国家产生更普遍的好处。

Description: This project supports a seminar on "Floods in Bangladesh, Alternative Solution Strategies" to be conducted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) by the Bangladesh Environment and Flood Committee in America (BEFCA) in conjunction with the Institute for Flood Control and Drainage Research (IFCDR) of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). The Water Resources Center and the International Programs and Studies Unit of UIUC are both collaborating in the organization and conduct of the conference. The conference is to address the currently proposed ideas to deal with the floods and resulting destruction in Bangladesh with special consideration to the impact on life protection, environmental issues, and availability of needed resources. Sessions will include: existent plans; pre- feasibility studies; engineering and hydrological issues; agriculture and economy; and environment and society. Summary and recommendations will be discussed in a separate session. The meeting is to include in addition to the U.S. and invited Bangladeshi scientists, experts from France and Japan, and from other European countries. The results will be published in a Proceedings Volume to be made available to international agencies and to the Government of bangladesh for consideration and implementation. Scope: The flood problems in Bangladesh are well known for their frequency and wide destruction. Less known is the main benefits to food production that they normally provide. Learning to minimize one and maximize the other is part of national and international efforts. A sound scientific basis for these efforts is what is planned for this meeting. The results could be of more generic benefit for countries with similar problems.