U.S.-Mexico: Sustainable Development for the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin; June 27-29, 1994, The Woodlands, Texas

9319833 Schmandt这一美国-墨西哥奖项将支持由休斯顿高级研究中心全球研究中心主任Jurgen Schmandt博士和新莱昂自治大学的萨尔瓦多·孔特雷拉斯教授组织的关于格兰德/布拉沃盆地可持续发展的研讨会。讲习班将有助于实施格兰德/布拉沃盆地可持续发展倡议。SDI项目涉及美国和墨西哥盆地的五家机构，旨在通过建立负责水资源管理和经济发展的区域小组网络，鼓励改善对该地区水资源的管理和发展选择。讲习班的目标是制定一项详细的行动计划，以落实与会者先前工作得出的结论和建议。计划中的文件应作为今后建立流域协调研究和政策发展方案的基础。该地区的一个关键问题是干旱和其他与水有关的紧张事件的频率。随着地下水日益枯竭，采矿活动造成的污染，水权从灌溉向市政转移，以及加快工业发展，水问题可能会变得更加严重。对这些挑战采取全流域、以社区为基础的办法，对于制定可持续的增长和变革对策至关重要。SDI项目旨在为这一方法提供一个长期议程。***

9319833 Schmandt This U.S.-Mexico award will support a workshop on sustainable development for the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo basin, organized by Dr. Jurgen Schmandt, director of the Center for Global Studies, Houston Advanced Research Center and Professor Salvador Contreras, of the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon. The workshop will help to implement a sustainable development initiative for the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin (SDI). The SDI project involves five U.S. and Mexican basin institutions seeking to encourage improved management of the region's water resources and development options by establishing a network of regional groups responsible for water management and economic development. The objective of the workshop is to develop a detailed plan of action for implementing the findings and recommendations resulting from previous work of the participants. The planned document should serve as the foundation for the future establishment of a coordinated research and policy development program for the basin. A key problem in the region is the frequency of drought and other stressful water-related events. With the worsening depletion of ground water, pollution from mining activity, transfers of water rights from irrigation to municipalities and accelerating industrial development, water problems are likely to become more severe. A basin wide community-based approach to these challenges is vital for the creation of sustainable responses to growth and change. The SDI project aims to provide a long- lasting agenda for this approach. ***