International Workshop: U.S.-Latin American Caribbean Environmental Problems and Sustainable Solutions, Cartagena, Colombia, May 2004

国际研讨会：美国-拉丁美洲加勒比环境问题和可持续解决方案，哥伦比亚卡塔赫纳，2004 年 5 月

• 批准号: 0412046
• 负责人: Pedro Alvarez
• 金额: $ 2.85万
• 依托单位: William Marsh Rice University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-04-15 至 2005-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0412046&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: International; Workshop; U.S.; Latin; American

In this project funded by the Americas Program of the Office of International Science and Engineering and the Environmental Engineering Program in the Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Systems, Dr. Pedro J. Alvarez of Rice University will organize a workshop on the theme of "Emerging Solutions to Environmental Problems in the Caribbean" held the week of May 17, 2004 in Cartagena, Colombia. Foreign organizers of the workshop include Henry Mauri of Corporacion Universitaria de la Costa, Barranquilla, Colombia. The workshop aims to facillitate interaction of U.S. researchers with environmental engineers in Latin American countries and focuses on topics of considerable importance to solving environmental problems in the Caribbean. Among these topics are water quality issues and ecological engineering, eutrophication control and nutrient removal, alternative drinking water and wastewater treatment approaches, and hazardous waste management and site cleanup. This meeting will take place after CONCARIBE-2004, which is an international conference that joins technologies, methods and ideas to solve environmental problems in South American countries.The U.S. and neighboring Latin American countries in the Caribbean face a large and growing number of environmental problems that threaten public health and biodiversity. This workshop will help build bridges for collaborations with Latin American scientists and engineers working on sustainable solutions to environmental problems in the Caribbean. Although some approaches appropriate for the Caribbean may not be implementable in the U.S. due to constraints associated with a higher degree of development, many solutions will point the way to solving similar environmental problems in the U.S. itself. The interactions among participants of this workshop are also likely to result in improved technology transfer and in opportunities for research and international experience for U.S. students and young researchers who will also attend.

莱斯大学的Pedro J. Alvarez博士将于2004年5月17日在哥伦比亚卡塔赫纳组织一个以“加勒比地区环境问题的新兴解决方案”为主题的研讨会，该项目由国际科学与工程办公室美洲项目和生物工程与环境系统学部环境工程项目资助。讲习班的外国组织者包括哥伦比亚巴兰基亚市科斯塔大学的亨利·毛里。该研讨会旨在促进美国研究人员与拉丁美洲国家环境工程师的互动，并侧重于对解决加勒比地区环境问题相当重要的主题。这些主题包括水质问题和生态工程、富营养化控制和营养物去除、替代饮用水和废水处理方法、危险废物管理和场地清理。此次会议将在汇集解决南美国家环境问题的技术、方法、理念的国际会议“concarbe -2004”之后举行。美国和邻近的加勒比拉丁美洲国家面临着威胁公众健康和生物多样性的大量且日益增多的环境问题。这个讲习班将帮助建立与拉丁美洲科学家和工程师合作的桥梁，这些科学家和工程师致力于加勒比地区环境问题的可持续解决方案。尽管由于发展程度较高的限制，一些适合加勒比海地区的方法可能无法在美国实施，但许多解决方案将为解决美国自身类似的环境问题指明道路。本次研讨会参与者之间的互动也可能导致技术转让的改善，并为参加研讨会的美国学生和年轻研究人员提供研究和国际经验的机会。