Cities of the Future - Wingspread Workshop: Racine, Wisconsin; Spring/Summer 2006

2006年春末夏初，将在威斯康辛州拉辛市的Wingspread国际会议中心组织和举行一个跨学科的研讨会，以发展有关城市及其相关水资源如何在生态上可持续发展并能够为各种有益用途提供清洁水的概念。讲习班还将讨论影响城市水资源可持续性的社会和法律障碍，并制定克服这些障碍的实际办法。本次讲习班的主题与“清洁-水文观测站网络”有关，这些倡议的代表将参加讲习班。一个跨学科的专家小组将组织这个研讨会，它将由约翰逊基金会和CDM公司共同资助。讲习班将使环境和水资源工程学术界的青年和资深成员进行有意义和重点突出的对话，并将编写一份经过编辑的会议记录，以书的形式出版。

0544161 Novotny An interdisciplinary workshop will be organized and held at Wingspread International Conference Center in Racine, Wisconsin in late spring-early summer of 2006 to develop concepts on how cities and their associated water resources can become ecologically sustainable and able to provide clean water for various beneficial uses. The workshop also will address social and legal barriers to the sustainability of urban water resources and develop practical approaches to overcome those barriers. The topic of this workshop is relevant to the CLEANER-Hydrologic Observatory Network, and representatives from these initiatives will participate in the workshop. An interdisciplinary team of experts will organize the workshop, which will be co-funded by the Johnson Foundation and CDM, Inc. The workshop will engage both young and senior members of the academic communities in environmental and water resources engineering in a meaningful and focused dialogue and will produce an edited proceedings for publication as a book.