US-Bangladesh Workshop: Water and Environment in the Ganges-Brahmaputtra-Meghna Delta; Dhaka, Bangladesh

0138588 IslamDescription：本项目支持将于2002年1月28-31日在孟加拉国达卡举行的美国-孟加拉国恒河-布拉马普特拉河-梅克纳河三角洲水与环境研讨会。 组织者是俄亥俄州辛辛那提的辛辛那提大学土木与环境工程系的Shafiqul Islam博士、马萨诸塞州剑桥理工学院土木与环境工程系的Charles Harvey博士和马萨诸塞州的C.S. Karim，孟加拉国原子能委员会物理科学委员。 研讨会将探讨恒河-布拉马普特拉-梅克纳三角洲水资源和环境的长期可持续性问题。 讲习班将侧重于五个领域：1）GBM三角洲的地质学和水文地质学，2）生物学和生态学，3）水资源，灌溉环境方面，4）热带三角洲的砷污染，5）人口动态和农业的社会经济方面。 研讨会的目标是探讨共同感兴趣的领域，为国际合作研究的GBM三角洲，确定和优先考虑每个专题领域内的关键研究问题，并通过研讨会的程序和基于网络的publications.Scope的信息传播：这个项目使美国和孟加拉国的科学家参加研讨会，讨论一个重要的领域，以两国和确定潜在的合作研究。 Islam博士和Harvey博士目前正在孟加拉国进行井水砷污染的研究。 其他美国参与者包括在南亚河流网络方面具有长期经验的备受尊敬的科学家。 孟加拉国代表团是由Karim博士在科学和技术部的监督下挑选的。 该项目符合INT支持互利联合研讨会的目标。该项目由国际科学和工程办公室、地球科学司、行为和认知科学司以及生物工程和环境系统司联合支助。

0138588 IslamDescription: This project supports a US-Bangladesh Workshop on Water and Environment in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 28-31, 2002. The organizers are Dr. Shafiqul Islam, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, Dr. Charles Harvey, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Dr. C.S. Karim, Member, Physical Science, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission. The workshop is to explore the issues of long-term sustainability of water resources and environments in the Ganges- Brahmaputtra- Meghna (GBM) Delta. The workshop will focus on five areas: 1) Geology and Hydrogeology of the GBM Delta, 2) Biology and Ecology, 3) Water Resources, Irrigation & Environmental Aspects, 4) Arsenic Contamination in a Tropical Delta, 5) Socioeconomic Aspects of Population Dynamics and Agriculture. The workshop goals are to explore areas of mutual interest for international collaborative research on the GBM delta, identify and prioritize key research questions within each thematic area, and disseminate information through the workshop proceedings and web based publications.Scope: This project enables US and Bangladesh scientists to participate in a workshop to discuss an area of importance to both countries and to identify potential collaborative research. Dr. Islam and Dr. Harvey are currently conducting research on arsenic contamination of well water in Bangladesh. The other US participants include well-respected scientists with long experience in the river network in south Asia. The Bangladesh delegation is being selected by Dr. Karim with the supervision of the Ministry of Science and Technology. The project meets INT objectives in supporting mutually beneficial joint workshops. This project is jointly supported by the Office of International Science and Engineering, the Division of Earth Sciences, the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, and the Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Systems.