Research Workshop in the Poyang Lake Region, China on Environmental Science, Engineering and Sustainable Development

0943658史密斯这笔赠款是为美国的部分支持-在中国鄱阳湖地区举办的环境科学、工程和可持续发展研究讲习班。“这笔资金将主要用于支持受邀参加研讨会的美国科学家的旅行和住宿，研讨会将于2009年11月1日至7日在中国南昌公共大学举行。 在中国，许多地区（如江西省省会南昌市）的快速城市化发展给中国最大的淡水湖和世界上重要的生态系统鄱阳湖等水和生态系统带来了沉重的压力。 目前，鄱阳湖与中国其他一些主要湖泊（如太湖）相比仍然相对清洁，但它正受到侵蚀，污染（如重金属）和富营养化的威胁。 随着中国经济的快速增长，工业和其他城市发展的压力非常大。 在研讨会上得到支持的美国与会者将与中国同事会面，就鄱阳湖地区的潜力和可能的发展交流专业知识和经验。 讲习班的主题包括：水与流域污染控制--策略与技术、生态系统保护与恢复、水源保护、富营养化控制--经验与新策略、水污染控制--经济方面。 这是一个明确的目标，国际合作研究项目，从这个研讨会的发展。 这项赠款是由OISE和ENG共同支持的。

0943658SmithThis grant is for partial support of a U.S.-China "Research Workshop in the Poyang Lake Region, China on Environmental Science, Engineering and Sustainable Development." The funds will be used primarily to support the travel and lodging of invited U.S. scientists to participate in the workshop, to be held in China, tentatively Nov. 1-7, 2009 at Nanchang Common University. In China, rapid urban growth in many areas (such as Nanchang, the capital city of Jiangxi Province) has put heavy strain on the water and ecological systems such as Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China and an important ecosystem in the world. At the present time, Poyang Lake is still relatively clean compared to some other major lakes in China, such as Lake Tai, but it is being threatened by erosion, pollution (such as heavy metals), and eutrophication. With China's rapid economic growth, the pressure for industrial and other urban development is very intense. The supported U.S. participants in the workshop will meet with Chinese colleagues to exchange expertise and experience with regard to potential and probable development of the Poyang Lake region. Workshop topics include: water and watershed pollution control-strategy and techniques, ecosystem protection and restoration, source water protection, eutrophication control-experiences and new strategies, and water pollution control-economic aspects. It is an explicit goal for international collaborative research projects to evolve from this workshop. This grant is supported jointly by OISE and ENG.