4th International Conference on Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards
When |
01 Jul, 2015 12:30 PM
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03 Jul, 2015 12:30 PM |
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Where | Opatija, Croatia |
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The success of the three previous International Conferences on Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards (Ravage of the Planet) held in Bariloche, Argentina (2006); Cape Town, South Africa (2009); and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2011), has led the organisers to reconvene the Meeting in 2015.
The Conference has always been well attended by a substantial number of scientists from all over the world, which underlines the concern of the international community regarding the state of the planet. The basic premise of the Meeting is the need to determine solutions before a point of no return is reached.
Our society has fallen into a self-destructive process by which natural resources are consumed at an ever increasing rate. This process is now spread across the planet in search of further sources of energy and materials. The aggressiveness of the quest is such that the future of our planet is in the balance; the emphasis has been in dominating nature rather than trying to achieve harmonious relationships with her. The process is compounded by the pernicious effects of the resulting contamination of air, water and soil.
Conference Topics
The Re-Encounter
- Science and humanities
- Arts and sciences
Political, Economic and Social Sciences
- Social and sociological issues
- Environmental legislation and policies
- Environmental economics
- Regional planning and economics
Planning and Development
- City planning
- Urban design
- Landscaping
- Sustainable transport
- Resource management
- Waste management
- Tourism and the environment
Health Risks
- Water, air and soil pollution
- Radiation effects
- Food contamination
- Housing and health
- Social and economic issues
Energy
- Renewable energy
- Nuclear energy
- Hydrocarbons
- Economic and political issues
- Energy conservation
Water Resources
- Water management and planning
- River basin management
- Sustainable water use
- Irrigation and drainage
- Waste water
- Pollution monitoring and control
Air
- Air quality management
- Global and regional studies
- Climatology
Safety and Security
- Safety risk analysis
- Emergency response
- Disaster prevention
- Control management and protection
- Public safety and security
- Infrastructure protection
Soil
- Agricultural issues
- Contamination
- Soil remediation
- Brownfield recovery
Ecological issues
- Natural resources management
- Climate change and sustainability
- Biodiversity
- Environmental risk
- Recovery of damaged areas
- Ecosystem modelling
- Agricultural and forestation issues
- Landscapes
Learning from nature
- Design in nature
- Nature and architecture
- Solutions from nature
- Evolutionary structures
New technologies
- The impact of new technologies
- Energy-efficient technologies
- Eco-architecture