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IGM/10/10
SPG/10/10
the Formation Mechanism and Prediction Theory of Severe Climate Disasters in
China—National Key Programme for Developing Basic Sciences, the IAP/CAS, the
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the University of Yunnan.
The symposium was supported by the State Ministry of Science and Technology
(SMST) and NSFC.
Symposium topics included: Variability and Predictability of Asian Monsoon Systems,
Physical Processes of Monsoon Variations, Impact of the Asian Monsoon on Droughts
and Floods, Linkages between Monsoon Climate and Monsoon Weather, Analysis and
Application of Monsoon-Related Field Experimental Data, Application of Satellite
Remote Sensing Techniques to Asian Monsoons, Interaction between Monsoon and
ENSO, Modelling of Asian Monsoon System, and Impacts of Global Warming on Asian
Monsoons.
The symposium provided a good opportunity to exchange advanced ideas and
experiences on the Asian Monsoon System, to discuss and re-evaluate our ability to
predict monsoons by understanding their physical processes, and to exchange
cooperative activities among monsoon scientists in East Asia and other countries.
Furthermore, indices for measuring monsoons were also discussed at this
symposium.
25-28 May, 2004. International Conference on the Urban Dimensions of
Environmental Change: Science, Exposures, Policies and Technologies.
Shanghai, China
This conference was sponsored by Montclair State University and East China Normal
University, and partially funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, National
Natural Science Foundation of China, Shanghai Commission of Science and
Technology, Hunter College and City University, New York.
Among the fundamental challenges of the present era are the range, complexity and
interlocking nature of environmental problems, in urban areas and the limited
response capacity and capability of cities. The conference addressed these
challenges by integrating the concepts of vulnerability, sustainability, and
environmental equity into the analysis of urban environmental management. These
concepts have been formally theorised to a varying extent, but they do not yet to
play a significant role in informed discussions of the urban environmental
management community.
This conference, examined the causes, impacts, and responses to environmental
change in the world’s major cities and urban areas, as they relate to the issues of
science and management. Topics included: policy, regulation, technology, impact
adaptation, mitigation, remediation, and the need for integrated management
structures, which relate to the complexity of environmental problems in urban areas.
Discussions also pivoted on the implications of new and emerging environmental
stresses, such as global climate change and the need for increased stakeholder
involvement in urban environmental management. A fundamental question is: how
current processes of urban environmental change and management (including
problem identification, policy development, and policy implementation) intersect
with issues of vulnerability, sustainability, and equity? All of which are emerging as
crucial issues, in both developed and developing cities.
19-20 June, 2004. The 12th Environment Congress for Asia and the Pacific (ECO
ASIA 2004). Tottori, Japan
The Ministry of Environment of Japan organised and hosted the Environment
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