2007-11-12
Σεμινάριο Χημικής Μηχανικής στις 19 Νοεμβρίου
Η Επιτροπή Σεμιναρίων της Σχολής Χημικών Μηχανικών έχει την ευχαρίστηση να σας προσκαλέσει στο επόμενο σεμινάριο της Σχολής, που θα δοθεί από τον Καθηγητή Evan Vlachos, Sociology and Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, USA.
Το σεμινάριο έχει προγραμματιστεί για τη Δευτέρα, 19 Νοεμβρίου 2007 στις 11:00, στην αίθουσα σεμιναρίων "Ν. Κουμούτσου". Ο τίτλος της διάλεξης του κυρίου Vlachos είναι "New Challenges and Opportunities in the Management of Water Resources: The Centrality of Public Participation".
Ακολουθεί σύντομη περίληψη.
NEW CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
The Centrality of Public Participation
Professor Evan Vlachos
Sociology and Civil Engineering
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1784
U.S.A.
The last 35 years are characterized by significant changes in the planning
and management of natural resources. There are a series of emerging practices
necessitated by political, social, legal, environmental, and technological
changes with emphasis on sustainability, ecosystemic integrity and new
lifestyles. This shifting and transformations are also accompanied by
increasing and better data and information, more complex models, vastly
expanded computational prowess, and with innovative organizational and
administrative arrangements.
By looking specifically on water management, the presentation revolves around
the following four categories of concern:
1] The changing context of resources management in the 21st century. Here the
competing and conflicting demands of water uses and users require more
complex systems of response that differ from older, elitist, centralized,
top to bottom command organizations, to participatory, integrated and
interactive management schemes. It is important, then, to outline the new
paradigms aiming at addressing complex and uncertain circumstances,
and a long-range planning and management horizon.
2] The search for improved Decision Support Systems (and DM). Here we are
preoccupied with the need for conflict prevention, conflict management, and
settlement of formal disputes. It is important to emphasize the transition
in theory and practice from Environmental Impact Assessment, to Risk
Assessment, to Vulnerability Analysis and the evolution of the legal and
administrative backdrop of NEPA, The Water Framework Directive (WFD/2000),
especially Article 14, and the noble provisions of the Millennial Development
Goals (UN) of 2000.
3] The evolution of public participation as part of integrated, interactive,
adaptive management. In this section the question is raised as to why public
involvement in water management is important. Points to be brought forward
emphasize its role for improving the quality of decisions; establishing
credibility and public support; facilitating decision-making processes; and,
helping in the implementation and monitoring of water projects.
4] Looking forward and the re-affirmation of participatory democracy. In
this last part the discussion attempts to outline the requisites in
engineering practice for managing resources in increasing situations of
complexity and uncertainty ("complexification"). Three interrelated concepts
of Volatility, Vulnerability, and Vigilance summarize the posture required
by practicing engineers. The operational principles can, then, be summarized
as "Envisioning", "Empowerment", and "Enactment". The end result requires
both structured reasoning and disciplined imagination, or an engaged manager
who can combine both data and critical judgment.
Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες μπορείτε να επικοινωνήσετε μαζί μας με e-mail στη διεύθυνση doros@central.ntua.gr.
Mε θερμούς συναδελφικούς χαιρετισμούς.
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Κωνσταντίνα Τζιά
Ιωάννης Ζιώμας
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