Riversymposium now accepting abstracts! 16 April 2014 2466 Riversymposium is inviting oral or session submissions from authors around the world. Abstracts will be reviewed by the International Riversymposium Program Committee and accepted based on criteria including audience appeal and their alignment to the four Riversymposium... 50th ISOCARP Congress 2014 - Gdynia, Poland - EXTENSION OF DEADLINE to 31 March 2014 26 March 2014 5524 EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: 31 March 2014 Responding to various requests we have received we would like to inform you that the deadline for submitting an abstract for this year's congress in Gdynia, Poland, has been extended to 31 March 2014. 50th ISOCARP Congress 2014 - Gdynia, Poland - Deadline for abstract submission: 24 March 11 March 2014 3897 Only two more weeks to submit your abstract! for the 50th ISOCARP International Planning Congress taking place in Gdynia, Poland, 23-26 September 2014. The theme is "Urban Transformations - Cities and Water". First England River Prize launched ! 24 February 2014 2766 The Environment Agency and the River Restoration Centre have launched a prize to highlight the importance of a catchment based approach to river restoration and protection. The England River Prize will be judged by a panel of expertsand will be presented in 2014 at the RRC annual conference to be held in Sheffield on the 7th May. The winner will be supported to apply for the IRF European Riverprize in 2015. Applications close on... Every year billions are spent in Britain and Europe on policies that wreck homes and lives through flooding 14 January 2014 6631 Digging up trees and digging more drains isn't preventing floods. In his latest Guardian article, George Monbiot investigates a 'major research programme, which produced the following astonishing results: water sinks into the soil under trees at 67 times the rate at which it sinks into the soil under grass. The roots of the trees provide channels down which the water flows, deep into the ground. The soil there becomes a sponge, a reservoir which sucks up water and then releases it slowly.' FirstPrevious14151617181920212223NextLast
50th ISOCARP Congress 2014 - Gdynia, Poland - EXTENSION OF DEADLINE to 31 March 2014 26 March 2014 5524 EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: 31 March 2014 Responding to various requests we have received we would like to inform you that the deadline for submitting an abstract for this year's congress in Gdynia, Poland, has been extended to 31 March 2014.
50th ISOCARP Congress 2014 - Gdynia, Poland - Deadline for abstract submission: 24 March 11 March 2014 3897 Only two more weeks to submit your abstract! for the 50th ISOCARP International Planning Congress taking place in Gdynia, Poland, 23-26 September 2014. The theme is "Urban Transformations - Cities and Water".
First England River Prize launched ! 24 February 2014 2766 The Environment Agency and the River Restoration Centre have launched a prize to highlight the importance of a catchment based approach to river restoration and protection. The England River Prize will be judged by a panel of expertsand will be presented in 2014 at the RRC annual conference to be held in Sheffield on the 7th May. The winner will be supported to apply for the IRF European Riverprize in 2015. Applications close on...
Every year billions are spent in Britain and Europe on policies that wreck homes and lives through flooding 14 January 2014 6631 Digging up trees and digging more drains isn't preventing floods. In his latest Guardian article, George Monbiot investigates a 'major research programme, which produced the following astonishing results: water sinks into the soil under trees at 67 times the rate at which it sinks into the soil under grass. The roots of the trees provide channels down which the water flows, deep into the ground. The soil there becomes a sponge, a reservoir which sucks up water and then releases it slowly.'