50th ISOCARP Congress 2014 - Gdynia, Poland - EXTENSION OF DEADLINE to 31 March 2014 26 March 2014 5552 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 3917 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 2793 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 6657 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.'
Update on the REFORM project 24 December 2013 3241 REstoring rivers FOR effective catchment Management (REFORM) is a 4-yr large integrated research project, involving 25 partners (including the Environment Agency) from 14 countries. The overall aim of REFORM is to provide a framework for improving the success of hydromorphological restoration measures to reach, in a cost-effective manner, target ecological status or potential of rivers as required by the EU Water Framework Directive.