Understanding science

13: Water - the next fifty years

Seminar date: 8 October 2004

• Introduction
  Professor Sir Gabriel Horn FRS

Topic 1 Dynamic stability and temporal change

• Professor Jorg Imberger
  Overview: The science of water
• Professor John Mitchell FRS
  Climate change and water

Topic 2 Climatic change: national and international consequences

• Professor Nigel Arnell
  Climate change: implications for flood risk in the UK
• Professor Edward Evans
  Responses to future changes in flood risk
• Dr John Gash
  Water resources around the world: possible crises

Topic 3 Water resources: economic and legal aspects

• Professor Kerry Turner CBE
  Economic valuation of water resources
• Professor Philippe Sands QC
  Legal implications: the international perspective

The title of this document is: Understanding science: 13: Water - the next fifty years
URL: http://www.cam.ac.uk/about/scienceseminars/water/

Seminar presented: 08/10/2004