4th International Conference on Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards
1 - 3 July, 2015
Opatija, Croatia
Organised by:
Wessex Institute, UK
Overview
The success of the three previous International Conferences on Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards (Ravage of the Planet) held in Bariloche, Argentina (2006); Cape Town, South Africa (2009); and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2011), has led the organisers to reconvene the Meeting in 2015.
The Conference has always been well attended by a substantial number
of scientists from all over the world, which underlines the concern of
the international community regarding the state of the planet. The basic
premise of the Meeting is the need to determine solutions before a
point of no return is reached.
Our society has fallen into a self-destructive process by which
natural resources are consumed at an ever increasing rate. This process
is now spread across the planet in search of further sources of energy
and materials. The aggressiveness of the quest is such that the future
of our planet is in the balance; the emphasis has been in dominating
nature rather than trying to achieve harmonious relationships with her.
The process is compounded by the pernicious effects of the resulting
contamination of air, water and soil.
The Conference will discuss the objective of reaching sustainability
in the framework of different disciplines in order to arrive at optimal
solutions. Hence this meeting is essentially trans-disciplinary in order
to find appropriate sustainable ways forward, ie those involving
collaboration across a wide range of disciplines. Like the first three
meetings, the aim of this conference is to take stock of our situation
and try to facilitate constructive principles and policies.
Conference Topics
The Re-Encounter
- Science and humanities
- Arts and sciences
Political, Economic and Social Sciences
- Social and sociological issues
- Environmental legislation and policies
- Environmental economics
- Regional planning and economics
Planning and Development
- City planning
- Urban design
- Landscaping
- Sustainable transport
- Resource management
- Waste management
- Tourism and the environment
Health Risks
- Water, air and soil pollution
- Radiation effects
- Food contamination
- Housing and health
- Social and economic issues
Energy
- Renewable energy
- Nuclear energy
- Hydrocarbons
- Economic and political issues
- Energy conservation
Water Resources
- Water management and planning
- River basin management
- Sustainable water use
- Irrigation and drainage
- Waste water
- Pollution monitoring and control
Air
- Air quality management
- Global and regional studies
- Climatology
Safety and Security
- Safety risk analysis
- Emergency response
- Disaster prevention
- Control management and protection
- Public safety and security
- Infrastructure protection
Soil
- Agricultural issues
- Contamination
- Soil remediation
- Brownfield recovery
Ecological issues
- Natural resources management
- Climate change and sustainability
- Biodiversity
- Environmental risk
- Recovery of damaged areas
- Ecosystem modelling
- Agricultural and forestation issues
- Landscapes
Learning from nature
- Design in nature
- Nature and architecture
- Solutions from nature
- Evolutionary structures
New technologies
- The impact of new technologies
- Energy-efficient technologies
- Eco-architecture
Webpage
View the conference website, which has full details about the conference objectives, topics and submission requirements at: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/15-conferences/ravage-of-the-planet-iv.html