Events
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21-24 Sep 2015 – Vienna, Austria
LuWQ2015 – International Conference on LAND USE and WATER QUALITY: Agricultural Production and the Environment
LuWQ2015 is an interdisciplinary conference on the cutting edge of science, management and policy to minimise effects of agriculture and land use changes on the quality of groundwater and surface waters. The aims of the conference are to discuss the entire policy cycle for water quality improvement. This cycle includes problem recognition, formulation of technical options, the process of policy development, interaction with policy makers, stakeholders and pressure groups, policy implementation, monitoring and research. The objectives are: to provide forum for exchange of scientific knowledge, research on system knowledge, modelling and uncertainty; to discuss the entire policy cycle for water quality improvement; to intensify contacts (a) between oil/water related scientists, agro related scientists, social scientists, ecological scientists and economists, and (b) between scientists, water managers and policy makers.
Target groups are scientists, managers and policy makers involved in the policy cycle for water quality improvement. It includes activities characterized by the following keywords: agronomy, agro-economics, agro-sociology, water management, water policy, hydrology, aquatic ecosystems, terrestrial ecosystems, unsaturated zone, groundwater, surface waters, drinking water, monitoring, modelling, water quality, nutrients, pesticides and other organic agrochemicals, heavy metals.Organised by Organised by Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (BOKU), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria (principle organizer) and other institutions. Co-sponsored by IAH.