Water Resources: Continental Systems,
Regional Project Development

April 20-21, 2006

The Third Annual Conference of the Center for Macro Projects and Diplomacy at Roger Williams University focuses on Water Resources: Continental Systems, Regional Project Development. Concerns regarding water management following Hurricane Katrina in the United States, continuing problems around the world in managing water resources within and across national boundaries, as well as centuries-old achievements in the Netherlands and elsewhere point to ways we might rethink how we dwell in vulnerable areas, and frame future water management agreements and project proposals.

Following an overview of global and continental water situations, the Macro Conference will explore project proposals at a regional scale in three areas: in the US Gulf Coast, Southern New England and in the Middle East, with particular attention to water scarcity amid the unfolding Israeli-Palestinian situation.

The Conference provides a forum that allows governments, institutions, organizations and individuals from the fields of diplomacy, architecture and planning, engineering, law, management and the arts to collaborate in large-scale planning and implementation of projects, at global, continental and regional levels. Follow-up Study Groups may be formed from the gathering to pursue further project development.

The Macro Conference is co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Roger Williams University 's Institute of Public Policy

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