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Author(s) -
WIEDENMANN BERTRAM
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1294.034
Subject(s) - annals , citation , library science , humanities , medicine , classics , philosophy , computer science , art
Fundamental to sustainable economic development, functioning of healthy ecosystems, reliable agricultural productivity, dependable power generation, maintenance of desirable environmental quality, continuing industrial growth, enjoyment of quality lifestyle, and renewal of land and air resources is water. With growing population, demands for water for agriculture and industry are skyrocketing. On the other hand, freshwater resources per capita are decreasing. There is therefore a need for effective water resources management strategies. These strategies must also consider the nexus between water, energy, environment, food, and society. With these considerations in mind, the International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society (WEES-2016) was organized at AISECT University in Bhopal, MP, India, from March 15–18, 2016. The conference was fifth in the series and had several objectives. The first objective was to provide a forum to not only engineers, scientists, and researchers, but also practitioners, planners, managers, administrators, and policy makers from around the world for discussion of problems pertaining to water, environment, and energy that are vital for the sustenance and development of society. Second, the Government of India has embarked upon two large projects one on cleaning of River Ganga and the other on cleaning River Yamuna. Further, it is allocating large funds for irrigation projects with the aim to bring sufficient good quality water to all farmers. These are huge ambitious projects and require consideration of all aspects of water, environment, and energy as well as society, including economics, culture, religion, politics, administration, law, and so on. Third, when water resources projects are developed, it is important to ensure that these projects achieve their intended objectives without causing deleterious environmental consequences, such as water logging, salinization, loss of wetlands, sedimentation of reservoirs, loss of biodiversity, etc. Fourth, the combination of rising demand for water and increasing concern for environmental quality compels that water resources projects are planned, designed, executed and managed, keeping changing conditions in mind, especially climate change and social and economic changes.