What is IAHR-APD?

What is IUWMC?

IAHR, the International Association of Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research, particularly promotes the advancement and exchange of knowledge through working groups, specialty symposia, congresses, and publications on water resources, river and coastal hydraulics, risk analysis, energy, environment, disaster prevention, industrial processes.

IAHR's structure is composed of four Regional Divisions - one of them being the Asia and Pacific Division (IAHR-APD). The Regional Divisions focus on the organisation of activities, including biennial congresses, specific to their region.

Executive Committee of IAHR Asia and Pacific Division:

V. Sundar - Chairman -India
A. D. Gupta - Vice-Chairman - Thailand
J. H. W. Lee - Past Chairman - Hong Kong, China
L. X. Wang - Secretary - China
S. D. Costa - Co-opted Member - New Zealand
B. W. Melville - Member - New Zealand
B. S. Wu - Member - China
E. S. Chen - Member - Singapore
F. Yazdandoost - Member - Iran
H. Nizam - Member - Indonesia
H. Tanaka - Member - Japan
J. K. Lee - Member - Korea
M. H. Hsu - Member - Taiwan, China

Three Technical Divisions provide the operational framework for 17 Sections, which cater to the scientific and engineering needs of its members. IAHR's Sections regularly organise conferences and symposia in their own specific fields, provide a basis for collaboration in working groups on specific research themes, the development of monographs, etc. In addition, IAHR supports local initiatives for the formation of local chapters or national committees to enhance and stimulate knowledge exchange on a more local basis.

Among the variety of activities which are undertaken to achieve IAHR's mission are:

* organising events: congresses, specialty conferences, workshops and continuing education courses
* technical meetings through our Sections
* regional meetings through our Regional Divisions
* European Engineering Graduate School Environment Water: IAHR-EGW, Stuttgart
* participation in international programmes such as UNESCO, WMO and ICSU
* promotion of student activities
* publications

The objectives of applied research, scientific exchange, technology transfer and research management provide an umbrella for all IAHR endeavours. The scope of IAHR involves research, engineering applications and their interactions and thus caters to the needs of both individual and corporate members. Hydraulics covers only one part of the water resources domain and most applications, developments, policies, and engineering works must consider all aspects of that domain. IAHR provides an excellent basis for co-operation with other water-related associations, where common interests call for combined efforts in hydrology (IAHS), urban water (IWA), development of water resources (IWRA), coastal and maritime engineering, etc. Specific developments which take place within the IAHR disciplinary field but have thematically larger implications and application areas (e.g., hydroinformatics) are stimulated by IAHR. Professionals from different disciplines will find a place in IAHR, and interactions with neighbouring disciplines possibly covered by other associations are stimulated and can find proper attention.

IAHR is a member of the International Council of Scientific Unions and other important bodies.

IAHR activities are structured as indicated in the figure below:

The various organisational entities involved are:

* IAHR membership: individual, corporate, corporation and junior members: and student affiliates (through officially established IAHR student chapter only)
* Technical Divisions: Sections and Working Groups
* Regional Divisions: liaison groups/local and regional chapters
* Council: composed of global representation of members
* Secretariat: Secretary General/Treasurer, Journal Editor, and Administrative Staff

IAHR is governed by a Council of 16 members, composed of the president, three vice-presidents, the secretary general (together forming the Executive Committee) and 8 regular members. The thirteen council members are elected by the General Members Assembly coinciding with the IAHR biennial congresses (organised in August or September in uneven years). In addition, 3 members are co-opted by the incoming Council. The regional division chairmen are also included in the Council as co-opted members. Technical Division chairmen participate in council meetings as well. The Secretariat, based in Madrid, Spain, is the administrative headquarter and acts as linking pin in internal and external communication and day-to-day management of the association.

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Embedded Conference: International Urban Watershed Management
a. Urban runoff management: quality and quantity
b. Innovative developments in stormwater management
c. Integrated urban water resources
d. Green infrastructure and Low Impact Design/Development

Protecting the water environment is one of the most important and pressing issues that demands great attention in light of the ever-increasing urban development in all parts of the world. The International Urban Watershed Management Conference was inaugurated in 1997 at the University of Virginia to provide a forum for sharing research and experiences in watershed management practices. The second conference was held at University of Virginia in 1999, the third in Taipei in 2001, the fourth in Shenzhen, China in 2004, the fifth in Chengdu, China in 2007, and the sixth will be held in Nanchang, China in early 2009.

The objective of the Seventh International Conference on Urban Watershed Management is to bring together professionals from various parts of the world together to discuss urban watershed management strategies; techniques and practices marine eco-system protection and resource utilization; integrated water quality control technologies, and institutional/organizational issues that are important in achieving a sustainable utilization of water resources. Developing issues such as the effect of climate change on stormwater management strategies, and advances in low impact development and green infrastructure will provide a central theme to discussions and presentations.

Selected papers from the symposium may be considered for publication in journals such as Journal of Water Resource Planning & Management, Journal of Environmental Science & Health, and Journal of Hydroinformatics. Discussions with these journals for a special issue are underway.
  
Major Topics

International Advisory Committee

Shaw L. Yu, Univ. of Virginia, USA (Chair)                               
Pen-Chi Chiang, ASCE/UWRRC, USA                                     
Richard Field, USEPA/UWRRC, USA                                       
Jonathan Jones, Wright Water Engineers, USA                  
Eric Strecker, Geosyntec, USA                                                 
Chin-Pao Huang, University of Delaware, USA                     
Ir. W. Mokhtar Nawang, Pwm Group, Malaysia                       
Say Leong Ong, University of Singapore, Singapore            
Linda Pechacek, UWRRC, USA                                         
Mike Ports, ASCE/EWRI, USA                                        
A. Charles Rowney, UWRRC, USA                                       
Anthony N. Tafuri, USEPA, USA                                           
Wenbin Ahou, Nanchang University, China      

                      

The 7th International Urban Watershed Management Conference is organised by:

Urban Water Resources Research Council (UWRRC) - EWRI of ASCE
Environment and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (EWRI)

 

 

 

University of Virginia, USA

 

 

 

US Environmental Protection Agency
National Risk Management Research Laboratory
Urban Watershed Management Branch

 

 

American Academy of Water Resources Engineers