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The programme includes welcome speeches, greetings, one plenary session each morning followed by parallel two-hour sessions. In addition, three round-table sessions will be organized. The IWHA general meeting will follow the conference on Saturday afternoon.
Wednesday, June 13
18.00–21.00 Registration, University of Tampere
Thursday, June 14
08.00–17.00 Registration, University of Tampere
09.30–11.00
Opening of the Conference, Rector Krista Varantola,
University of Tampere and
Rector Jarl-Thure Eriksson,
Tampere
University of Technology
Presidential
address: Fekri Hassan
Greetings:
Mr
Andras Szöllösi-Nagy, IHP, UNESCO
Tom
Frisk, Research Professor,
Pirkanmaa
Regional Environmental Centre
Other
greetings
11.00–12.00 1st keynote paper: Prof. Martin
V. Melosi, Dept. of History,
University
of Houston, USA (Fulbright Senior Specialist):
“Privatization of water: the
worldwide
implications”
12.00–13.00 Lunch break
13.00–15.00 1st Parallel Sessions
15.00–15.30 Coffee/Tea
15.30–17.30 2nd parallel sessions
18.30–24.00 City Reception, boat cruise and dinner at Viikinsaari Island
Friday, June 15
09.15–10.00
Dr. José Esteban Castro, School of Geography, Politics, and
Sociology,
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK: “Water and
citizenship:
long-term structural social change in sociological
perspective”
N.N., Ministry for Foreign
Affairs: Water and Finnish
development
cooperation
10.00–10.30 Coffee/Tea
10.30–12.30 3rd Parallel sessions / Round-Table Panel 1
12.30–13.30 Lunch break
13.30–15.30 4th Parallel sessions / Round-Table Panel 2
15.30–16.00 Coffee/Tea
16.00–18.00 5th Parallel Sessions / Round-Table Panel 3
20.00–23.00 Dinner at Näsinneula Tower (separate fee)
Saturday, June 16
09.00–11.00 6th Parallel sessions
11.00–11.30 Coffee/Tea
11.30–12.15 Adjunct
Prof. Esko Kuusisto, Finnish Environment Centre:
“Adaption to climate change: will historical
lessons be valid in the
future?”
12.15–13.15 Concluding remarks by theme rapporteurs
13.15–13.30 Closure of the conference
13.30–14.30 Lunch break
14.30– IWHA general meeting
17.00–22.30 Evening hike in Helvetinjärvi National Park (separate fee)
Thursday, June 14 City Reception followed by a cruise on Lake
18.30–24.00 Pyhäjärvi and dinner at Viikinsaari Island
The
evening will begin with a reception at the Old City Hall
from 18.30–19.30. After the reception there will be a short cruise
on Lake Pyhäjärvi followed by dinner at Viikinsaari
Island.
The boat will leave Laukontori Harbour at 20.00.
Viikinsaari
Island is a summer paradise for visitors and
residents
of Tampere. The romantic architecture reminds of the history of the island while the services and events
represent
today’s standards. Return to hotels by midnight. Price is included in the conference fee.
Friday, June 15 Conference Dinner at Restaurant Näsinneula
20.00–23.00 The
restaurant is situated at the top of the Näsinneula
Observation
Tower, the highest building in Finland.
A
bus will take visitors from their hotels to Restaurant Näsinneula.
Price:
60 Euro/person.
17.00–22.30 The
evening hike will begin with a coach ride (1.5 hours)
to
Ruovesi, in the Province of Western Finland, the location of Helvetinjärvi National Park. The
deep gorges of Helvetinjärvi
National Park
were formed millions of years ago by faults
in the bedrock running through the area. Special
features
of the area include deep rifts, lakes surrounded by
steep cliffs, small forest ponds and out-of-the-way
forests. The hike in the park
(about 5 kilometres) will be interrupted by
a coffee break and dinner later in the evening.
Return
to hotels by 22.30 hours.
Minimum
of 20 participants required.
Price:
60 Euro / person.
09.00–17.30 This
guided full-day coach tour will begin with a visit to
Visavuori,
the home and studio of famous Finnish sculptor Emil
Wikström from 1894 to 1942. From Visavuori the tour will continue to the
Iittala Glass Centre including a visit to the
glass museum and the factory shop. On the way to the
city
of Hämeenlinna lunch will be served in a traditional manor
house milieu at Katajisto Manor. After lunch there will be a guided
tour of the medieval Häme Castle in Hämeenlinna.
Return to hotels by 17.30.
Minimum
of 20 participants required.
Price: 70 Euro
/ person.
Thursday 14.6.2007
8.30-9.30
Coffee/Tea
9.30-11.00 Opening
of the Conference, Vice Rector Juhani
Lehto, University of Tampere, and Rector Jarl-Thure Eriksson, Tampere University of Technology
Presidential address: Fekri Hassan
Greetings:
Mr. Andras
Szöllösi-Nagy, IHP, UNESCO
Tom
Frisk, Research Professor, Pirkanmaa Regional Environment Centre
Other greetings
11.00-12.00 Keynote lecture: Prof. Martin V. Melosi, Dept. of History,
12.00-13.00 Lunch break
13.00-15.00
Parallel sessions
Rivers and
Waterways
(Room: B1096,
Rivers, peripheries, and politics in the making of
The legacy of Arthur T. Cotton’s plans to link
The constitution of techno-nature: few remarks from
the South African experience (David Blanchon)
Rivers as territorial boundaries and links between
nations (Lilian del Castillo Laborde – to be confirmed)
One man’s waters: a Finn’s lifelong relationship
with water and waterways (Leena Rossi)
Evolution
of the Urban Water and Sanitation Paradigm in European Cities (Room: A2a)
Inventing a paradigm of piped water: the evolution
of urban water concessions on the European continent, 1800-1970 (Okke
Braadbaart)
Upscaling in the Dutch water supply sector: a
historical perspective (Klaas Schwartz)
Rise and fall of urban nutrient reuse systems in the
Barriers to transferring the piped water paradigm:
the case of
Washed by
All Waters (Room:
A3)
A forgotten river? The struggle for the improvement
of The Meuse in the Dutch
The nation-state and the rivers. spaces and times on
Dutch rivers, 1795-1825. (Nil Disco)
The many sources of the management of the Rhine (Erik
Mostert)
The changing role of Rijkswaterstaat as knowledge
institute in the Dutch delta between 1800-1950 (Bert Toussaint)
Water and
Transport Systems (Room: A4)
Management of water channels: some reflections on
colonial projects and their objectives (Ujjayan Bhattacharya)
Sustainable water management in
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld – Explorer of the Arctic
Waters (Seija Niemi)
Intellectual property disputes during the early
development of sea-water distillation (Johannes Haarhoff)
River empires and the Anglo-Egyptian occupation of
the
Water and
Sanitation (Room:
D10b)
Integration of water supply, sanitation
and hygiene education in
The history of urban water services in
Sanitation: situation versus policy (Roland Kabange)
Impacts of water and sanitation, the past and the
present (Priti Parikh)
Water supply and sanitation: pasts and futures in
Experiences of the development and implementation of
rural sanitation strategy in Amhara region,
Double
Session: Water and Health; Water and Food Security (Room: D11)
Water and
Health
Aromatic herbal baths used in Medieval
Azerbaijan (Farid Alakbarli)
Historical paradigms of quality of waters in
Water in scientific works of Royal Medical Society
of Caucasus (Nato Pitskhelauri)
Water and
Food Security
Challenges prompting water utility
restructuring in
Irrigation management transfer –
old ways for future water management (Tero Kärkkäinen)
Influence of water food and economy
on the livelihood of people in the world (W. D. L. Stanley)
The
Tammerkoski Rapids and Industrial Heritage (Room: B1097,
The history of the Tammerkoski Rapids and their
influence to the development of the City of
Regulation of
The history and the future of the parks on the banks
of the rapids (Ranja Hautamäki)
The future of Tammerkoski and its banks – could it
be a UNESCO World Heritage site? (Mikko Järvi)
15.00-15.30
Coffee/Tea
15.30-17.30
Parallel sessions
Water as a
Legal Concept (Room: B1096,
Water as a legal subject:
traditions and futures (Erkki Hollo)
A critical review of the EU Water
Framework Directive (Heidi Andersson)
The right to water - a human right?
(Antti Belinskij)
The evolution of the principles governing the
management of international watercourses: the history of international water
law (Vasiliki Tzatzaki)
The first water-privatization debate:
The “common heritage”: a legal concept to combine
past-present-future. Example of water management. (Nadia Belaidi)
Dams (Room: A2a)
Dam removal: a taxonomy
with implications for economic analysis (Mark Smith)
A story of two dams: government, industry and civil
society in north-eastern South Africa 1994-2007 (Elise and Johann Tempelhoff)
Damming the
‘The Mazwikadei Dam as an axis of life’: The
hydropolitics of dam construction, human survival and economic development in
post independent
Human impacts on
hydrology in
Integrated
Water Resources Management (Room: A3)
Future of integrated water resources management in
Beninese municipalities (Jose Hoogervorst)
Watershed management: a link between history &
future of Indian hydrology (Shrikant D. Limaye)
The history and current status of integrated water
resources management from a policy transfer perspective (Farhad Mukhtarov)
The history of Integrated Water Resources
Management: Analysing the inconsistencies (Onur Oktem)
Double Session: Storms and Floods; Water Pollution Control (Room: A4)
Storms and Floods
New/old ways for storm
water - learning from the history (Peter Hlavinek)
Devastation of City
Break of the water reservoir of
Hungarian flood control: past and
future (László Koncsos, Edina Balogha & György Fonyó)
Hydro archaeology as a methodology for a better understanding
of Culture Development in a Water History Perspective - Implications Related to
the flood history of Lake Malaren, Sweden (Erik Lövgren & Sylvia Sandelin)
Water Pollution Control
Historical perspective to pollution control and
recycling in food production and consumption in
A history of
Traditional
Water Management in
Traditional water purification (Parag
Sadgir)
Medieval water supply systems used at Daulatabad
fort,
Water treatment system at
Traditional ways of water management in
Aspects of
Water Quality (Room: D11)
Assessment of drinking water promotion in polluted
environment (Kouassi Dohou)
Learning lessons from history for public health
reform: reflections on the MDGs. (Julie Fisher)
Airs, waters and places. Death and disease in
eighteenth- and nineteenth-century
Obstinate chemical health hazard: lead in water (Heikki
Vuorinen)
Drinking water from the
Research of water plants in
Drinking
Water (Room:
B1097,
Inorganic species in groundwater and human health –
a global overview (Gunnar Jacks)
Chlorine as a point of use drinking water treatment
option (Laura McLaughlin)
Hydrologic and hydraulic research in the Soil
Conservation Service (Douglas Helms)
Competition about water quality – past and present (Jyrki
Wartiovaara)
Water resources of
Friday 15.6.2007
09.00-10.0
Keynotes lectures:
Dr. José
Esteban Castro,
Eero Kontula, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
10.00-10.30
Coffee/Tea
10.30-12.30
Parallel sessions
Round
Table Panel I: Water and Development Cooperation (Room: B1096,
Chair:
Heikki Wihuri
NGOs improving access to safe water, - a public
health perspective to community based/initiated activities (Marja-Leena Salin)
Lessons from the evaluation of
water supply and sanitation programs (Tauno Skyttä)
Development of community financing and its
implementation experience in rural water supply and sanitation in
Short commentary (Pierce Cross)
Panel discussion
Pasts and
Futures of Water Services Infrastructure (Room: A2a)
Towards viable environmental infrastructure
development in East African cities (Peter Oosterveer & Christa de Bruin)
Asset management by water and
sewerage works in
Cleansing of urban sewer systems by hydraulic
flushing from early 19th century to 2006: growth, decline and revival of a
technique (Jean-Luc Bertrand-Krajewski)
The future of infrastructure
ownership (Eija Vinnari & Jarmo Hukka)
Water,
Conflict and Resolution (Room: A3)
War and water in the
city (Rauno Lahtinen)
Transboundary cooperation and conflict on
water management in the
Water supply in the Roman and Byzantine
armies AD 1-1000: a brief introduction (Ilkka Syvänne)
Water for Saldanha: War as an agent of change (Deon Visser, André
Jacobs & Hennie Smit)
Governance mechanisms to address flow
variability in water treaties (Alena Drieschova, Marco Giordano & Itay Fischhendler)
Water
History and Research Methodologies (Room: A4)
A methodology for
studying ancient canal systems:
A methodology for studying basin irrigation
in
Investigation strategies for the uses of
water and earth, ciénega de
Historic studies as a method to develop
relevant strategies (Jan-Olof Drangert)
Writing on a river – biography as a method of
writing environmental history (Kristiina Korjonen-Kuusipuro)
Case study method in water history: cases
Hämeenlinna. Porvoo, Espoo and Vantaa (Riikka Rajala & Petri Juuti)
Water and
Culture
(Room: D10b)
Public attitude towards
water in Uttaranchal Himalaya: past, present and future (M. P. Joshi)
William Mulholland, the City of
Water as a theme in Finnish art in the 20th
century (Aune Kämäräinen)
Purification, purgation and penalty: Fire and
water in Heaven and Hell (Terje Oestigaard)
Water in mythology (Catherine Howells)
Ancient
Water Structures and Systems (Room: D11)
The role of anthropological archaeology: addressing the global water issue (Vernon Scarborough)
Reconstructing the history of a Roman
aqueduct (Duncan Keenan-Jones)
Ancient sustainable water management systems
of
Historic water management of the river basin
of the Baaksche beek and the adaptations to the water system as a result of
change in land use (Harry Massop & Jaco van der Gaast)
Water in
Water supply in
municipal politics in
Water history and its relevance in
Through Livingstone’s eyes: perspectives on
water in nineteenth century southern
Fluxing relations in water History:
Conceptualizing the range of relations in transboundary river basins (Naho Mirumachi)
To the benefit of the few and the chagrin of
the many – South African water management practices under colonial and
apartheid rule (Nikki Funke)
The “illegitimate” side of South African
water management history – time to uncover the hidden truths (Karen Nortje)
12.30-13.30
Lunch break
13.30-15.30
Parallel sessions
Round
Table Panel II:
Water and
Sanitation Services Governance: Pasts and Futures (Room: B1096,
Chair:
Riku Vahala
Undercurrents of empire - the colonial sources of
water privatization (David Hall & Emanuele Lobina)
Making a difference: strategic planning in a water utility
(Jukka Piekkari)
Ethics of groundwater utilization for water supply
in modern societies (Pertti Reinikainen)
Diversity in water supply services management. Case:
Lapua-Seinäjoki Region, Western Finland (Olli Keski-Saari)
Futures thinking in water services management (Osmo Seppälä
& Jarmo Hukka)
Panel Discussion
Transboundary
Water Issues (Room: A2a)
Water in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict: a history
that leaves few options (Harald Frederiksen)
Water and oil wars: evidence so far (Sharif Elmusa –
to be confirmed)
Governance of transboundary water resources: The
power and limits of environmental NGOs (Cagri Erdem – to be confirmed)
The politics of unilateral environmentalism:
Wastewater treatment along the Israeli-Palestinian border (Itay Fischhendler)
Past and present can help build better future for
the states sharing water resources: Israeli-Arab water conflict area (Mohammed Asheesh)
All Talk
and No Action:
Will Our
Future Be Filled with the Inaction of the Past? (Room: A3)
It's all politics (Eran Feitelson)
An inability to learn: Stubborness
or blindness? (Maria Manez)
From research to consultancy (Henk Wolters)
Land and
Water Management (Room: A4)
Water problems for a world center in an arid region:
Water management paradigms in
Water history in
Dry feet clean water: 800 years of regional water
management by Water Boards in the
Past and future collaborative management of
Harvesting the rain: indigenous practice to means of
socio-economic upliftment of rural poors (Narayan Wagle)
Double
Session:
Historical
Experiences of Drought; Water and
Historical
Experiences of Drought and Changing Conceptions of Water Scarcity, Consumption
and Provision
Drought is normal: the socio-technical evolution of
drought and water demand in the
Actors, norms, practices and discourses in drought
management in
Water and
Towards the history of the
Hygiene, societal consciousness and Dacha space
around
Water and
Landscape (Room:
D11)
Eyesore or ornament: a brief history
of
Monstrous and monumental water towers – from
engineering to urban design (Paivi Spoon)
Effects of urbanization on a small stream:
environmental history of the Mätäpuro Brook,
Water in photographs (Alexander Otte)
Water and
Policy (Room:
B1097,
Household water supply, water rights and
institutional change in
The relevance of the histories of water laws in
The Water Resources Board:
Sustainable development in the context of regional
plans for water services from 1960-2005 in
Struggling for business survival. Water supply in
15.30-16.00 Coffee/Tea
16.00-18.00 Parallel sessions
Round
Table Panel III: Water History in Israel-Palestine in the 20th
Century (Room:
B1096,
Chair:
Robert Varady
The three eras of Israeli water policies (Eran Feitelson)
Israeli-Palestinian water and environmental
cooperation: a force for peace or conflict? (Hassan Dweik)
The issue of water in the debate on the partition of
Legislation and laws relevant to water quality in
Addressing Uncertainties in the Design of Mega
Projects: The Case of the
Panel Discussion
Water
Privatization (Room: B3107,
The debates on privatisation of the water sector in
The twists and turns of water management in
The privatisation of Berlin Water Works (Berliner
Wasserbetriebe BWB) – political process and consequences (Frank Hueesker)
Why the Compagnie Generale des Eaux did not die with
the 19th century (Christelle Pezon)
Limits to corporate political activity: private
sectors’ success and failure in promoting change in the Finnish water sector (Richard
Windischhofer)
Water
History and Its Relevance (Room: B3116,
The power of urban flooding to reshape society (Nancy
Germano)
Different attitudes and language habits: German
water supply experts and environmentalists in the late 20th Century (Marcus Stippak)
Water and risk society: water management and
historical understanding of water in East Asian societies (Mika Merviö)
History of water in
“For More and Better Water, Choose Pipes!”
Considering the politics of water development on Kilimanjaro, 1945-1980 (Matthew
Bender)
Evolution
of Environmental Engineering Education (Room: B4113,
Evolution of environmental engineering education in
the
Assisting nature: William Dibdin and biological
wastewater treatment (Aarne Vesilind)
From fractions to holistic views and collaboration –
three decades of environmental engineering education at TAMK,
Pollution
in the
Chemical munitions dumped in the
Public opinion and water cleaning in 20th century
Environmental history and future of the urban
hydrological cycle in
Schmutz in the Baltic: capitalist nature and
pollution in historical materialist perspective (Frederick Peters – to be
confirmed)
Development of wastewater treatment in
Archives
on Irrigation and Water Management – to be confirmed (Room: D11)
The archives of water in Marrakech (Mohammed el
Faiz)
How to interpret the old maps on irrigation schemes
in
The theory of reproduction of water in
Pyrénées-Orientales, south of
The archives of water and the history of
institutions (Carlos Sanchiz)
The Office Régional de Mise en Valeur du Haouz
Archives: testimonies modern irrigation introduction in the twentieth century
in
Water
Governance in Long-Term Perspectives (Room: B1097,
In search of effective local water governance -
Lessons learned in
Sustainable criteria for water minimisation in
municipal economy of
The modernization of water supply across Portuguese
urban network in the twentieth century (Álvaro Ferreira da Silva)
Controlling water, creating home: colonial
Drivers for socio-political analysis of water supply
and sanitation services institutional development: a long term perspective (Marcelo
Vargas)
Reform or adjustments? From the liberal and
neo-liberal policy reform process in
Saturday 16.6.2007
9.00-11.00
Parallel sessions
The Water
and Sanitation Challenge in
– What’s
History Got to Do with It? (Room: B1096,
From ’All for some’ to ’Some for all’? - A historic
perspective on current attempts for pro-poor water provision in
Shifting responsibilities - institutional change
within the urban water supply and sewerage sector in
The politics of damming in postcolonial
The use of historical trends in the governance of
water and sanitation services to predict the future service level: Kenyan
perspective (Ezekiel Nyangeri)
Accepting realities of multiple systems? Water
resale and vending throughout
Hydropower (Room: A2a)
Ancestor of the Southern African power pool:
Conciliating hydropower conflicts in industrial
The
Perception patterns of water-power use in medieval
Arabic treatises (Constantin Canavas)
Past and future of water turbines in
R. M. Damian, J.-L. Achard)
The
Water and
the City (Room:
A3)
Transition to sustainable water management (
The quest for water in
Water in the modernization of everyday life in the
1950s
From a joint stock company into a public commercial
enterprise: How the organizational structure of Helsinki Water (
Debating the urban water cycle – the destination of
rainwater (Steffen Koch)
Hydrosolidarity
– Concept with a History and a Future? (Room: A4)
Hydrosolidarity: Tracing the roots
of a paradigm (Robert Varady)
International solidarity in river
basin management (Erik Mostert)
The concept of
hydrosolidarity (Pieter van der Zaag)
Qanats (Room: D10b)
Featured presentation: Ecological solutions to
feeding and watering a city: a historical study of Sana’a and Ghayl Ba Wazir,
Exploitation of groundwater in
Water resources and rural development in arid lands,
the history of Qanats in
Water Culture in Iranian civilization, by looking at
ancient hydro-structures (Amir Emami & Alireza Monfared)
The waters of city and village: The history and
management of traditional small-scale qanat systems in
Ain Zubaida: past, present and future (Abdullah
Mohorjy & Maged Hussein)
History of
Water Related Natural Disasters (Room: D11)
Hydro-power Development for Sustainable Growth in
Artificial Recharge of
Ground Water for Sustainable Development in
(R. C. Bhattacharjee)
Global
Perspectives on Social Participation in Water Management (Room: B1097,
Value of Research on Social Participation in Water
Management Eric Mollard)
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