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From SAARC to Slums: Urban Water Challenges in South Asia
Friday, April 25, 2014, 8:30 am – 11:00 am
Kennedy Room, Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett St, Cambridge, MA 02138
For a rapidly urbanizing South Asia with competing – and often conflicting – demands for water, which problems, when addressed, have the greatest potential to make an impact? Can we bridge the divide between theory and practice when natural, societal, and political forces influence water problems? We ask each panel member to articulate a problem and suggest: Why and how does addressing this problem advance science and serve society? What do we need to know to address this problem with measurable outcome? We seek to inspire questions, methodologies and help develop consensus for actionable science with a focus on urban water challenges in South Asia.
Faculty lead: Shafiqul Islam, Director, Water Diplomacy Program; Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering; Water Diplomacy, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
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Symposium preview: Q&A with Shafiqul Islam
Resources
The Third World’s Drinking Problem
Submerged Landsacpes – From Chicago to Karachi by Jim Wescoat
Waterscapes abd Water Conserving Design by Jim Wescoat
The Right to Water by Farhana Sultana
Water – Energy Nexus: Sustainable Urbanization in the Greater Mekong Subregion by Peter Rogers
Participants