Fifth Annual WSSS Symposium
Thursday, March, 13th, 2014 News
Water & Cities: Shaping the Flow of our Urban Future will be the fifth annual symposium hosted by the Water: Systems, Science & Society (WSSS) Graduate Program at Tufts University.
Panel topics will include urbanization and the water cycle, urban resilience and disaster management, regional systems and planning, and water and society.
Over half of the world’s population lives in urban areas, and this number is expected to increase to 70% by 2050. Urbanization in all regions of the world has implications for the the design, resilience, and equity of our cities and requires regional-scale planning to balance competing demands among agricultural, industrial, commercial, and domestic users. Cities already face challenges in securing sufficient and safe water resources and in planning for the risks associated with climate change, increasing populations, and economic growth. These challenges and the continued overuse of existing water resources will only intensify the challenges urban centers face.
Join students, academics, and professionals from the public, private and non-governmental sectors to explore the past, present, and future challenges faced by global cities and the innovations and mobilization that enable us to shape our future as an urban society.
Visit www.tufts.edu/water/symposium2014 to learn more and register for the symposium!