IAHS - Panta Rhei
Change in Hydrology and Society - AGU

The Panta Rhei session at AGU: a success

alberto — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 23:34:11 +0000

The Panta Rhei session at the AGU Fall meeting was a success in terms of attendance and scientific content. More than 50 presentations were given as oral talks and posters. Finally, the session was closed by a memorable dinner that was an unusual and exciting opportunities to share ideas. The dinner took place at the Panta Rei (yes, a "h" is missing in the spelling of "Rhei", but the quality of the dinner did not suffer) restaurant in Columbus Aveneu and was attended by some 30 presenters and conveners.
We are pleased to make available for download the presentations that were used to deliver the oral invited talks in the three themes that were treated during the sessions. We would like to thank very much the speakers for making the documents available.

The Panta Rhei dinner at the Panta Rei restaurant

For the theme "Reservoir operation and control", Nick van de Giesen delivered the talk Small reservoirs in the West African savanna: Usage, monitoring and impact. The same topic was discussed by Trent Biggs who delivered the talk Are small reservoirs important? The regional sociohydrology and climatic sensitivity of irrigation systems in southern India. Moreover, Christopher T. Robinson delivered the talk Adaptive Flow Management of Regulated Rivers: Successes and Challenges. Finally, Christopher P. Konrad delivered the talk Are large-scale manipulations of streamflow for ecological outcomes effective either as experiments or management actions?.
For the theme "Peatland and Wetlands", Irina Creed delivered the talk Diversification of farmers markets to include carbon markets: Slowing the rate of loss of mineral wetlands on human dominated landscapes. Moreover, Charles Lane delivered the talk Ecological Processes of Isolated Wetlands: Ecosystem Services and the Significant Nexus.
For the theme "Sociohydrology and change", Alberto Viglione delivered the talk Socio-hydrology modelling and flood risk: roles of collective memory, risk-taking attitude and trust. Furthermore, Upmanu Lall delivered the talk From hydroclimatic prediction to negotiated and risk managed water allocation and reservoir operation.
The talks by Viglione and Lall directly addressed the integrated interpretation and modelling of water and societal systems. It is particularly interesting to summarise the conclusions by Lall: (1) The challenge is to understand, (predict) and manage processes that define the redistribution of the resource. (2) Climate change is just one element of significant structural changes in the offing. (3) Gaining experience with new instruments is essential to provide social balance and resource investment incentives. (4) Emergence of new needs for hydrologic information. (5) We need soft and hard technologies, but most of all understanding of the changing context in which we operate.
More details are given in the above presentations.

Alberto Montanari

Panta Rhei at AGU and the Panta Rhei Poster

alberto — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 14:27:25 +0000

The Panta Rhei session at the AGU Fall meeting is going to be held on Tuesday, December 10 and Wednesday, December 11. We will publish a report on the session that counts more than 50 contributions! A Poster on Panta Rhei will be presented in the session to introduce Panta Rhei to the international scientific community. The poster is available for download here!. I am looking forward to see in person all of you that are attending AGU!
Alberto Montanari

A great success is foreseen for the Panta Rhei session at the AGU Fall Meeting!

alberto — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:54:20 +0000

The next AGU Fall Meeting, to be held in San Francisco (USA) during December 9-13, 2013, will host a session framed within the context of Panta Rhei. The session, titled "H21N. Hydrological Change and Water Systems: Feedbacks, Prediction, and Experimental Management", is convened by Nandita Basu (University of Waterloo), Alberto Montanari (University of Bologna), Maria Cristina Bruno and Theodore Melis (USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center). The oral presentations will take place on Tuesday, December 10, during the all day in room 3002 (Moscone West). Posters will be presented in the morning of Wednesday, December 11, Hall A-C (Moscone South).

The session has gained an exciting interest. 54 contributions were submitted that are focusing on the Panta Rhei themes. The symposium will be an exciting opportunity to get started with the activities of Panta Rhei and to bridge with existing initiatives and researches.

A visionary session on Panta Rhei will also be organised during the EGU meeting to be held in Vienna in April 2014. More details will be posted later.

I am looking forward to possibly seeing you in San Francisco!
Alberto Montanari

IAHS - Panta Rhei
Change in Hydrology and Society - AGU

The Panta Rhei session at AGU: a success

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A great success is foreseen for the Panta Rhei session at the AGU Fall Meeting!

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The Panta Rhei session at AGU: a success

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Panta Rhei at AGU and the Panta Rhei Poster

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A great success is foreseen for the Panta Rhei session at the AGU Fall Meeting!

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