Workshop Schedule

Part 9 of 9

Appendix ISchedules and Participant Lists for Workshops in the Cooum

River Environmental Management Research Program

Appendix IICooum River Environmental Management Decision Support

System: GIS Database and System Development

Appendix IIIWater Quality Indicators for the Cooum System

References

An Adaptive Ecosystem Approach

to Rehabilitation and Management of the

Cooum River Environmental System

in Chennai, India

by

Martin Joseph Bunch

A thesis

presented to the University of Waterloo

in fulfilment of the

thesis requirement for the degree of

Doctor of Philosophy

in

Geography

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2000

©Martin Joseph Bunch, 2000Appendix I

Schedules and Participant Lists

for Workshops in the

Cooum River EnvironmentalManagement Research Program

325Madras - Waterloo University Linkage ProgrammeDepartment of Geography, University of Madras

Workshop 1 of the Cooum River Environmental Management Research Programme

A System Study for Environmental Management of the Cooum River and Environs

Workshop Schedule

GENERAL INFORMATION

Date:18- 20 March, 1998

Venue:Conference Hall, Department of Politics and Public AdministrationCentenary Building, University of Madras, Chennai 600 005, India

Registration:No fee

Hospitality:Lunch and tea will be provided, courtesy of the Department of Geography,University of Madras

Context:This is the first in a series of 2 workshops, (the second workshop to be held inNovember 1998), which will work through systems-based methodologies (e.g.,components of Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management (AEAM)) todevelop, compare and evaluate management scenarios for rehabilitation andmaintenance of the Cooum river, Chennai.

The first workshop will see discussion focused on issues such as management goalsfor the Cooum river and environs, spatial and temporal scope of the problemsituation, key actors, indicator variables, desirable and feasible managementinterventions in the system and the development of a framework for a dynamicsimulation model and geographic information system database. In the secondworkshop, the participants will employ the simulation model to perform scenarioanalyses and develop, compare and evaluate possible management scenarios forfuture management of the Cooum river and environs over various time horizons.

Inaugural Speaker: Dr. S. RamachandranDirectorInstitute for Ocean ManagementAnna University10:00 am, 18 March, 1998Valedictory Speaker:Dr. T. Sekar, I.F.S.Director of EnvironmentDepartment of Environment and ForestsGovernment of Tamil Nadu

3:30 pm, 20 March, 1998Workshop1: A System Study for Environmental Management of the Cooum River and Environs

326DAY 118 March, 1998 10:00Opening SessionWelcomeDr. S. SubbiahProfessor, Department of Geography, University of MadrasCoordinator, Madras-Waterloo Linkage Programme

InaugurationDr. S. RamachandranDirector, Institute for Ocean Management,Anna University

Vote of ThanksDr. T. Vasantha KumaranProfessor,Department of Geography, University of Madras

10:45Tea

11:00Introductory SessionMartin J. BunchResearch AssociateMadras-Waterloo University Linkage ProgrammeDepartment of Geography, University of Waterloo, Canada

Workshop overview and methodologies

11:30Working Session 1An exercise in problem identification

12:00Paper 1Er. P.V. SahadevanDeputy Chief Engineer, (Plan Formulation)Water Resources Organization, Public Works Department

Rehabilitation and Sustainable Maintenance of Chennai Waterways – How Should WeGo About It?

1:00Lunch

2:00Working Session 2Defining the system of the Cooum river and environs: System components, linkagesand relationships

3:30Tea

3:45Paper 2S. AnanthapadmanabhanSuperintending EngineerChennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board

Intercepting Sewers for Sustainable Maintenance of Waterways in the CityWorkshop1: A System Study for Environmental Management of the Cooum River and Environs

327DAY 219 March, 199810:00Paper 3Mr. C. RajendranChief EntomologistDirectorate of Public Health and Preventative Medicine

The Vectors and Parasites of Public Health Importance in the Cooum River andEnvirons

10:45Working Session 3Scoping the problem situation: Spatial and temporal scales

11:30Tea

11:45Working Session 4Setting Goals for Rehabilitation and Management of the Cooum river

1:00Lunch

2:00Paper 4Martin J. BunchResearch AssociateMadras-Waterloo University Linkage ProgrammeDepartment of Geography, Faculty of EnvironmentalStudies, University of Waterloo, Canada

Modelling and Scenario Analysis for the Construction and Comparison ofManagement Scenarios: The Development of a Prototype Cooum River EnvironmentalManagement Decision Support System

2:30Working Session 4 (Results presentation and discussion)