The impacts of global changes, such as climate change and anthropogenic activities, on the hydrologic system are of regional and global scales in many facets. Water security under such changing environment is a critical issue attracting international attention. United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes 3 aspects on sustainable development: society, economy and environment. For instance, China and other nations currently face a major challenge to safeguard the implementation of the national water security strategy and achieve sustainable development under the intensive environmental changes. With climate change, human society development and technology progress, the situation of water resources security has been changing dramatically in China. As results, environmental consequences in hydrology and groundwater, like floods and droughts, basin managements of surface and groundwater resources, and sustainable development require the understanding of various hydrologic processes, which are crucial to many environmental aspects, such as the development and utilization of water resources, mitigation of the disasters of floods and droughts, and sustainable development in the regions. Many programs and projects have been aimed to evaluate the impact of global changes on the hydrologic cycle, to examine global change-driven mechanism of floods and droughts, and to assess the influence of such changes on regional water resources. This conference presents a forum for scientists to share their updated research results and to develop better strategies for addressing global change challenges. The major theme of the conference will focus on "Global Change Challenges: Water Security and Sustainability" with six topics.

Theme

Global Change Challenges: Water Security and Sustainability

Topics

• Hydrologic processes in response to climate changes
• Modeling and characterization of large scale aquifer systems
• Groundwater resources contamination, exploitation and protection
• New approaches in high resolution surface and ground-water monitoring
• Sustainability of water resources under joint natural-anthropogenic stresses
• Urban hydrology, optimal water management and sponge cities

World-wide scientists are invited to participate this international academic event and to submit abstract to the conference. A collection of 1-page abstracts will be printed before the Forum. Selected papers will be recommended to EI or SCI journals, such as Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Water Science and Engineering. Best Paper Awards will be selected for students and young scientists under the age of 35 years old.

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Organizers

• Hohai University
• Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute
• International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research
• UNESCO-International Hydrological Programme

Sponsors

• State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering

Scientific Committee

Chairs

• Prof. YAO Tandong, Member of Chinese Academy of Science, China
• Prof. Dennis P. Lettenmaier, Fellow of US National Academy of Engineering, USA

Members

• Prof. WANG Hao, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, China
• Prof. ZHANG Jianyun, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, China
• Prof. WANG Chao, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Hohai University, China
• Prof. William Yeh, Fellow of US National Academy of Engineering, USA
• Prof. Edward Sudicky, Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering, Canada
• Prof. Slobodan P. Simonovic, Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering, Canada
• Prof. Frank Schwartz, Ohio State University
• Prof. A. Szollosi-Nagy, Chair, Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO
• Prof. Stephen Wells, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
• Prof. Kumud Acharya, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
• Zhongbo YU, State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, China
• Prof. Alberto Guadagnini, Politecnico di Milano
• Prof. Xavier Sanchez-Vila, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña
• Prof. Sang-il Lee, Dongguk University
• Dr. Daniele Tonina, University of Idaho, Centre for Ecohydraulics Research
• Dr. Anirban Dhar, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
• Prof. Nadim Copty, Bogazici University
• Prof. Yangwen JIA, Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)
• Prof. Chuiyu LU, Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR)

Organizing Committee

Chairs

• XU Hui, President of Hohai University
• ZHANG Jianyun, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, President of Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute
• Prof. Peter Goodwin, President of International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research

Executive Chairs

• Zhongbo YU, State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering

International Conference Center & Hotel of Hohai University

No. 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China

Wentian Building, Hohai University

No. 3 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China

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• Prof. Chunhui LU
• +86-13770838570
• clu@hhu.edu.cn
• http://www.gcc-wss.org
• No. 1 Xikang Road, Nanjing 210098, China