< 2010.9：NEWS and EVENTS Monthly Archive >
On September 15 (Wed.), 2010, the “Fifth Governing Council Meeting” of the Asian River Restoration Network (ARRN) was held in Seoul, Korea.
At the beginning of the meeting, the current chairperson, Prof. Nobuyuki TAMAI (a professor of Kanazawa Gakuin University, a professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo, president of IAHR) was reappointed as the incoming chairperson at the expiration of the his term of office (two years) under the agreement of governing council member. In addition, Japan River Restoration Network (JRRN) was also reappointed as the next ARRN secretariat.
The activities of this year were then reported and discussed and opinions were exchanged in terms of ARRN charter, policy for activities next year etc. As a result of this meeting, “ARRN action plan 2011” was approved, and it was also decided to hold the eighth ARRN international forum in Tokyo in Autumn 2011.
→Agenda(PDF 41kb)
→Member List(PDF 38kb)
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Date: 2010.09.24 16:41
“The ARRN’s Roundtable Meeting, titled How to develop technology and Guideline for river restoration through networks” was successfully held in Seoul KOREA on 14th Sep. 2010 as the special session of “8th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics 2010”
Date/Time： September 14th 2009 16:00 – 17:30
Venue： COEX complex, Seoul KOREA
Host: Asian River Restoration Network (ARRN),
Chair: Dr. Nobuyuki TAMAI (ARRN Chairperson, IAHR President)
Co-Chair: Dr. BongHee Lee (Secretary General of KRRN)
Discussion Points
- Review of the 7th ARRN International Forum
- Development of ARRN River Restoration Guideline
- Role of River Restoration network
Panelist
- Dr. Bart Fokkens (President of European Centre for River Restoration, ECRR)
- Dr. Dongya Sun (China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Secretary General of China River Restoration Network)
- Dr. Naoki Shirakawa (Tsukuba University, ARRN Technical Committee)
- Dr. Sukhwan Jang (Daejin University, ARRN Technical Committee)
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Date: 2010.09.22 17:02
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Opening speech by Prof. Tamai, ARRN chair
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Presentation by Dr. Bart Fokkens, ECRR president
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“The 7th International Forum on Waterfront and Watershed Restoration” was successfully held in Seoul KOREA on 14th Sep. 2010 as the special session of “8th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics 2010”
Date/Time： September 14th 2009 14:00 – 15:30
Venue： COEX complex, Seoul KOREA
Host: Asian River Restoration Network (ARRN),
Chair: Dr. Naoki SHRAKAWA (Tsukuba Univ. Japan)
Co-Chair: Dr. Sukhwan JANG (Daejin Univ. Korea)
Program
14:00-14:05 Opening
14:05-14:25
Lecture1 Dr. Bart Fokkens (European Centre for River Restoration, Netherlands)
River Restoration in Europe and the European Centre for River Restoration
14: 25-14:40
Lecture2 Dr. Wang Xingong(Yellow River Water Resources Protection Scientific Institute, China)
Study on Environmental Flows and Eco-restoration Practice in Yellow River Delta
14: 40-14:55
Lecture3 Dr. Masatoshi Denda (River restoration team, Water Environment Research Group, Public Works Research Institute, Japan)
Improvement of Individual-based models by using GIS and a Wild Animal Auto-tracking System
14:55-15:10
Lecture4 Dr. Sunok Jeon (Eco-STAR Project, Korea )
Development of Technology for Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration in Korea
15:10-15:25
Lecture5 Prof. Weon Jae Kim (Korea Institute of Construction Technology, Korea)
A Prototype of Decision Support System for Ecological Urban River Restoration
15:25-15:30 Closing
>>Leaflet(PDF 632KB)
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Date: 2010.09.22 17:01
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Welcome speech by Prof. Tamai, ARRN chair
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Presentation by JRRN secretariat
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During the period of September 13 (Mon.) to 16 (Thur.), 2010, the “8th International symposium on Ecohydraulics 2010 (ISE2010)” was held at the COEX in Seoul, Korea.
The JRRN Secretariat sent Mr. Goto (Foundation for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration JAPAN) to the forum to give his presentation, entitled “Characteristics of River Restoration in Japan and Case Studies”, at a technical session of “River Restoration”. During the symposium, ARRN also exhibited a booth to introduce ARRN/JRRN activities and diverse river restoration case examples in Asia.
>>8th International symposium on Ecohydraulics (ISE2010) website
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Date: 2010.09.22 17:00
(1) ARRN’s 7th International Forum on Waterfront and Watershed Restoration
- Excellence in Engineering Practice in River and Waterfront Restoration -
-Time and Date: September 14, 2010(Tues.) 14:00-15:30
-Venue: COEX, Seoul, KOREA
(as a Special Session of International Symposium on Ecohydraulics 2010, ISE2010)
-Host: Asian River Restoration Network (ARRN)
-Chair: Dr. Naoki Shirakawa (Tsukuba University, ARRN Technical Committee)
-Co-Chair: Dr. Bong Hee Lee (Saman Engineering Ltd., KRRN Secretary General)
(2) ARRN’s Roundtable Meeting
- How to develop technology and Guideline for river restoration through networks -
-Time and Date: September 14, 2010(FRI.) 16:00-17:30
-Venue: Room 10, COEX, Seoul, KOREA
(as a Special Session of International Symposium on Ecohydraulics 2010, ISE2010)
-Host: Asian River Restoration Network (ARRN)
-Chair: Dr. Nobuyuki Tamai (Kanazawa Gakuin University, ARRN Chairperson, President of IAHR)
-Co-Chair: Dr. Bong Hee Lee (Saman Engineering Ltd., KRRN Secretary General)
Leaflet: http://www.a-rr.net/news/docs/7thARRNforum_leaflet.pdf
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Date: 2010.09.10 17:36
- Prof. Xu Zongxue (Professor at Beijing Normal University/Deputy Dean, College of Water Sciences)
- Date : September 8, 2010
- Venue : Foundation for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration, JAPAN
- Subject : China’s challenge: against flood, drought and water pollution under climate change
The 6th JRRN River Environment Mini Lecture was held on Wednesday, September 8, 2010.
First, the lecturer introduced the latest situation of damage caused by floods and droughts in China, using pictures. In addition, he outlined water resource management in China, explained flood and drought control in detail, and measures for water quality; he also explained the future direction and ideas of the Chinese government’s water resource management policy. In the exchange of opinions after the lecture, participants asked questions about measures for water environments, dam control in China, and technological transfer from Japan.
>>Record of a lecture (Language: Japanese only)
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Date: 2010.09.10 13:31
On September 3 (Fri.), 2010, Professor Paul Waley, School of Geography, University of Leeds came to Japan, and had an exchange of views with the JRRN Secretariat and four JRRN members mainly on efforts for river restoration in England and Japan, and the participation of residents. Prof. Waley has continued his relationship with Japan for over three decades. He had covered urban rivers in Japan when he was an English newspaper reporter, and is now working on a comparative study of urban river restoration and involvement with local communities in England and Japan from various perspectives including urban planning, urban development, landscape, and nature-oriented river management.
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Date: 2010.09.06 14:33
