Faculty of Arts Damanour
branch, Alexandria University
&
The
Egyptian Society of Environmental Changes
3rd International Symposium & Field Workshop on
Living with
Landscapes "Adaptation with
Rivers and Coastal Coral Reef"
Aswan and Marsa Alam
25th of October - 1st of November 2010
The
organizing team of the- Living with Landscapes- international symposiums, would
like to invite you, yet again, to
its third annual gathering for even
more of the same excellent academic interaction, networking and exchange of
experience and achievement regarding Man's ingenious ways of adaptation with
different landscapes and geomorphic environments.
We
have over-passed ourselves this time, by choosing even more distinctive settings
for you to explore and enjoy. First, is of course the legendary Nile River with
its spectacular sceneries and history-long cultural significance stretching
between two of the most ancient and "monumental" cities in the world; the
mystical Luxor and Aswan. This is,
of course, in addition to the beautiful Marsa Alam resort at the Red Sea, with
its warm climate, wondrous sceneries and
breathtaking underwater coral gardens and marine life.
As usual, oral and poster presentations will be orchestrated
amongst field workshops in marine and desert excursions in order to weave
maximum academic benefit with enjoyment and refreshment. This time, we intend to
offer you unique opportunities for academic exposure and experience.
Objectives:
Definitions of Man's methods of integration within various
landscapes should help our understanding of the interactive nature of the
relationship between geomorphology and human activities. Of particular interest
here are investigations of fluvial and coastal regions, with their geomorphic
processes and strong relationships to global environmental change. While
continually offering mankind a variety of unique goods and services, coral reefs
and mangrove, as micro-geo-systems, are very sensitive to global change.
Topics:
1.Methods of
adaptation in conditions of climatic change, and coastal and fluvial landforms'
evolution. 2. Geodiversity of coastal and fluvial
landscapes.
3.
Geoarchaeology of coastal and fluvial
landscapes.
4.Man
and coastal geomorphology.
5.Man and adaptation with floods.
6. Floods and how
they affect the human communities.
7.Adaptation with side effects of river dams. 8.Living
with torrential rainfall.
9.Paleokarst in different regions.
10.Karst
of sea coasts and coral reefs.
Languages:
English will be the only official language
of the conference.