Travel information
By plane:
The Bucharest International Airport Henri Coandă, located 20 km from the centre of Bucharest has many connections to major European and American airports.
From the airport to the city centre you can travel by bus and by taxi.
By bus:
783 Express line connects Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport with the city centre. This line runs day and night. At night, the bus leaves every 40 minutes. Airport stops: In front of the Arrivals Terminal and Departures Terminal.
780 Express line connects Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport with the Gara de Nord (main railway station).
By taxi:
The taxi station is located at the exit of the Arrivals terminal, on the upper deck, at the first floor. The prices to the city centre are approx. 10 Euros.
Accomodation
We recommend accommodation at the Ramada Majestic Bucharest Hotel where the conference will take place: http://www.ramadamajestic.ro.
When you make the reservation at Ramada Hotel, specify that you are attending ERB 2016 Conference.
Accessible accommodation you can find as well in the Centre area of Bucharest: www.booking.com
- Destination: Bucharest City-Centre.
Publication
A book of extended abstracts of papers and posters will be available for the participants at the conference.
Selected (reviewed) full papers will be published after the conference in a peer reviewed journal
International Scientific Committee
Hubert Holzmann, Austria (ERB coordinator) Niko Verhoest, Belgium
Miroslav Tesař, Czech Republic Daniel Viville, France Britta Schmalz, Germany
Luca Brocca, Italy Edvinas Stonevicius, Lithuania Christophe Hissler, Luxemburg Piet Warmerdam, The Netherlands
Johannes Deelstra, Norway Janusz Siwek, Poland João de Lima, Portugal Gianina Neculau, Romania
Sergey Zhuravin, Russia Ladislav Holko, Slovakia Mitja Brilly, Slovenia Jérôme Latron, Spain Liudmyla Gorbachova, Ukraine
Call for abstract
Participants who wish to contribute to the conference are invited to submit an abstract in English (max 400 words), indicating their preference for oral or poster presentation before the end of March 2016. The abstract template will be available on the conference website: www.erb2016.com
Awards
There will be a prize for the best poster presentation with emphasis on contributions from young scientists. The ERB Medal award will be offered during the General Assembly to the distinguished person.
Euromediterranean Network of Experimental and Representative Basins
16 Biennial Conference ERB 2016
thFIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
Conference on
Hydrological behaviour in small basins under changing conditions
Bucharest, Romania September 5 – 8, 2016
Convened by
·ERB Steering Committee
In cooperation with
·NIHWM, Romania
·RAHS, Romania
·NARW, Romania
·IHP – UNESCO
·IAHS
·Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest
·University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography
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AS EO CIC GIA OT LIA ORRO IDM HA EN TA IN DE TI S
Conference Themes
Land use changes are altering the hydrologic system and have potentially large impacts on water resources. In recent years, water scarcity and irrational utilization have become the pivotal threats for sustainable development of catchments. The aim of optimal water resources management is to reallocate the limited water resources rationally among different water use sectors.
This has to be based on fair, effective and sustainable principles through measures such as restraining water demand reasonably, increasing water supply effectively, and protecting the ecological environment positively.
Land use and land cover are considered in a historical as well as current perspective to determine the types of activities that have occurred in the watershed and their potential as sources of pollution. It is important to consider the natural and cultural resources of the watershed as well as the human activities. The knowledge of the determining factors dynamics of water resources is made through the interdisciplinary approach in small basins or at plot scale. The data acquisition through experimental field or remote sensing allows a better understanding of the genetic mechanisms. A good knowledge of the impact of land use and land cover on water resources can be made based on the assessment of extended data series. The most known and used techniques for assessing the impact of land use are hydrological models.
The sessions will cover the following topics:
· Assessing extreme natural events based on observed data from experimental and representative basins;
· Rainfall – runoff – relationship in small catchments under changing conditions;
· Evapotranspiration and water circulation in small basins;
· Changes in water quality, aquatic ecology, sediment transport and related issues;
· Water resources in small basins with changing land use;
· Remote sensing and data assimilation in hydrology;
· Open session (new approaches).
Tentative program
Monday, 5 Sept.2016
09:00 - 12:00 ERB steering committee meeting 12:00 - 13:00 Registration
13:00 - 14:00 Opening Ceremony 14:00 - 18:00 Afternoon Session Tuesday, 6 Sept.2016
08:30 - 10:30 Morning Session 10:30 - 12:30 Poster session 14:00 - 18:00 Afternoon Session 19:00 Conference Dinner Wednesday, 7 Sept. 2016
09:00 - 18:00 Field Trip Thursday, 8 Sept.2016
08:30 - 11:00 Morning Session 11:00 - 12:00 ERB General Assembly 13:00 End of Conference
Key dates
Nov 2015 First call and Conference homepage Mar 2016 Submission of extended abstracts Apr 2016 Notification of abstract acceptance Jun 2016 Final registration
Sep 2016 ERB 2016 Conference Oct 2016 Submission of full papers
Venue
The conference will be held in Bucharest, the capital and the largest university town in Romania, located in the southeast of the country. The venue of 16 Biennial th
Conference ERB 2016 is Ramada Bucharest Majestic Hotel (Calea Victoriei No. 38-40, 010082 RO).
Organizers
· National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management (NIHWM), Bucharest, Romania;
no. 97, Bucuresti – Ploiesti Street, Bucharest, Romania; Tel:+40-21-3181115; Fax:+40-21- 3181116
· Romanian Association of Hydrological Sciences (RAHS); Tel:+40-021 233 35 73
Conference Fees
The conference fee will cover the expenses for the book of abstracts, conference attendance, conference dinner, field trip, refreshments and lunches during the conference.
Price
Before 31
thMay
2016
After 31
thMay
2016
Participants 200 € 250 €
Students
*)100 € 150 €
Accompanying
persons 100 € 125 €
* ) S t u d e n t s s h o u l d s e n d p r o o f o f s t a t u s . We offer free accommodation for five students in the University Campus.
Contacts
Email: erb2016@hidro.ro Homepage: www.erb2016.com
(since November 2015)
