This Congress is co-hosted by the Ministry of Water Resources of P. R. China (MWR) and the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR). Themes to be addressed include: water engineering and civilization; hydro-environment; fluvial hydraulics and river management; maritime hydraulics and coastal engineering; water resources and hydroinformatics; and climate change and hazard mitigation. Issues addressed in sub-themes, include: irrigation, navigation and urbanization; industrial hydraulics and renewable energy; urban water environment engineering; water storage; natural hazards and extreme events; and floods and flood management.  

dates: 8-13 September 2013   venue: InterContinental Century City Chengdu, 88 Century City Boulevard   location: Chengdu, China   contact: Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research   phone: +86-10-6878-1672   fax: +86-10-6841-2316   e-mail: iahr2013@vip.163.com   www: http://www.iahr2013.org/index.htm