Innovations in Water and Environmental Planning in Mediterranean-Climate Systems: Experiences in California and Portugal

Thursday-Friday, April 17-18, 2003
Conference Schedule and List of Participants

Organizing Committee

G. Mathias Kondolf
Associate Professor Environmental Planning and Geography
Chair Portuguese Studies Program, UCB

Judith Innes
Professor of City and Regional Planning
Director, Institute of Urban and Regional Development, UCB

Lia Vasconcelos
Department of Sciences and Environmental Engineering
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Graça Saraiva
Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Technical University of Lisbon (UTL)
Researcher, CESUR, Instituto Superior Tecnico, UTL

Idalina Baptista
Department of Exact and Technological Sciences
Universidade Aberta, Lisboa

Thursday 17 April 2003

Water in Mediterranean Climate Regions

9am - Welcome
Dean David Leonard

9:15am - "How Mediterranean-climate rivers differ physically and ecologically." Vince Resh

9:45am - "Scale and social values in Mediterranean-climate water." Jeff Romm

10:15am - Discussion led by Adina Merelander

10:30am - Break

11:00am - "Changing values, economies, perspectives on California water." Peter Gleick

11:30am - "Environmental water policies Portugal-California." Cecília Collados and Lia Vasconcelos

12:00pm - Discussion led by Tim Ramirez

12:30pm - Lunch Break

2:00pm - "New opportunities for urban streams California." Louise Mozingo; Portugal: Maria da Graça Saraiva

3:00pm - Discussion led by Matt Kondolf and Vince Resh

3:30pm - Break

4:15pm - "Agricultural change and desertification in Portugal." Isabel Ramos

4:45pm - "Vineyard expansion in Sonoma County, California."
Adina Merelander

5:15pm - Discussions led by Patrick Wright and Jeff Romm

6:00-8:00pm - Poster Session and reception

Friday 18 April 2003

Large Water Projects and Decisions in Environmental Policy

9:00am - "Large water projects in Mediterranean climate rivers." Matt Kondolf

9:20am - "The Calfed Bay-Delta program." Patrick Wright

10:00am - Discussion led by Robert Twiss

10:30am - Break

11:00am - " Collaborative water policy making in California." Judith Innes and Sarah Connick

11:30am - " Integrated evaluation for sustainable river basin governance." Gonçalo Lobo

12:30pm - Lunch Break

1:30pm - Alqueva Dam; Portugal: João Bernardo

2:00pm - "The Spanish Hydrological Plan, Ebro River." Narcis Prat, Michael Hanemann, and Alex Horne

3:00pm - Discussion led by Tim Ramirez

3: 30pm - Break

4:15pm - "Muddling through complex contexts." Lia Vasconcelos and Idalina Baptista

4: 45pm - Small groups work to develop conference conclusions

5:15pm - Conclusions led by Judith Innes