Impacts of Megaconferences on the Water Sector

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Biswas, Asit K. (Editor), Tortajada, Cecilia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Water Resources Development and Management,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Environmental management.; Hydrogeology.; Geotechnical engineering.; Water pollution.; Macroeconomics.; Environmental economics.; Earth Sciences.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Environmental Economics.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.

Since the late 1990s, megaconferences in the water-related sectors have become regular occurrences. The latest one, in Mexico City, in March 2006, is estimated to have cost a total of $205 million, and had 19,000+ participants. In spite of such huge costs and organizational efforts, not a single wat...