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The Fourth Session Of The International Congress Geo Tunisia 2009

Location: Tunis, Algeria

Date: 16 - 20 December 2009

Organisation: Geo-Tunis

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"Survey Of The Hydraulic Resources And Desertification By The Geographic Information Systems, Remote Detection And Numeric Designing."

The problem of hydraulic resources, desertification, and pollution represent one of the most important challenges that the world is facing today. The world is threatened in its natural structure which requires more research works and studies from specialists, in the vanguard of which those concerned by the use of modern technologies from the geographic information systems and remote detection and related sciences.

This state of affairs has led the sponsoring committee of Geo Tunisia 2008 to insist on making the theme of The International Congress 2009 deal with the hydraulic resources and desertification. Within this context, Mohamed Ayari, the President and founder of The Tunisian Association of Digital Geographic Information and President of the International Congress Geo Tunisia and Dr. Lotfi Moumni, the Scientific general coordinator of the International Congress Geo Tunisia have held a working meeting on 25 December 2008 in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with the support of The Jordanian Phosphates Mining Company where the major scientific modules were defined for the congress after consultation with the various members of the scientific committee. Likewise, we call on the various researchers, specialists, the users of modern technologies, the companies and the scientific institutions to participate in the International Congress Geo Tunisia 2009.

Key objectives

Scientific Themes

Groundwater:

  • Modelling of groundwater and the problem of over fishing;
  • Identification of areas of natural and artificial recharge of groundwater;
  • Exploration and research of new groundwater resources;
  • The pollution of groundwater;
  • The intrusion of seawater into groundwater.

Dams and water collection surface

  • The use of GIS and remote sensing for the optimization of locations of dams;
  • Benefits of remote sensing and GIS in the work CES.

Pollution of surface waters and watersheds:

  • Study of river basins;
  • Pollution of surface waters and river basins;
  • Floods in arid and mobilization of flood waters;
  • The balance of the river hydro;
  • The integrated management of river basins.

Desertification:

  • The degradation of farmland;
  • Problem of urban sprawl at the expense of agricultural areas;
  • Silting and mobile dunes;
  • The phenomenon of Lanino and Nino and its impact on the distribution;
  • GIS and remote ssing in monitoring and detection of desertification.

Arid and Sustainable Development:

  • The role of GIS and remote sensing in the development of Saharan tourism;
  • The importance of satellite imagery and digital maps in the management of plant resources in dry lands;
  • Agriculture in arid zones;
  • The rational use of water resources in arid and semi arid areas;
  • Water use by tourism areas in the Sahara.

Registration fees

For more information, please go to: http://www.geotunis.org/index_en.php?id=7

Registration details

For more information and an application form, please go to: http://www.geotunis.org/index_en.php?id=7

Contact Details

For questions or queries, please contact the General Secretary. Email: atigeo_num@yahoo.fr Tel.: +216 71 341 814 Fax: +216 71 341 814

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