SUITMA 2011 Marrakech

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SUITMA 2011 Marrakech
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Start : October 3 2011 (iCal)
End : October 7 2011
City : Marrakech
Country : Morocco
Important dates
Submissions due : April 30 2011
SUITMA symposiums
SUITMA 2000 Essen (Germany)
SUITMA 2003 Nancy (France)
SUITMA 2005 Cairo (Egypt)
SUITMA 2007 Nanjing (China)
SUITMA 2009 New-York (United States)
SUITMA 2011 Marrakech (Morocco)
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The SUITMA 2011 symposium is organized in Marrakech (Morocco).

Themes

  • Session 1 : SUITMAs and the increasing population demand
    • Soil diversity in urban areas (artifacts, soil types, classification, mapping)
    • SUITMAs as support for food production (urban agriculture, soil fertility, soil contamination and soil-to-plant transfer)
    • Competition for land : soil remediation and restoration, e.g. brownfield sites;
    • SUITMAs a resource for energy and non-renewable compounds, e.g. P, rare elements
  • Session 2 : SUITMAs and climate change
    • Mitigation of GHG emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O)
    • Control of water flux and quality
    • Mitigation of temperature variations in cities
  • Session 3 : Biodiversity in SUITMAs
    • Abundance and functions of organisms in urban soils
    • Evolution of SUITMAs, and impacts on biodiversity
  • Session 4 : SUITMAs as buffer for human health and social stability
    • Direct soil-to-human transfer and impact of contaminants (pollutants, pathogens)
    • Urban landscape (e.g. trees in cities, art, archeology)
    • Urban agriculture (e.g. gardening)
    • Education and training

Committies

Steering committee

International scientific committee

Organizing Committee

See also

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