Third International Symposium Geotunis 2008

22 August 2008, 11:23am

With the support of his excellence the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development

in association with the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

The Tunisian Association of Digital Geographic Information organizes

The (3rd) International Symposium Geotunis 2008
26 to 30 November 2008
in Tunis, Tunisia.

with the participation of scholars, experts, researchers, companies and research laboratories who use geographic information systems and remote sensing.

"Natural resource management and study of the impact of climate change with geographic information systems, science and space technologies."

Natural resource management and Impact of climate change: Bringing the technology of Geographic Information.

Principle 1: Geomatics technologies are appropriate in the exploration and management of natural resources.

• Remote GIS: A useful synergy.
• GPS and GIS for mobile mapping precision.
• Applicability of geographic information technology to:
- Agriculture
- Fisheries Management (trawling and impact on the fishery resources), and aquaculture
- Livestock and grazing
- Exploration of mines

Principle 2: Water resources sustainability and/or exploitation.

• Collection, storage and management of rainwater and tributaries.
• Optimization of implantation sites for construction of dams.
• Process hydrological modeling and spatial
• Sustainability of water resources in arid environments?

Principle 3: Arid environments - vulnerability and risk of desertification.

• Sensitivity of arid climate change
• Preventing and combating desertification
• Bio-diversity and balance of ecosystems in arid environments

Principle 4: The Physical Planning and Geographic Information Technologies: a necessary complementarity.

• Geographic information and spatial / Regional
• Planning tourism
• Urban Planning
• Planning Attorneys

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International Symposium Geotunis 2008

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