Future events:
IWA Congress-September 2010
5th Scientific Meeting-October 2010
Past events:
Learning Alliance Meeting-29 July 2010
Birmingham Learning Alliance meeting on coupled 1D/2D modelling of overland flow caused by surcharging of the stormwater network and SUDS selection tools. There was also a short presentation on the outcomes of the scenario modelling carried out using City Water Balance, on of the City Water Decision Support System’s modelling tools.
First European Congress of the International Association of Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research, Edinburgh-4-6 May 2010
SWITCH secured a special session at this conference which brings together experts in the field of hydro-environmental engineering. Four members of the Birmingham LA presented to the delegates on the SWITCH project as a whole, stormwater risk assessment, City Water Balance and Transitioning.
Birmingham LA Review-April 2010
The Accra City Facilitator came to Birmingham to interview members of the LA and record the progress of the Birmingham LA. The report from this visit will be available shortly.
City Water Futures Summit, Delft-October 2009
4th Scientific Conference, Delft-October 2009
Scenario planning workshop-30 September 2009
The LA reviewed possible scenarios for the future of Birmingham for the City Water Balance team to model using their software.
A Vision for Birmingham-May 2009
A review of the Vision for Birmingham in the future (downloadable from http://switchbirmingham.wordpress.com/reports/) and scenario planning and strategy building
3rd Annual Scientific Meeting-Brazil, Belo Horizonte
The outcomes of the Scientific Meeting are available at http://switchurbanwater.lboro.ac.uk/news_sci_mtg3.php
Workshop on Learning Allainces-Belo Horizonte, Brazil
In November 2008, members of the Birmingham Learning Alliance team, including the Birmigham Research Director and Facilitator attended a workshop on how Learning Alliances can better integrate in to research work, how we can assist in disseminating work and how the Learning Alliances can interact more between cities. Outputs to follow shortly.
Expo, Zaragoza-September 2008
The Birmingham LA Facilitator attended the Expo in Zaragoza in September 2008. The site had exhibits from across the globe demonstrating excellence in sustainable water management, in addition to specialist pavillions on areas such as water and energy. She also attended the EU Water Research Day which showcased the 6th Framework Projects, including the SWITCH project and debated how the knowledge in current projects can feed into future ones. For photos click here.
SWITCH LA City Reviews-August 2008
The Birmingham LA Coordinator and Facilitator travelled to Hamburg in order to review the work being undertaken and to learn from other cities, and simiarly, the Accra Facilitator and a representative from Greenwich University came to Birmingham and interviewed members of the LA, the research team and the LA facilitation team. The results of which will be available for download shortly.
Eastside Utility Study
The Birmingham LA were asked to look into the energy requiements of the Eastside developement in Birmingham. Although slightly out of the “urban water” remit, it is intrinsicly linked. The report is available from here.
Visioning Exercise
A number of workshops were held to look at Birmingham in the future, and ultimately obtain a vision of Birmingham. In addition to the workshops, questionnaires were issued and similar visioning documents were reviewed. The Birmingham City Vision is downloadable from here.
Stakeholder Analysis
It is an important to be aware of the stakholders who are involved in integrated urban water management at all levels within Birmingham. A stakeholder analysis was undertaken which not only looked at the stakeholders within the city, but the linkages to other stakeholders and the contribution they make. The output from this can be found here.
Activities for months 13-30
Field research initiated in the current 12 months will be continued through the next 18 months (WP2.3 (Extensive green roofs), 3.2 (Viral migration in aquifers), 5.3 (NA at the stream-aquifer interface). Development of the Learning Alliance activities will be furthered through consolidation of the LA meeting programme, expansion of the stakeholders through links with other actions taking place within Birmingham related to water, expansion of training opportunities for LA partners; collation of the spatial data sets required for the systems modelling under WP1.1 and WP1.2; gaining a deeper exploration of action research needs within the LA membership; reviewing the status of the Birmingham LA and evaluation of the approach taken to its implementation in the first 18 months.
For Birmingham work packages click here.
