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SUMMARY:Transforming River Catchments - Linking Ecology\, Society and the 
 Economy - Prof. Philip James\, Professor of Ecology\, School of Environmen
 t and Life Sciences\, University of Salford
DTSTART:20130213T131500Z
DTEND:20130213T141500Z
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CONTACT:Ranald Lawrence
DESCRIPTION:Until the industrial revolution the water in the rivers of the
  Irwell Catchment flowed\, well stocked with fish\, through meadows on the
 ir way from the Pennines to join the River Mersey and on to Liverpool Bay 
 and the Irish Sea. As industry spread along the riverbanks the character o
 f the Irwell Catchment was changed. Now the Manchester conurbation dominat
 es the landscape of the Catchment. In 2012 the Irwell Catchment was one of
  25 catchments selected by DEFRA (the Department for Food and Rural Affair
 s) to pilot a new catchment wide management plan process. During this pres
 entation Professor James\, who chaired the Irwell Catchment Pilot Steering
  Group\, reflects on the miss-match between human and natural systems\, th
 e tensions caused by different policy objectives\, and on the emerging res
 ilience of the processes that underpin the current management ideas. With 
 the proposed wider adoption of catchment and other landscape scale plans P
 rofessor James’s presentation will address issues relevant to architects
 \, planners\, ecologists\, and those involved in addressing the wider urba
 n agenda.
LOCATION:First-floor Classroom\, Department of Architecture
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