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Research Interests

Dr. Gladwells's interests focus on water related issues and problems of the humid tropics. He has served for a number of years on the Board of Governors of CATHALAC (a regional humid tropics research centre located in Panama). He continues to be involved as a consultant and advisor to organizations in the solution of water related issues and problems of the humid tropics. Dr. Gladwell has maintained an active international lecturing program, which has included sponsorship by the US National Academy of Sciences, The US National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, the Organization of American States, the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and numerous other professional organizations.

Selected Publications

While in UNESCO, Dr. Gladwell established a publication series dealing with the problems of the humid tropics, and was instrumental in the development and production of a state-of-the-art book on the problems and situations of tropical regions: Hydrology and Water Management in the Humid Tropics. Dr. Gladwell served as Editor and contributor to a recently published book on sustainable development: Sustainability Criteria for Water Resource Systems, published by Cambridge Press. He is now working on a contribution to the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems on the subject of sustainable water resource systems.

Additional Information

A full curriculum vitae for Dr. Gladwell is available in PDF format [88K].

Contact Information

Hydro Tech International
P.O. Box 40504 Waterfront Centre
#11 - 200 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 3L0
Canada
Telephone: 604.885.0188
Fax: 604.885.0181
e-mail: johngladwell@dccnet.com

	Dr. Evan Vlachos
	Dr. Evan Vlachos is Professor of Sociology and Civil Engineering at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, where he is also Associate Director of the International School for Water Resources. He holds a Law degree from the University of Athens (1959), and M.A. (1962) and Ph.D. (1964) degrees in Sociology from Indiana University.

Research Interests

Dr. Evan Vlachos has worked on a variety of projects in the United States and abroad on aspects of urban planning, water resources planning and management, forecasting and futurism, technology assessment and demography.

He has served in a variety of US and international commissions, especially on water resources and the environment. Dr. Vlachos has served as Member and Chairman of the Environmental Advisory Board, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1982-1987. He has been a member of the Advisory Panel on Environmental and Earth S&T in NATO, Brussels (Eastern Europe and Russia) between 1993-2000. Dr. Vlachos is also a member of UNESCO's Committee on "Water and Civilization."

Dr. Vlachos is the recipient of the Army's Outstanding Civilian Service Medal (1987), the CSU Oliver Pennock Distinguished Service Award (1988), and the American Water Resources Association's Icko Iben Award (1993).

Selected Publications

• Transfer of Water Resources Knowledge (editor). Littleton, CO: Water Resources Publications, 1973. 540 pp.
• "Socio-cultural Aspects of Urban Hydrology" in P. Laconte and Y.Y. Haimes (eds.), Water Resources and Land Use Planning: A Systems Approach. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1982, pp. 255-282.
• Coping With Droughts (co-editor). Littleton, CO: Water Resources Publications, 1983. 416 pp.
• "Society and Future Climate Change" in A. Berger et al. (eds.) Climate and Geo-Sciences: A Challenge for Science and Society in the 21st Century. Dordrecht: Kluver Academic Publishers, 1989, pp. 583-602.
• "Public Involvement and Participation" in D.G. Fontane and H.N. Tuvel (eds.) Water Policy and Management: Solving the Problems. NY: ASCE, 1994, pp. 859-863.
• "Hydrodiplomacy and Dispute Resolution in Water Resources Conflicts," In Jacques Ganoulis et al. (eds.) Transboundary Water Management: Institutional and Engineering Approaches. Berlin: Springer, 1996, pp. 19-36.
• Practicing Hydrodiplomacy in the 21st Century. Water Resources Update. No. 111, Spring 1998, pp. 76-82.
• Public Participation: Setting the Stage, in A. Lamas (ed) Participação Publica e Planeamento: Practica da Democracia Ambiental. Lisbon: FLAD, 1998, pp. 29-39.
• “Transnational Rivers and Hydrodiplomacy”, in E. Vlachos and F.N. Correia (eds.) Shared Water Systems and Transboundary Issues: with special emphasis on the Iberian Peninsula. Lisbon: Luso-American Foundation, 2000 pp.43-65.

Additional Information

A full curriculum vitae for Dr. Vlachos is available in PDF format [56K]. More information about Dr. Vlachos and his activities can be found at http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Sociology/fac/evan.html.

Contact Information

Department of Sociology
Colorado State University
B240 Clark
Fort Collins CO 80523, USA
Telephone: 970.491.6089
Fax: 970.491.2191
e-mail: evlachos@engr.colostate.edu