Cebu City river scan 2019

Boogaard, F. (Speaker)
Krol, D. (Speaker)

Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation

Description

The subjects of the River Scan Challenge are Mahiga and Guadalupe rivers. These rivers are very polluted because they receive all kinds of wastes; untreated wastewaters and solid wastes, from the urbanized environment. These rivers are crucial to the flood occurrences in the highly urbanized city of Cebu.The purpose of the Cebu City River Scan is to highlight the technical dimensions of doable strategies for the rehabilitation of these rivers.

Period	13 Oct 2019 → 22 Oct 2019
Held at	University of San Carlos, Philippines
Degree of Recognition	International

Keywords

philippines
water pollution
rivers
rehabilitation

Documents & Links

Climatecafe Cebu: riverscan 2019 The Cebu City River Scan Challenge 2019 on its third year-run, is a joint program of Dutch universities and the University of San Carlos in collaboration with the Cebu City Government. The program is coordinated by the Cebu Leads Foundation Inc who is now the new operations unit of the Metro Cebu Development Coordinating Board (MCDCB). The subjects of the River Scan Challenge are Mahiga and Guadalupe rivers. These rivers are very polluted because they receive all kinds of wastes; untreated wastewaters and solid wastes, from the urbanized environment. These rivers are crucial to the flood occurrences in the highly urbanized city of Cebu. The purpose of the Cebu City River Scan is to highlight the technical dimensions of doable strategies for the rehabilitation of these rivers. These includes the quantity and quality aspects of the river water, the presence of plastic waste, understanding of the socio-cultural and socio-economic dimensions of the local residents along the rivers as well as the enabling policies.