The third 'International Conference on Environment and Health' is to be held in Chennai from December 15 to 17, this year, followed by a one day post-conference workshop on 'GIS and IT Tools for Information Sharing in Planning and Environmental Management', the next day.

The theme of the conference will be 'Urban Planning and Environmental Management for Human Health'. The sub themes include the local environment of slums areas and human health, water quality and water borne diseases, public participation in management of environment and health problems, air pollution and respiratory illness, solid waste management, indicators of human and ecosystem health, ecosystems approaches to planning and management, transportation, noise pollution, complexity in environment and health systems.

The conference will have concurrent paper sessions and numerous delegates and experts from different parts of the country and abroad will participate in the conference, according to the organizers.