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Citizen observations contributing to flood modelling: opportunities and challenges [PDF]

open access: yesHydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2018
Citizen contributions to science have been successfully implemented in many fields, and water resources is one of them. Through citizens, it is possible to collect data and obtain a more integrated decision-making process.
T. H. Assumpção   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adaptation to Climate Change in Dutch Flood Risk Management: Innovative Approaches and Related Challenges

open access: yesUtrecht Law Review, 2022
Climate adaptation and water management, in particular flood risk management (FRM), in the Netherlands are strongly integrated policy domains. The observed and expected effects of climate change in the Netherlands will create a variety of pressures ...
W. J. van Doorn-Hoekveld   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rainfall and streamflow sensor network design: a review of applications, classification, and a proposed framework [PDF]

open access: yesHydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2017
Sensors and sensor networks play an important role in decision-making related to water quality, operational streamflow forecasting, flood early warning systems, and other areas.
J. C. Chacon-Hurtado   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Method and strategy analysis of sludge treatment and resource utilization in urban drinking water treatment plants

open access: yes能源环境保护, 2023
The sludge produced by urban drinking water treatment plants has a high yield, low organic content, and a high risk of inorganic pollution. Its green and low-carbon treatment, as well as resource utilization, has become urgent issues in achieving the ...
LUO Zhenning   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the influence of citizen involvement on the assimilation of crowdsourced observations: a modelling study based on the 2013 flood event in the Bacchiglione catchment (Italy) [PDF]

open access: yesHydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2018
To improve hydrological predictions, real-time measurements derived from traditional physical sensors are integrated within mathematic models. Recently, traditional sensors are being complemented with crowdsourced data (social sensors).
M. Mazzoleni   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

A half-baked solution: drivers of water crises in Mexico [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2018
Mexico is considered a regional economic and political powerhouse because of the size of its economy, and a large population in constant growth. However, this same growth accompanied by management and governance failures are causing several water ...
J. Godinez Madrigal   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The place of social transformation analysis in vulnerability assessment for climate adaptation planning in Upper West Region, Ghana: A review synthesis

open access: yesClimate Resilience and Sustainability, 2023
Climate vulnerability could be influenced by transforming demographic, technological, cultural, political and economic factors, which cuts across global, regional, national and local scales.
Charity Osei‐Amponsah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cooperative and adaptive transboundary water governance in Canada's Mackenzie River Basin: status and prospects

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2016
Canada's Mackenzie River Basin (MRB) is one of the largest relatively pristine ecosystems in North America. Home to indigenous peoples for millennia, the basin is also the site of increasing resource development, notably fossil fuels, hydroelectric power
Michelle Morris, Rob C. de Loë
doaj   +1 more source

Socio-hydrological spaces in the Jamuna River floodplain in Bangladesh [PDF]

open access: yesHydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2018
Socio-hydrology aims to understand the dynamics and co-evolution of coupled human–water systems, with research consisting of generic models as well as specific case studies.
M. R. Ferdous   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Why infrastructure still matters: unravelling water reform processes in an uneven waterscape in rural Kenya

open access: yesInternational Journal of the Commons, 2016
Since the 1980s, a major change took place in public policies for water resources management. Whereas before governments primarily invested in the development, operation and maintenance of water infrastructure and were mainly concerned with the ...
Jeltsje Sanne Kemerink   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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