Data Requirements for Integrated Urban Water Management - Urban Water Series - Unesco-Ihp

Informationen zum Autor Tim Fletcher, Ana Deletic Zusammenfassung Integrated urban water management relies on data allowing us to analyse, understand and predict the behaviour of the individual water cycle components and their interactions. This volume describes principles for developing a monitoring programme in support of sustainable urban water management. It examines the monitoring of water cycle components. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. Guiding Principles for Data Acquisition Management and Use. Overview of Guiding Principles. Defining Objectives and Applications of Monitoring. Selecting Variables to Monitor. Spatial and Temporal Scale Consideration. Understanding and Managing Uncertainty. Selecting Monitoring Equipment. Data Validation: Principles and Implementation. Data Handling and Storage. Use of Data to Create Information and Knowledge. Social and Institutional Considerations. Financial Considerations. Consideration and Integration of Specific Urban Water Cycle Components. Monitoring to Understand Urban Water Cycle Interactions. Urban Meteorology. Water Supply. Wastewater. Stormwater. Combined Sewers. Groundwater. Aquatic Ecosystems. Human Health. Social and Institutional Components. Case Studies. Introduction. The OTHU Case Study: Integrated Monitoring of Stormwater in Lyon, France. Wireless Sensor Network for Monitoring a Large-Scale Infrastructure System in Boston, USA.

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• Authors: Tim (Brock University Fletcher, Tim D. (EDT)/ Deletic Fletcher, Tim Deletic Fletcher, FLETCHER TIM DELETIC ANA
• Assisted by: Ana Deletic (Editor), Deletic Ana (Editor), Tim Fletcher (Editor), Fletcher Tim (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2007
• EAN: 9780415453448
• ISBN: 978-0-415-45344-8
• No. of pages: 392
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 248 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Urban Water Series - UNESCO-IHP; Urban Water Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography