Integrated modelling for river basin management planning

Complex spatio-temporal environmental problems call for an integrated assessment of environmental systems due to their interdisciplinary nature. Within this context, the approach of integrated water resource management (IWRM) at the catchment scale, which is at the heart of advanced European environ...

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Published inProceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Water management Vol. 164; no. 8; pp. 405 - 419
Main Authors Safiolea, Eleftheria, Baki, Sotiria, Makropoulos, Christos, Deliège, Jean Francois, Magermans, Paul, Everbecq, Etienne, Gkesouli, Anthoula, Stamou, Anastasios, Mimikou, Maria
Format Journal Article Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published London ICE Publishing 01.09.2011
Thomas Telford Ltd
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Computer science
Engineering, computing & technology
Environmental sciences & ecology
hydrology
Ingénierie, informatique & technologie
Integrated Modelling
Life sciences
Management
Management planning
PEGASE
River basin management
River basins
Sciences de l’environnement & écologie
Sciences du vivant
Sciences informatiques
Water Framework Directive
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Summary:Complex spatio-temporal environmental problems call for an integrated assessment of environmental systems due to their interdisciplinary nature. Within this context, the approach of integrated water resource management (IWRM) at the catchment scale, which is at the heart of advanced European environmental policy such as the water framework directive (WFD), argues for integrated modelling tools and approaches. This paper examines recent technological developments that facilitate integrated modelling and focuses on a novel approach, the open modelling interface (OpenMI), which allows models built by different developers to communicate at runtime. The individual models, when made compliant with the OpenMI standard, can be considered as ‘components' of an integrated model and seamlessly exchange data. Two OpenMI-enabled integrated modelling case studies are presented and their results critically discussed. The paper concludes with opportunities and challenges towards the design of flexible, component-based models supporting integrated environmental policy in general and the WFD implementation in particular.
Bibliography:scopus-id:2-s2.0-80051755993
ISSN:1741-7589
1751-7729
1751-7729
DOI:10.1680/wama.2011.164.8.405