From design to application of a decision-support system for integrated river-basin management

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1781-1811

  Kok, Jean Luc ^a,b   Kofalk, Sebastian ^c   Berlekamp, Jürgen ^d   Hahn, Bernhard ^e   Wind, Herman ^f  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^e Research Institute for Knowledge Systems   (Netherlands)

^f Infram   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appropriate modeling; Decision support system; Elbe; Model integration; River basin management; System design

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE MODELING; ELBE; MODEL INTEGRATION; RIVER-BASIN MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM DESIGN;

AVAILABILITY; CATCHMENTS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DESIGN; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; INLAND WATERWAYS; NAVIGATION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER BASIN PROJECTS;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; CATCHMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DESIGN; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER BASIN; SOFTWARE; STAKEHOLDER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ELBE BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 67649807552     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9352-7     Document Type: Article

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