A general framework for a collaborative water quality knowledge and information network

Environmental Management

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 443-455

  Dalcanale, Fernanda ^a   Fontane, Darrell ^a   Csapo, Jorge ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Collaborative network; Information exchange; Information sharing; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Professional network; Social network; Water information; Water knowledge; Water quality; Water quality management

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE FILTERING; COMPLEX NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION SERVICES; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

COLLABORATION; COLLABORATIVE NETWORK; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; INFORMATION SHARING; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; WATER INFORMATIONS;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

CIVIL SOCIETY; DECISION MAKING; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL NETWORK; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE BASE; SOCIAL NETWORK; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 79954439229     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9622-7     Document Type: Article

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