Bringing diverse knowledge sources together - A meta-model for supporting integrated catchment management

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-127

  Holzkämper, Annelie ^a,b   Kumar, Vikas ^a   Surridge, Ben W J ^a,c   Paetzold, Achim ^a,d   Lerner, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d IBL Umweltplanung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian network; Decision support; Integrated catchment management; Integrated modelling; Meta model; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; RUNOFF; WATER CONSERVATION;

BAYESIA N NETWORKS; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION SUPPORTS; DECISIONS MAKINGS; INTEGRATED CATCHMENT MANAGEMENTS; INTEGRATED MODELING; META MODEL; METAMODELING; SUPPORT TOOL; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CATCHMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; INTEGRATED APPROACH; META-ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; SOCIAL LEARNING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 83055181975     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.10.016     Document Type: Article

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