Decision Framework for Integrated Wetland-River Basin Management in a Tropica...

CRC Press

A Decision Framework for Integrated Wetland-River Basin Management in a Tropical and Data Scarce EnvironmentUNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis\nAuthor(s): Mijail Eduardo Arias Hidalgo\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9781138000254, 978-1138000254\nSynopsis\nTraditionally, wetlands were considered separately from river basin systems. However, nowadays it is becoming common practice to follow an integrated approach in wetland-riverine watershed analysis and management. Such approach requires not only adequate representations of all relevant bio-physical parameters, but also of socio-political and economic indicators. Data scarcity, an endemic problem in developing countries, hampers this global process. In this study, both conventional methods and state-of-the-art techniques and data sources are explored.\n\nA modelling framework is developed which includes rainfall-runoff processes, river hydrodynamics and water allocation models.