Different forces continue to seriously affect natural water resources and many of these are the result of human actions, such as over-withdrawal and climate change. Water withdrawals are estimated to increase by 50% in developing countries and by 18% in developed countries by 2025 (WWAP, 2006). This increased water demand, combined with the impacts of climate change, will lead to an estimated 40% fresh water shortage by 2030 (WRG, 2009). The present approach to water resources management problems focuses on a natural integration of the evaluation and the management of available water re-sources, with particular attention to water withdrawals, which are very widespread in Italian river basins. In the past this has produced situations of water scarcity at the basin scale, especially for surface water. A more recent legislation underlines the importance of the environmental aspects and the necessity of an integrated approach that collectively encompasses the hydrological, socio-economic and governance components of freshwater systems (EC, 2013). This is a critical goal for all water-related stakeholders and this study promotes cooperative instruments among participants in the assessment and decision-making process in the water resources management field. The Internet implementation in the decision support systems (DSSs) in water re-sources management can be considered a new approach for this problem. Several papers have been written to support this, for an in depth review on the subject, please refer to: Choi et al. (2005), Hewett et al. (2010), Dangermond & Maidment (2010), Sridhar et al. (2011), and for applications: Salewicz & Nakayama (2004), Pierleoni et al. (2007), Comair et al. (2014), Zhang et al. (2015). This work aims to introduce the main aspects of the project developed for the Tiber River Basin and named "Water Resources Management and Evaluation" (WRME), which offers an innovative and integrated solution to the water resources management problems.
AN ICT APPROACH FOR WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY IN THE TIBER RIVER BASIN - ITALY
ARNALDO PIERLEONI;STEFANO CASADEI
;MICHELE BELLEZZA
2018
Abstract
Different forces continue to seriously affect natural water resources and many of these are the result of human actions, such as over-withdrawal and climate change. Water withdrawals are estimated to increase by 50% in developing countries and by 18% in developed countries by 2025 (WWAP, 2006). This increased water demand, combined with the impacts of climate change, will lead to an estimated 40% fresh water shortage by 2030 (WRG, 2009). The present approach to water resources management problems focuses on a natural integration of the evaluation and the management of available water re-sources, with particular attention to water withdrawals, which are very widespread in Italian river basins. In the past this has produced situations of water scarcity at the basin scale, especially for surface water. A more recent legislation underlines the importance of the environmental aspects and the necessity of an integrated approach that collectively encompasses the hydrological, socio-economic and governance components of freshwater systems (EC, 2013). This is a critical goal for all water-related stakeholders and this study promotes cooperative instruments among participants in the assessment and decision-making process in the water resources management field. The Internet implementation in the decision support systems (DSSs) in water re-sources management can be considered a new approach for this problem. Several papers have been written to support this, for an in depth review on the subject, please refer to: Choi et al. (2005), Hewett et al. (2010), Dangermond & Maidment (2010), Sridhar et al. (2011), and for applications: Salewicz & Nakayama (2004), Pierleoni et al. (2007), Comair et al. (2014), Zhang et al. (2015). This work aims to introduce the main aspects of the project developed for the Tiber River Basin and named "Water Resources Management and Evaluation" (WRME), which offers an innovative and integrated solution to the water resources management problems.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
