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'''Hydroinformatics''' is a branch of [[informatics]] which concentrates on the application of [[information]] and communications technologies (ICTs) in addressing the increasingly serious problems of the equitable and efficient use of water for many different purposes. Growing out of the earlier discipline of computational hydraulics, the numerical simulation of water flows and related processes remains a mainstay of hydroinformatics, which encourages a focus not only on the technology but on its application in a social context.  
'''Hydroinformatics''' is the multidisciplinary application of information and decision support systems to address the equitable and efficient management and use of water for many different purposes.<ref name="GasmelseidHandbook">{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=OWK-AQAAQBAJ |chapter=Preface |title=Handbook of Research on Hydroinformatics |author=Gasmelseid, Tagelsir Mohamed |publisher=IGI Global |pages=xxiv–xxvii |year=2011 |isbn=9781615209088 |accessdate=05 June 2014}}</ref> Hydroinformatics draws on and integrates hydraulics, hydrology, environmental engineering, and many other disciplines. It sees application at all points in the water cycle, from atmosphere to ocean, and in artificial interventions in that cycle such as urban drainage and water supply systems. It provides support for decision making at all levels, from governance and policy through to management and operations.


On the technical side, in addition to computational hydraulics, hydroinformatics has a strong interest in the use of techniques originating in the so-called artificial intelligence community, such as artificial neural networks or recently support vector machines and [[genetics|genetic programming]]. These might be used with large collections of observed data for the purpose of data mining for knowledge discovery, or with data generated from an existing, physically based model in order to generate a computationally efficient emulator of that model for some purpose.
Hydroinformatics also recognises the inherently social nature of the problems of water management and of decision making processes, and it includes mechanisms towards understanding the social processes by which technologies are brought into use and how they change the water system. Since the resources to obtain and develop technological solutions affecting water collection, purification, and distribution continue to be concentrated in the hands of the minority, the need to examine these social processes are particularly acute:


Hydroinformatics recognises the inherently social nature of the problems of water management and of decision making processes, and strives to understand the social processes by which technologies are brought into use. Since the problems of water management are most severe in the majority world, while the resources to obtain and develop technological solutions are concentrated in the hands of the minority, the need to examine these social processes are particularly acute.
<blockquote>"[T]he role of the hydroinformatician in this process is to create sociotechnical environments in which the transmutations necessary to provide states of social justice can be catalysed through the creation of appropriate technologies. These technologies are those that can transform data and technical information into a form of knowledge and understanding that can be assimilated by the non-technical stakeholders so that they can contribute meaningfully and responsibly to the decision-making process. Therefore, one of the aims of hydroinformatics is a completely transparent decision making process involving all stakeholders in a water infrastructure project along with the relevant professionals directed to realisations of social justice, which are understood as transcendental states of social being."<ref name="UrbanHydro">{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=pYPNHUdJvGkC&pg=PA39 |chapter=Chapter 3: Hydroinformatics |title=Urban Hydroinformatics: Data, Models, and Decision Support for Integrated Urban Water Management |author=Price, Roland K.; Vojinović, Zoran |publisher=IWA Publishing |pages=39–61 |year=2011 |isbn=9781843392743 |accessdate=05 June 2014}}</ref></blockquote>


Hydroinformatics draws on and integrates hydraulics, hydrology, environmental engineering and many other disciplines. It sees application at all points in the water cycle from atmosphere to ocean, and in artificial interventions in that cycle such as urban drainage and water supply systems. It provides support for decision making at all levels from governance and policy through management to operations.
==History==


Hydroinformatics has a growing world-wide community of researchers and practitioners.<ref>[http://www.hydroinformatics-community.org/ Welcome — Hydroinformatics Community<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The Journal of Hydroinformatics provides a specific outlet for Hydroinformatics research,<ref>[http://www.iwaponline.com/jh/toc.htm IWA Publishing - Journal of Hydroinformatics<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and the community gathers to exchange ideas at the biennial conferences.<ref>[http://www.hydroinformatics-community.org/conferences/ Conferences — Hydroinformatics Community<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> These activities are coordinated by the joint [[IAHR]],<ref>[http://www.iahr.net/ Welcome to the IAHR internet site<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[IWA]],<ref>[http://www.iwahq.org/ IWA HomePage<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[IAHS]]<ref>[http://iahs.info/ IAHS-AISH<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [http://www.iwahq.org/Home/Networks/Specialist_groups/List_of_groups/Hydroinformatics/ Hydroinformatics Section].
Growing out of the earlier discipline of computational hydraulics, the numerical simulation of water flows and related processes remains a mainstay of hydroinformatics, which encourages a focus not only on the technology but on its application in a social context.  


There is a growing need for professionals and managers to appreciate and work with these new technologies and tools.
==Informatics==
http://books.google.com/books?id=OWK-AQAAQBAJ
http://books.google.com/books?id=Dr4PAQAAIAAJ
http://books.google.com/books?id=ch7lZxC6oZ8C
http://books.google.com/books?id=dYDCYddq83cC
 
==Recommended reading==
* {{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=pYPNHUdJvGkC&pg=PA39 |chapter=Chapter 3: Hydroinformatics |title=Urban Hydroinformatics: Data, Models, and Decision Support for Integrated Urban Water Management |author=Price, Roland K.; Vojinović, Zoran |publisher=IWA Publishing |pages=39–61 |year=2011 |isbn=9781843392743}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.hydroinformatics-community.org/ The hydroinformatics community web site.]
* [http://www.euroaquae.org/ EuroAquae Portal]
*[http://www.hydroinformatics.com/ UNESCO-IHE hydroinformatics group page.]
* [http://www.hydroinformatics.org/ hydroinformatics.org]
*[http://www.euroaquae.org/ EuroAquae - European master course of Hydroinformatics and Water Management.]
* [http://www.iahr.org/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=1 International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research] (IAHR)
* [http://iahs.info/ International Association of Hydrological Sciences] (IAHS)
* [http://www.iwahq.org/ International Water Association] (IWA)
* [http://www.iwaponline.com/jh/toc.htm Journal of Hyrdoinformatics]


==Notes==
==Notes==
This article heavily reuses content from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroinformatics the Wikipedia article].
This article heavily reuses content from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroinformatics the Wikipedia article].


==References==
==References==
'''www.hydroinformatics.org'''
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Revision as of 23:24, 5 June 2014

Hydroinformatics is the multidisciplinary application of information and decision support systems to address the equitable and efficient management and use of water for many different purposes.[1] Hydroinformatics draws on and integrates hydraulics, hydrology, environmental engineering, and many other disciplines. It sees application at all points in the water cycle, from atmosphere to ocean, and in artificial interventions in that cycle such as urban drainage and water supply systems. It provides support for decision making at all levels, from governance and policy through to management and operations.

Hydroinformatics also recognises the inherently social nature of the problems of water management and of decision making processes, and it includes mechanisms towards understanding the social processes by which technologies are brought into use and how they change the water system. Since the resources to obtain and develop technological solutions affecting water collection, purification, and distribution continue to be concentrated in the hands of the minority, the need to examine these social processes are particularly acute:

"[T]he role of the hydroinformatician in this process is to create sociotechnical environments in which the transmutations necessary to provide states of social justice can be catalysed through the creation of appropriate technologies. These technologies are those that can transform data and technical information into a form of knowledge and understanding that can be assimilated by the non-technical stakeholders so that they can contribute meaningfully and responsibly to the decision-making process. Therefore, one of the aims of hydroinformatics is a completely transparent decision making process involving all stakeholders in a water infrastructure project along with the relevant professionals directed to realisations of social justice, which are understood as transcendental states of social being."[2]

History

Growing out of the earlier discipline of computational hydraulics, the numerical simulation of water flows and related processes remains a mainstay of hydroinformatics, which encourages a focus not only on the technology but on its application in a social context.

Informatics

http://books.google.com/books?id=OWK-AQAAQBAJ http://books.google.com/books?id=Dr4PAQAAIAAJ http://books.google.com/books?id=ch7lZxC6oZ8C http://books.google.com/books?id=dYDCYddq83cC

Recommended reading


External links

Notes

This article heavily reuses content from the Wikipedia article.

References

  1. ↑ Gasmelseid, Tagelsir Mohamed (2011). "Preface". Handbook of Research on Hydroinformatics. IGI Global. pp. xxiv–xxvii. ISBN 9781615209088. http://books.google.com/books?id=OWK-AQAAQBAJ. Retrieved 05 June 2014. 
  2. ↑ Price, Roland K.; Vojinović, Zoran (2011). "Chapter 3: Hydroinformatics". Urban Hydroinformatics: Data, Models, and Decision Support for Integrated Urban Water Management. IWA Publishing. pp. 39–61. ISBN 9781843392743. http://books.google.com/books?id=pYPNHUdJvGkC&pg=PA39. Retrieved 05 June 2014. 
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