Data Requirements for Integrated Urban Water

Drawing on UNESCO's International Hydrological Programme project on this topic, Data Requirements for Integrated Urban Water Managementsexplores how to improve integrated urban water management, It provides guidance on the collection, validation, storage, assessment and utilization of the relevant data. The first part of this volume describes general principles for developing a monitoring programme in support of sustainable urban water management. The second part examines in detail the monitoring of individual water cycle components. Two case studies illustrating attempts to deliver an integrated monitoring system demonstrate the fundamental principles of sustainable urban water management.

Introduction
Guiding principles for data acquisition management and use
Overview of guiding principles
Defining objectives and applications of monitoring
Selecting variables to monitor
Spatial and temporal scale consideration
Understanding and managing uncertainty
Selecting monitoring equipment
Data validation: principles and implementation
Data handling and storage
Use of data to create information and knowledge
Social and institutional considerations
Financial considerations
Consideration and integration of specific urban water cycle components
Monitoring to understand urban water cycle interactions
Urban meteorology
Water supply16 Wastewater
Stormwater
Combined sewers
Groundwater
Aquatic ecosystems
Human health
Social and institutional components
Case studies Introduction 301
The OTHU Case study: integrated monitoring of stormwater in Lyon, France
Wireless sensor network for monitoring a large-scale infrastructure system in Boston, USA
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