Nome da Revista: Journal of Hydrology
Classificação: B2
Dossiê Temático: “Water Decision Support Systems”
Prazo: 15/11/2020
Titulação: não informada
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We are excited to invite you to contribute to an upcoming Special Issue of Journal of Hydrology on the physical, procedural, and social aspects of development and use of water decision support systems. Andrea Brookfield (University of Waterloo) and Chloe Wardropper (University of Idaho) will serve as guest editors.
Global variability in water quantity and quality has the potential to impact most systems and sectors around the world, threatening economic stability, human health and environmental sustainability. Information intended to inform sustainable management of water has been created from global to local scales, and many water decision-support systems (DSS) have been produced. We define water DSS as knowledge resources that facilitate decisions for specific users or objectives through integration of information on water and relevant drivers of change. Water DSS vary greatly; they target different types of water issues (e.g., water quantity or quality, groundwater or surface water or conjunctive use); cover various spatial areas (e.g., an aquifer or an international riverine system) and temporal ranges; present data in different formats (e.g., outputs of deterministic models or descriptive information targeting one decision or a larger system); and target different audiences (e.g., public water managers or individual well owners). Despite the proliferation of water DSS, there has been little review and evaluation of these tools beyond region-specific reviews (e.g., Moran et al. 2020)and reviews of DSS in general (Bagstad et al. 2013). This special issue aims to increase understanding of processes for tool development, the strengths, weaknesses, and applicability of tools in different contexts, usability by target audiences, and incorporation into larger management or governance systems.
In this special issue, we seek both empirical and review papers that address one or more of the following topics:
Case studies that describe the creation and use of one or more water DSS
Methods papers describing a new modeling, analytical, or visualization approach to aid water decision-making, including novel or emerging approaches to DSS such as using real-time data and AI
Studies of end users’ involvement in DSS creation, or how end-users perceive, use, or learn from DSS
Empirical studies or reviews on the incorporation of DSS into larger management or governance systems
Evaluations of DSS
We welcome submissions from around the world representing a range of disciplines, as well as papers that provide transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary research and perspectives. If you are interested in submitting a manuscript to this special issue please reply to this email (andrea.brookfield@uwaterloo.ca or cwardropper@uidaho.edu) with a brief description of the manuscript topic prior to November 15, 2020, with full manuscripts due by May 1, 2021. All submissions deemed suitable to be sent for peer review will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Once a manuscript is accepted, it will go into production, and will be simultaneously published in the current regular issue and pulled into the online Special Issue.
Thank you for your time and consideration. We look forward to your contributions!
Cheers,
Andrea & Chloe
References:
Bagstad KJ, Semmens DJ, Waage S, Winthrop R. 2013. A comparative assessment of decision-support tools for ecosystem services quantification and valuation. Ecosystem Services 5:27–39. Elsevier. Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2013.07.004.
Moran T, Saracino A, Sugg Z, Thompson B, Martinez J. 2020. Evaluating the use of data platforms for water management decisions. Available from https://purl.stanford.edu/cb612zf3515.