Print Email Facebook Twitter SimDelta global: Towards a standardised interactive model for water infrastructure development Title SimDelta global: Towards a standardised interactive model for water infrastructure development Author Rijcken, T. Christopher, D.K. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering Date 2013-12-31 Abstract The research project ‘SimDelta’ builds on novel internet technology to support the development of the Rhine-Meuse delta water infrastructure. It has three goals: education, organisation of research and design studies, and stakeholder polling. A current question is how the SimDelta technology could be made transferable to systems outside Europe, such as in California, Shanghai, Thailand and Indonesia. Fundamentally, all water systems are similar. Technically they differ in scale, geometry, resolution and functional emphasis, but system boundaries can be standardised. It is essential that SimDelta graphically acknowledges different data quality levels, to allow for standardisation and piecemeal development. Political coordination of infrastructure improvements appears to be difficult everywhere. Since SimDelta aims to clarify connections between high and low scale levels, it is expected to benefit the development of any water system. However, strategically it is recommended to start with the California system, for reasons of scientific maturity and political openness. Subject water infrastructure palanninginteractive modelingcrowdsourcingwater managementhydraulic engineeringadaptive management To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:00654999-6ff3-4f9f-ae50-85e1564cbc26 Publisher EUROGEO ISSN 1792-1341 Source European Journal of Geography, 4(1)2013 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2013 Rijcken, T., Christopher, D.K. and EUROGEO Files PDF 302817.pdf 682.99 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:00654999-6ff3-4f9f-ae50-85e1564cbc26/datastream/OBJ/view