Open AccessThe value of hydrometric information in water resources management and flood control
Author(s) -
Walker Susan
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
meteorological applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1469-8080
pISSN - 1350-4827
DOI - 10.1017/s1350482700001626
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , flood myth , value (mathematics) , control (management) , flood control , water resources , computer science , environmental resource management , operations research , business , environmental economics , environmental science , geography , sociology , economics , engineering , ecology , social science , archaeology , machine learning , artificial intelligence , biology
Hydrometric information is fundamental to the planning, operation and management of water resources and flood defence. The data network is greatly valued by those who use it, yet assignment of a monetary or economic value is problematic. Data managers are often frustrated by the need to continue to justify a network. The paper focuses on the uses of data within the Environment Agency of the UK, explores the difficulties in assigning a value to the data and attempts to review the value ascribed to such data by drawing on some UK and wider examples. Copyright © 2000 Royal Meteorological Society