Research in urban water management has experienced a transition from traditional model applications to modelling water cycles as an integrated part of urban areas. This includes the interlinking of models of many research areas (e.g. urban development, socio-economy, urban water management). The integration and simulation is realized in newly developed frameworks (e.g. DynaMind and OpenMI) and often assumes a high knowledge in programming. This work presents a Web based urban water management modelling platform which simplifies the setup and usage of complex integrated models. The platform is demonstrated with a small application example on a case study within the Alpine region. The used model is a DynaMind model benchmarking the impact of newly connected catchments on the flooding behaviour of an existing combined sewer system. As a result the workflow of the user within a Web browser is demonstrated and benchmark results are shown. The presented platform hides implementation specific aspects behind Web services based technologies such that the user can focus on his main aim, which is urban water management modelling and benchmarking. Moreover, this platform offers a centralized data management, automatic software updates and access to high performance computers accessible with desktop computers and mobile devices.
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August 04 2014
The application of a Web-geographic information system for improving urban water cycle modelling Open Access
M. Mair;
M. Mair
1Unit of Environmental Engineering, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 13, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria E-mail: [email protected]
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C. Mikovits;
C. Mikovits
1Unit of Environmental Engineering, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 13, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria E-mail: [email protected]
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M. Sengthaler;
M. Sengthaler
1Unit of Environmental Engineering, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 13, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria E-mail: [email protected]
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M. Schöpf;
M. Schöpf
2hydro-IT GmbH, Technikerstr. 13, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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H. Kinzel;
H. Kinzel
2hydro-IT GmbH, Technikerstr. 13, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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C. Urich;
C. Urich
3Monash University Water for Liveability Centre, Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia
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M. Kleidorfer;
M. Kleidorfer
1Unit of Environmental Engineering, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 13, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria E-mail: [email protected]
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R. Sitzenfrei;
R. Sitzenfrei
1Unit of Environmental Engineering, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 13, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria E-mail: [email protected]
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W. Rauch
W. Rauch
1Unit of Environmental Engineering, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 13, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria E-mail: [email protected]
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Water Sci Technol (2014) 70 (11): 1838–1846.
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Received:
February 28 2014
Accepted:
July 08 2014
Citation
M. Mair, C. Mikovits, M. Sengthaler, M. Schöpf, H. Kinzel, C. Urich, M. Kleidorfer, R. Sitzenfrei, W. Rauch; The application of a Web-geographic information system for improving urban water cycle modelling. Water Sci Technol 1 December 2014; 70 (11): 1838–1846. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2014.327
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