Journal of Environmental Hydrology
ISSN 1058-3912


Electronic Journal of the International Association for Environmental Hydrology
JEH Volume 19 (2011), Paper 8    Posted March 31, 2011
THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN ARID REGIONS

Mohamed A. Dawoud

Water Resources Department, Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
ABSTRACT
Water and land use tension is growing with the growing population of the world, especially in arid regions. To develop an efficient, sustainable and integrated water and land use resources management policy, accurate and complex information about available resources and demand centers is required. GIS provides a means of representing the real world through integrated layers of constituent spatial information using overlaying and indexing operations. In Abu Dhabi Water Resources Information System (AWRIS) was developed. AWRIS is a centralized, GIS based, Web enabled integrated information management system that allows storage and management of all water resources information. The system integrates a comprehensive set of tools and applications that facilitate the efficient management of the water resources of the Emirate. All historical water resources information from more than ten existing databases, and ten thousand Excel workbooks have now been compiled, quality controlled, and migrated into the central database. AWRIS is built as an Integrated Information Management System (IIMS) and hence designed to improve productivity by linking all relevant applications for data handling into a centralized data repository and management system. This paper outlines the main features of AWRIS, which provides full support for the Arabic language, is the first of its kind in bringing unrestricted data types into a centralized information management system and providing a wide range of tools for effectively managing information on water resources.
Reference: Dawoud, M.A.. 2011. The development of integrated water resources information management system in arid regions. Journal of Environmental Hydrology, Vol. 19, Paper 8.
CONTACT:
Mohamed A. Dawoud
Manager
Water Resources Department
Environment Agency
Abu Dhabi, UAE

E-mail: m_abdelhamyd@yahoo.com


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