Dropedia: Dropedia Glossary · archived 2015
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Historical record. Original SMART II content from 2015. Contacts, events, awards and institutional roles below describe that period. Images and unavailable links have been omitted; links to recovered local documents are retained.
Important terms used throughout IWRM and the SMART project.
| Name(s) | Short description | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural system | Agricultural system | Combination of agricultural activities (crops + livestock) on the level of a farm | FAO on Agricultural and Farm Systems |
| Analysis | IWRM-Analysis | The expressible product of the analysis process of an expert (e.g. the calculation or estimation of a single value, a literature study, a complex model application or a full scientific study). | SMART |
| CBA | Cost Benefit Analysis | Comparison of costs and benefits of an investment, project or programme in monetary terms over a certain period | References for economic terms |
| CEA | Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) | Calculation of costs to fulfil a given (pre-defined) objective | References for economic terms |
| Crop Water Requirement | Crop Water Requirement (CWR) | Depth of water (mm) needed to achieve full production potential of a crop under the given growing environment | FAO on CWR |
| Cropping system | Cropping system | System of plant production within a farm | FAO on Agricultural and Farm Systems |
| Driver | Driver | Driving force of change | FOR-LEARN (European Commission) |
| Farming system | Farming System | Decision unit on agricultural activities, includes household, farming, livestock husbandry and off-farm activities | FAO on Agricultural and Farm Systems |
| IWRM | Integrated Water Resources Management | Different from other water resources management methods, IWRM processes consider social, economical and ecological objectives simultaneously when comparing and assessing long-term planning scenarios in a catchment study area. | BMBF Water Glossary |
| Indicator | IWRM-Indicator | In order to compare and evaluate the planning alternatives within the scenario simulations a set of suitable indicators has to be selected. | SMART |
| Multi Objective Decision Making | MODM | Mathematical procedures in the field of operational research able to create so called pareto optimal solutions for more than one conflicting objectives | |
| Object | IWRM-Analysis | Something that has significance for IWRM, has information about itself and stated relationships to other entities. | SMART |
| Objective | IWRM-Objective | In a decision situation, one needs to evaluate the suitability of alternatives with criteria according to goals such as to manage river basins operation and development. | SMART |
| Process | IWRM-Process Decision Process |
An IWRM planning and decision process is applied to a defined area and builds on the available information about the associated entities and the given decision constraints and objectives. | SMART |
| Scenario | Scenario IWRM-Scenario |
A scenario is a consistent and plausible description of a possible development pathway of a set of driving forces that leads towards a certain future state of the observed decision criteria at a defined scenario horizon (or planning horizon). | SMART |
| Scenario "most likely" | Scenario "most likely" | When a projection is branded "most likely" it becomes a forecast or prediction. A forecast is often obtained using deterministic models, possibly a set of these, outputs of which can enable some level of confidence to be attached to projections. | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change DDC |
| Strategy | Strategy Strategie |
A method or plan chosen to bring about a desired future, such as achievement of a goal or solution to a problem | Http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/strategy.html |
| Transversal fault | Blattverschiebung | lateral displacement of blocks | |
| Water & Wastewater | Nabil Wakileh | Engineer | NAW |
| Water consumption | Water Consumption | Consumption of water in a particular time period | References for economic terms |
| Water demand | Water Demand | Consumer's desire and willingness (but not necessarily ability) to pay a price for a specific good or service | References for economic terms |
| Water requirement | Water Requirement | Amount and/or quality of water required for the regular functioning of natural or man-made processes | |
| Water use | Water Use | Purpose of water consumption | |
| Xenobiotic | chemicals which not occure naturaly in the environment. They are introduced by anthopogenic actions | Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenobiotic |
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