A socio-environmental geodatabase for integrative research in the transboundary Rio Grande/Río Bravo basin. Plassin, S., Koch, J., Paladino, S., Friedman, J. R., Spencer, K., & Vaché, K. B. Scientific Data, 7(1):80, March, 2020.
A socio-environmental geodatabase for integrative research in the transboundary Rio Grande/Río Bravo basin [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
Integrative research on water resources requires a wide range of socio-environmental datasets to better understand human-water interactions and inform decision-making. However, in transboundary watersheds, integrating cross-disciplinary and multinational datasets is a daunting task due to the disparity of data sources and the inconsistencies in data format, content, resolution, and language. This paper introduces a socio-environmental geodatabase that transcends political and disciplinary boundaries in the Rio Grande/Río Bravo basin (RGB). The geodatabase aggregates 145 GIS data layers on five main themes: (i) Water & Land Governance, (ii) Hydrology, (iii) Water Use & Hydraulic Infrastructures, (iv) Socio-Economics, and (v) Biophysical Environment. Datasets were primarily collected from public open-access data sources, processed with ArcGIS, and documented through the FGCD metadata standard. By synthesizing a broad array of datasets and mapping public and private water governance, we expect to advance interdisciplinary research in the RGB, provide a replicable approach to dataset compilation for transboundary watersheds, and ultimately foster transboundary collaboration for sustainable resource management.
@article{plassin_socio-environmental_2020,
	title = {A socio-environmental geodatabase for integrative research in the transboundary {Rio} {Grande}/{Río} {Bravo} basin},
	volume = {7},
	issn = {2052-4463},
	url = {http://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-020-0410-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-020-0410-1},
	doi = {10.1038/s41597-020-0410-1},
	abstract = {Integrative research on water resources requires a wide range of socio-environmental datasets to better understand human-water interactions and inform decision-making. However, in transboundary watersheds, integrating cross-disciplinary and multinational datasets is a daunting task due to the disparity of data sources and the inconsistencies in data format, content, resolution, and language. This paper introduces a socio-environmental geodatabase that transcends political and disciplinary boundaries in the Rio Grande/Río Bravo basin (RGB). The geodatabase aggregates 145 GIS data layers on five main themes: (i) Water \& Land Governance, (ii) Hydrology, (iii) Water Use \& Hydraulic Infrastructures, (iv) Socio-Economics, and (v) Biophysical Environment. Datasets were primarily collected from public open-access data sources, processed with ArcGIS, and documented through the FGCD metadata standard. By synthesizing a broad array of datasets and mapping public and private water governance, we expect to advance interdisciplinary research in the RGB, provide a replicable approach to dataset compilation for transboundary watersheds, and ultimately foster transboundary collaboration for sustainable resource management.},
	number = {1},
	journal = {Scientific Data},
	author = {Plassin, Sophie and Koch, Jennifer and Paladino, Stephanie and Friedman, Jack R. and Spencer, Kyndra and Vaché, Kellie B.},
	month = mar,
	year = {2020},
	pmid = {32144267},
	keywords = {NALCMS},
	pages = {80},
}

Downloads: 0