Hydroinformatics as Sociotechnology: Promoting Individual Stakeholder Participaction by Using Network Distributed Decision Support Systems (Ihe Dissertation, 27) - Softcover

Jonoski, A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9054104279 ISBN 13: 9789054104278

Publisher: CRC Press, 2002

Synopsis

This work argues for the adoption of sociotechnology as a unified concept where both social and technical aspects are approached simultaneously.

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Synopsis:

Hydroinformatics was initially established as a discipline dealing with the application of information technology to problems of the aquatic environment. Although its social dimensions have been recognized from its very beginning, the recent development of hydroinformatics changes its nature in a direction where it is no longer sufficient to talk only about its social dimensions, but to insist upon redefining it as a sociotechnical discipline. These changes are primarily driven by the growing awareness of the nature of our contemporary water- and environment-related problems and, correspondingly, of the decision making processes that deal with them, as characterized by intertwined social and technical aspects that are becoming increasingly inseparable from each other. This work argues for the adoption of sociotechnology as a unified concept where both social and technical aspects are approached simultaneously.

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 9054104279
• ISBN 13: 9789054104278
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260