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- Title
A socio-environmental geodatabase for integrative research in the transboundary Rio Grande/Río Bravo basin.
- Authors
Plassin, Sophie; Koch, Jennifer; Paladino, Stephanie; Friedman, Jack R.; Spencer, Kyndra; Vaché, Kellie B.
- 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. Measurement(s) water resources • Socioeconomic Factors • Infrastructure • Environment Technology Type(s) digital curation Sample Characteristic - Environment watershed • socio-environmental system Sample Characteristic - Location Rio Grande • Rio Bravo Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11807424
- Subjects
RIO Grande (Colo.-Mexico &; Tex.); GEODATABASES; WATERSHEDS; DIGITAL libraries; RESOURCE management
- Publication
Scientific Data, 2020, Vol 7, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2052-4463
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41597-020-0410-1