title: The application of a Web-geographic information system for improving urban water cycle modelling.
abstract: Research in urban water management has experienced a transition from traditional model applications to modelling water cycles as an integrated part of urban areas. This includes the interlinking of models of many research areas (e.g. urban development, socio-economy, urban water management). The integration and simulation is realized in newly developed frameworks (e.g. DynaMind and OpenMI) and often assumes a high knowledge in programming. This work presents a Web based urban water management modelling platform which simplifies the setup and usage of complex integrated models. The platform is demonstrated with a small application example on a case study within the Alpine region. The used model is a DynaMind model benchmarking the impact of newly connected catchments on the flooding behaviour of an existing combined sewer system. As a result the workflow of the user within a Web browser is demonstrated and benchmark results are shown. The presented platform hides implementation specific aspects behind Web services based technologies such that the user can focus on his main aim, which is urban water management modelling and benchmarking. Moreover, this platform offers a centralized data management, automatic software updates and access to high performance computers accessible with desktop computers and mobile devices.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Environmental Engineering, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 13, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria E-mail: Michael.Mair@uibk.ac.at.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mair
authors.affiliation: Unit of Environmental Engineering, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 13, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria E-mail: Michael.Mair@uibk.ac.at.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mikovits
authors.affiliation: Unit of Environmental Engineering, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 13, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria E-mail: Michael.Mair@uibk.ac.at.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sengthaler
authors.affiliation: hydro-IT GmbH, Technikerstr. 13, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schöpf
authors.affiliation: hydro-IT GmbH, Technikerstr. 13, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kinzel
authors.affiliation: Monash University Water for Liveability Centre, Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Urich
authors.affiliation: Unit of Environmental Engineering, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 13, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria E-mail: Michael.Mair@uibk.ac.at.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kleidorfer
authors.affiliation: Unit of Environmental Engineering, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 13, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria E-mail: Michael.Mair@uibk.ac.at.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sitzenfrei
authors.affiliation: Unit of Environmental Engineering, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 13, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria E-mail: Michael.Mair@uibk.ac.at.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rauch
mesh_terms: D055868:Floods; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D020407:Internet; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012498:Sanitary Engineering / Q000379:methods; D014506:Urban Renewal; D058438:Water Cycle; D014872:Water Movements