Uta Wehn
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Lake Victoria water levels declining (2000-2006)
The role of absent and uncertain data in a transboundary water controversy
Access to accurate and trusted data for transboundary water management is important but not always sufficiently appreciated. Based on the Lake Victoria water levels decline, this technical note demonstrates that when a water crisis unfolds, tensions can arise because of absenc ...
Context matters
A baseline analysis of contextual realities for two community-based monitoring initiatives of water and environment in Europe and Africa
Much attention is being paid to the design and implementation of community-based monitoring initiatives of water and environment, and how to attract more citizens to participate in such initiatives. Although mass participation in collecting and sharing water-related or environ ...
Exploring the influence of citizen involvement on the assimilation of crowdsourced observations
A modelling study based on the 2013 flood event in the Bacchiglione catchment (Italy)
Towards benchmarking citizen observatories
Features and functioning of online amateur weather networks
Crowd-sourced environmental observations are increasingly being considered as having the potential to enhance the spatial and temporal resolution of current data streams from terrestrial and areal sensors. The rapid diffusion of ICTs during the past decades has facilitated the ...
The lack of access to basic sanitation is a global concern and alarmingly prevalent in low- and middle- income countries. In the densely populated settlements of these countries, on-site sanitation systems are usually the only feasible option because dwellers there have no sew ...