The relationship and conflicts between landscape water demand/supply and existing water management infrastructure
Abstract
The recent water shortage period has repeatedly required an immediate solution and the implementation of local measures by all actors in water management. To calculate needs and use water resources as efficiently as possible, it would be necessary to determine water requirements at the watershed level and incorporate them into water resource management processes. Within the framework of this paper, the currently widely used land use databases are supplemented with relevant attributes. With this solution, a framework that can be applied immediately in practice becomes usable with minimal preparation.
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