Hierarchical Classification System of the Knowledge Base
- 1.
Water Resources - 2.
Water Resources Use - 3.
Agriculture - 4.
Land Reclamation - 5.
Land Degradation and Desertification - 6.
Hydroecology - 7.
Climate Change - 8.
Water Governance and Management - 9.
Water Law and Policy - 10.
Economic and Financial Aspects - 11.
Water and Education - 12.
Water and Ethics - 13.
Decision Support System - 14.
Sustainable Development, Green Growth, and Security - 15.
Gender and Gender Policy - 16.
Energy
Water Resources
1.1.1.1. Flow regulation
1.1.1.1.1.1. Classification of dams
1.1.1.1.2. Hydropower Plants (HPP)
1.1.1.1.3.1. Over-year storage reservoirs
1.1.1.1.3.2. Seasonal, within-year, etc. storage reservoirs
1.1.1.1.3.3. Irrigation reservoirs
1.1.1.1.3.4. Power generating reservoirs (dams)
1.1.1.1.3.5. Multipurpose reservoirs
1.1.1.1.4. Safety of large hydraulic structures (dams, HPP, reservoirs)
1.1.1.1.5. Inter-basin flow transfer
1.1.5. Glaciers (see also 7.3.)
1.2.1. Groundwater types, classification, and characteristics
1.2.3. Groundwater reserves and resources; types of groundwater deposits (aquifers)
1.2.4. Hydrogeodynamics and modeling
1.2.5. Groundwater regime and balance
1.2.6. Regional hydrogeology
1.2.7. Conservation of groundwater
1.2.8. Testing for groundwater inflow and migration
1.3. Groundwater and soil moisture
1.4.1. Return water management
1.5. Water quality
1.5.4 Groundwater quality
1.5.5 Return water quality
1.5.6 Water quality management
1.6. Conservation of water bodies
1.7. Transboundary water resources
1.7.1. Transboundary surface water resources
1.7.2. Transboundary groundwater resources
1.7.3. International regulatory framework for transboundary water resources (see also 9.2.)