期刊名称：ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2194-9042
电子版ISSN：2194-9050
出版年度：2000
卷号：XXXIII Part B7(/1-4)
页码：439-451
出版社：Copernicus Publications
摘要：A river basin is the prime land unit for collection and depletion of water, ultimately leading to rich and attractive environments to live in, having food security, industrial production and socio-economic development. Water flows across and underneath, international boundaries and sustains entire agro- ecosystems, whose boundaries do not conform to the political lines we human have drawn on maps. Understanding of the resources management may lead to development and revision of water treaties between states, and prevent potential conflicts and resolve disagreements. Provision of objective information to facilitate negotiations between various fellow states requires a tool, which can monitor spatial and temporal changes in water demand and water use over vast rural areas. This requirement can be met with low resolution satellites having daily overpasses. Some examples of technically matured possibilities are given. It is concluded that these opportunities are disregarded and not applied, most probably because it requires an interdisciplinary approach between remote sensing specialists and water resources managers. Remote sensing information, being available to all parties can help creating consensus on the basin conditions – from upstream to the downstream end. It is believed that subjective information and database building is a stimulus for international collaboration between fellow states sharing an international river basin
关键词：International river basin; conflict prevention; water scarcity; water accounts; ; database building
