Effective Graphical Display of Water Resource Planning Information for Decision Makers. Volume I

摘要

The use of graphic communication techniques was investigated as a potential mechanism for responding to the problems of information transfer in water resources planning. It was expected that well-developed technologies for graphic display, clear information transfer points, and types of data could be found in order to test the application of the graphic techniques to the data types. This was not the case. It was determined that understanding is not only central to improved decision-making, but it is also central to the development of graphical display techniques themselves. It is requisite that technologists become sensitized to better observe graphic communications. With the identified problems in mind, the basic graphic techniques and problems are presented, (e.g., basic chart types, 3-dimensional treatments, maps, multi-variate techniques), followed by a portfolio of techniques relative to charts. A water resources portfolio is developed demonstrating various graphical examples (e.g., frontal storm patterns, alkalinity qualigrams, stream discharge maps, environmental impact matrix).