Innovative Solution

Functioning, River, Health, Disability

technical

This network proposes the design of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health of Rivers. ICF-River, is a classification system designed with multiple purpose to use in various disciplines and different sectors. Its specific objectives are summarized in:

Provide a scientific basis for understanding and studying the health of rivers and the states associated with it, the outcomes and determinants;

Establish a common language to describe the health of rivers and states associated with it, improving communication between different actors or users (Hydraulic professionals, researchers, policy makers and water resources management of river basins, including user communities) of water and its goods / services associated.

Permit evaluation and comparison of data between countries, between disciplines of hydraulics of rivers, between services, and at different times throughout the planning period and / or development.

Provide a systematic coding scheme to be applied in information systems of the rivers

Applications of the CIF-River

As a statistical tool – in collecting and recording data (i.e Hydrometry quantity and water quality of rivers)

As a research tool – to measure and evaluate results, quality of life or environmental factors;

As a clinical tool – in needs assessment to standardize treatments with specific health conditions of the rivers, vocational assessment, rehabilitation and outcome evaluation.

As a social policy tool – in the design and implementation of environmental, economic and social policies.

As an educational tool – to design syllabi and curricula, and to increase awareness of society and to implement environmental partners activities.

The ICF-Rivers provide an appropriate instrument for implementing international mandates on environmental stewardship of the river corridors and national laws.

ICF River Domain covers all aspects of the health of rivers and some components ‘requirements’ relevant such as environmental flow and described in terms of domains of river health and domains “relating to river health” The classification will remain in a broad concept of health of the river and does not cover circumstances not related to her.

Conclusions

The icf-river is organized in a hierarchical scheme taking into account the following principles taxonomic:

Functions and Structures component of the water body, Activities and Services and Environmental Factors are classified independently. Therefore, a term included in one of these components will not be repeated in another.

Within each component, the categories are organized according to a scheme arboriforme so that a lower level category share the attributes of higher-level categories to which it belongs.

The categories are intended to be mutually exclusive, no two categories on the same level that share exactly the same attributes.

River Basin Amazon

Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina-Perú

Iberoeka-España

IMTA-México

The project is in its phase of analysis and solution design, wants to include all countries of the world.

Applications of the CIF-River

As a statistical tool – in collecting and recording data (i.e Hydrometry quantity and water quality of rivers)

As a research tool – to measure and evaluate results, quality of life or environmental factors;

As a clinical tool – in needs assessment to standardize treatments with specific health conditions of the rivers, vocational assessment, rehabilitation and outcome evaluation.

As a social policy tool – in the design and implementation of environmental, economic and social policies.

As an educational tool – to design syllabi and curricula, and to increase awareness of society and to implement environmental partners activities.

The ICF-Rivers provide an appropriate instrument for implementing international mandates on environmental stewardship of the river corridors and national laws.

The functioning and disability of a river is conceived as a dynamic interaction between the states of river health (pollution, diversions, diversions, impoundments, etc..) and contextual factors.

The ICF will include a comprehensive scheme of contextual factors as an essential component of the classification. Environmental factors interact with all components of functioning and disability.

Consequently the information being determined from these interactions may be given real options to value and thus contribute to the accuracy of its value and performance.

performance index of the rivers

performance index of the watershed

index of economic development of the basin

index of health population of the watershed

The solution needs a technology platform of modern information and use of cloud computing shared betrween countries.

Innovative solutions are in their start-up, despite that there are 35 European institutions in carrying out the project

Have centered round the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina of Peru, IMTA of Mexico and Iberoeka of Spain

Julio César Jesús Salazar

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Teléfono Directo: 3401180
Telefax: 3499991

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pdrh@lamolina.edu.pe

jabel@lamolina.edu