Literature Review

Different issues regarding the monitoring of water systems are addressed in this thesis. For this reason, it is necessary to provide the theoretical framework for the methods developed further through a detailed review of the relevant literature. In the first place, the studies related to the design and evaluation of monitoring networks are presented, which include a number of existing approaches for the design and evaluation of networks of diverse nature. Subsequently, the basic expressions of Information Theory are presented along with a number of publications that apply the theory for water-related problems, including the design and evaluation of monitoring networks for different purposes. In particular, the review in Information Theory is necessary to introduce the methods developed in Chapter 5 . Thirdly, a review of the concepts, mathematical development and the application of the Value of Information (VOI) concept is presented also in the water resources context, which is the starting point of the development of the methodology presented in Chapter 6 . The starting point of the developments given in Chapter 7 is the combination of two important topics, namely the public participation in monitoring using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and model reliability and uncertainty. The relevant bibliography of both topics is reviewed at the end of this chapter.