The KINDRA project: sharing and evaluating groundwater research and knowledge in Europe


Submitted: 7 March 2018
Accepted: 26 March 2018
Published: 29 March 2018
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Authors

  • Marco Petitta Earth Sciences Department, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
  • Balazs Bodo La Palma Research Center for Future Studies, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain.
  • Adrienn Cseko La Palma Research Center for Future Studies, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain.
  • Andrea Del Bon Earth Sciences Department, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
  • Isabel Fernandez European Federation of Geologists, Bruxelles, Belgium.
  • Clint M. García Alibrandi Agencia de Medio Ambiente y Agua de Andalucia, Sevilla, Spain.
  • Mercedes Garcia Padilla Agencia de Medio Ambiente y Agua de Andalucia, Sevilla, Spain.
  • Eva Hartai European Federation of Geologists, Bruxelles, Belgium; Miskolc University, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Miskolc, Hungary.
  • Klaus Hinsby Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Kobenhavn, Denmark.
  • Peter Muller European Federation of Geologists, Bruxelles, Belgium.
  • Viktoria Mikita Miskolc University, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Miskolc, Hungary.
  • Peter Szucs Miskolc University, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Miskolc, Hungary.
  • Peter van der Keur Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Kobenhavn, Denmark.
Groundwater knowledge and research in the European Union is often scattered and non-standardised, because of different subjects involved and different approaches from Member States. The Horizon2020 project KINDRA has conducted an EU-wide assessment of existing groundwater-related practical and scientific knowledge based on a new Hydrogeological Research Classification System, identifying more than 280 keywords related to three main categories (namely Operational Actions, Research topics and Societal Challenges) to be intersected in a 3D-diagram approach. The classification is supported by a web-service, the European Inventory of Groundwater Research, which acts not only as knowledge repository but also as a tool to help identify relevant research topics, existing research trends and critical research challenges. The records have been uploaded during the project by 20 national experts from National Associations of Geologists, under the umbrella of the European Federation of Geologists. The total number of metadata included in the inventory at the end of the project are about 2300, and the analysis of the results is considered useful for producing synergies, implementing policies and optimising water management in Europe. By the use of additional indicators, the database content has been analysed by occurrence of keywords, type of document, level of innovation. Using the three-axes classification, more easily understandable by 2D diagrams as bubble plots, occurrence and relationship of different topics (main categories) in groundwater research have been highlighted. This article summarizes the activities realized in relation to the common classification system and to the metadata included in the EIGR, showing the distribution of the collected information in different categories and attributes identified by the classification.

Supporting Agencies

Horizon2020 European Research Program

Petitta, M., Bodo, B., Cseko, A., Del Bon, A., Fernandez, I., García Alibrandi, C. M., Garcia Padilla, M., Hartai, E., Hinsby, K., Muller, P., Mikita, V., Szucs, P., & van der Keur, P. (2018). The KINDRA project: sharing and evaluating groundwater research and knowledge in Europe. Acque Sotterranee - Italian Journal of Groundwater, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.7343/as-2018-324

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