Vu Gia Thu Bon River Basin Information System (VGTB RBIS)—Managing Data for Assessing Land Use and Climate Change Interactions in Central Vietnam

Abstract

The assessment of land use and climate change interactions requires and produces a lot of different types of data from several disciplines. In order to have a common and web-based platform to manage, share, and present such data in the context of an interdisciplinary international research project, the Vu Gia Thu Bon River Basin Information System (RBIS) was established. The modularly structured information system has a user-friendly interface with full read/write access for the management, linkage, analysis, visualization, and presentation of different types of data in the context of multidisciplinary environmental assessment and planning. Besides the management of metadata, different types of datasets can be managed (e.g., time series data, spatial geodata, documents). Standardized interfaces are provided to enable the exposure and exchange of data with other systems. Here the key features of the system are presented alongside with user related application guidance.