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Making the invisible visible : The impact of federating groundwater data in Victoria, Australia

- Dahlhaus, Peter, Murphy, Angela, MacLeod, Andrew, Thompson, Helen, McKenna, Kirsten, Ollerenshaw, Alison

  • Authors: Dahlhaus, Peter , Murphy, Angela , MacLeod, Andrew , Thompson, Helen , McKenna, Kirsten , Ollerenshaw, Alison
  • Date: 2016
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Journal of Hydroinformatics Vol. 18, no. 2 (2016), p. 238-255
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  • Description: The Visualising Victoria's Groundwater (VVG) web portal federates groundwater data for the State of Victoria, Australia, thus making legacy data, government datasets, research data and community sourced data and observations visible to the public. The portal is innovative because it was developed outside of the government and offers real-time accessto remote authoritative databases by integrating the interoperable web services they each provide. It includes tools for data querying and 3D visualisations that were designed to meet end-user needs and educate the broader community about a normally invisible resource. The social impact of the web portal was measured using multidisciplinary research that employed survey instruments, expert reference groups, and internet analytics to explore the extent to which the web portal has supported decision making by governments, industry, researchers and the community. The research found that single access, multiple data set web portals enhance capacity by providing timely, informed and accurate responses to answer queries and increase productivity by saving time. The provision of multiple datasets from disparate sources within a single portal has changed practices in the Victorian groundwater industry. © 2016 The Authors.

Tapping the turn: The social dimensions of water management

- Harriden, Kate, Graymore, Michelle

The social context of osteosarcopenia : risk factors and social impact

- Brennan-Olsen, Sharon, Anderson, Kate, Beauchamp, Alison, O’Connor, Jordan, Duckham, Rachel

  • Authors: Brennan-Olsen, Sharon , Anderson, Kate , Beauchamp, Alison , O’Connor, Jordan , Duckham, Rachel
  • Date: 2022
  • Type: Text , Book chapter
  • Relation: Osteosarcopenia Chapter 17 p. 287-306
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  • Description: This multidisciplinary chapter discusses the social context of osteosarcopenia: often a neglected area of consideration for this geriatric condition. It begins by discussing the evidence regarding associations between social conditions and lifestyle risk factors for osteosarcopenia. It then argues that lifestyle risk factors during childhood and adolescence may predispose individuals to present with this geriatric condition later in life. The notion of lifecourse accumulation for osteosarcopenia risk is further explored as a conceptual model based on the psychosocial and lifestyle-related exposures beginning in utero and continuing across the lifespan. This social-biological model posits how relationships between social factors, adversity, psychological stress, inflammation, adaptation, and changes to the epigenetic signature over the lifecourse may contribute to the development of osteosarcopenia in later life. Evidence regarding a key role for health literacy in osteosarcopenia risk, prevention, and treatment is presented. Finally, a discussion of the social impact of osteosarcopenia, including identity and social isolation, brings the chapter to a close. © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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