Socio-technical system analysis of responsible data sharing in water systems as critical infrastructure

Frontiers in Big Data

Big Data

Steven van den Oord¹  Peter Novitzky²  Peter Hazell³ 

[1] Avans University of Applied Sciences, Breda, Netherlands;University of Antwerp & Antwerp Management School, Antwerp, Belgium;Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, University College London, London, United Kingdom;Avans University of Applied Sciences, Breda, Netherlands;Yorkshire Water UK, Cyber Physical Security Manager, Bradford, United Kingdom;Department of Computer Science, School of Computing and Engineering, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom;

关键词: water systems;    critical infrastructure;    socio-technical system analysis;    Capabilities Approach;    datafication;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fdata.2022.1057155

 received in 2022-09-29, accepted in 2022-12-07,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Attention is increasingly focused on the protection of water systems as critical infrastructure, including subsystems of supply, sanitation, hygiene, and management. Similarly increasing consideration is paid to the growing role and impact of data on water systems and management. We explore key challenges associated with data-driven water systems as critical infrastructure. First, we describe the status of water infrastructure as a part of national critical infrastructure. Second, as this infrastructure increasingly relies on the constant flow of data from a huge variety, quality, and complexity of sensors, we provide a descriptive framework to map in detail the particular expertise needed across data-driven water management, applied to the UK water infrastructure as our use case. Third, through the framework of Capabilities Approach (CA) we analyze the specific challenges of data-driven water management, and argue that the current predominant narratives in the water infrastructure discourse have difficulties to effectively convey existing and emerging challenges. Fourth, we further demonstrate the widening gap between infrastructure services and consumer goods, arguing for increased convergence of the utilization of consumer data, and developing open data ecosystems.

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