---
_id: '14059'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: '<jats:p>In order to mitigate the negative effects of heavy rainfall events,
    natural water retention measures (NWRM)—such as hedges, erosion control strips,
    vegetated drainage channels, wooded strips, retention basins and ditch pockets—have
    gained renewed attention as an effective climate adaptation strategy. To identify
    potential areas for NWRM, this study applied and methodologically expanded an
    existing approach for identifying dominant runoff processes (DRPs) to an agricultural
    sub-catchment in the Weserbergland region of Germany. The DRP were determined
    using a Geographic Information System (GIS) and validated through field surveys.
    Potential areas for water retention within the same runoff process classes were
    identified for three defined objectives: improving infiltration, extending flow
    paths, and redirecting runoff to surrounding areas. Spatial differentiation was
    achieved using accumulated catchment area and overland flow distance. The watershed
    is predominantly characterized by surface runoff (Hortonian Overland Flow). Field
    validation confirmed the DRP classification for around two-thirds of the study
    area, with deviations occurring predominantly on arable land. Supplementing the
    DRP approach with a topographic analysis allowed for further differentiation,
    focusing on small, topographically defined sub-watersheds. The identified areas
    offer significant potential for interventions. Combined with supplementary data,
    analyses of the water network and the involvement of local stakeholders, the resulting
    potential map provides a solid basis for planning smaller-scale water retention
    measures.</jats:p>'
article_number: '195'
author:
- first_name: Katharina
  full_name: Pilar von Pilchau, Katharina
  id: '85294'
  last_name: Pilar von Pilchau
- first_name: Christoph
  full_name: Mudersbach, Christoph
  last_name: Mudersbach
- first_name: Udo
  full_name: Nehren, Udo
  last_name: Nehren
- first_name: Klaus
  full_name: Maas, Klaus
  id: '11145'
  last_name: Maas
citation:
  ama: Pilar von Pilchau K, Mudersbach C, Nehren U, Maas K. Prioritizing Small-Scale
    Water Retention Measures Through Spatial Differentiation of Dominant Runoff Processes.
    <i>Hydrology</i>. 2026;13(7). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology13070195">10.3390/hydrology13070195</a>
  apa: Pilar von Pilchau, K., Mudersbach, C., Nehren, U., &#38; Maas, K. (2026). Prioritizing
    Small-Scale Water Retention Measures Through Spatial Differentiation of Dominant
    Runoff Processes. <i>Hydrology</i>, <i>13</i>(7), Article 195. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology13070195">https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology13070195</a>
  bjps: <b>Pilar von Pilchau K <i>et al.</i></b> (2026) Prioritizing Small-Scale Water
    Retention Measures Through Spatial Differentiation of Dominant Runoff Processes.
    <i>Hydrology</i> <b>13</b>.
  chicago: Pilar von Pilchau, Katharina, Christoph Mudersbach, Udo Nehren, and Klaus
    Maas. “Prioritizing Small-Scale Water Retention Measures Through Spatial Differentiation
    of Dominant Runoff Processes.” <i>Hydrology</i> 13, no. 7 (2026). <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology13070195">https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology13070195</a>.
  chicago-de: Pilar von Pilchau, Katharina, Christoph Mudersbach, Udo Nehren und Klaus
    Maas. 2026. Prioritizing Small-Scale Water Retention Measures Through Spatial
    Differentiation of Dominant Runoff Processes. <i>Hydrology</i> 13, Nr. 7. doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology13070195">10.3390/hydrology13070195</a>,
    .
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Pilar von Pilchau, Katharina</span>
    ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Mudersbach, Christoph</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">Nehren, Udo</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Maas,
    Klaus</span>: Prioritizing Small-Scale Water Retention Measures Through Spatial
    Differentiation of Dominant Runoff Processes. In: <i>Hydrology</i> Bd. 13. Basel,
    MDPI AG (2026), Nr. 7'
  havard: K. Pilar von Pilchau, C. Mudersbach, U. Nehren, K. Maas, Prioritizing Small-Scale
    Water Retention Measures Through Spatial Differentiation of Dominant Runoff Processes,
    Hydrology. 13 (2026).
  ieee: 'K. Pilar von Pilchau, C. Mudersbach, U. Nehren, and K. Maas, “Prioritizing
    Small-Scale Water Retention Measures Through Spatial Differentiation of Dominant
    Runoff Processes,” <i>Hydrology</i>, vol. 13, no. 7, Art. no. 195, 2026, doi:
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology13070195">10.3390/hydrology13070195</a>.'
  mla: Pilar von Pilchau, Katharina, et al. “Prioritizing Small-Scale Water Retention
    Measures Through Spatial Differentiation of Dominant Runoff Processes.” <i>Hydrology</i>,
    vol. 13, no. 7, 195, 2026, <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology13070195">https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology13070195</a>.
  short: K. Pilar von Pilchau, C. Mudersbach, U. Nehren, K. Maas, Hydrology 13 (2026).
  ufg: '<b>Pilar von Pilchau, Katharina u. a.</b>: Prioritizing Small-Scale Water
    Retention Measures Through Spatial Differentiation of Dominant Runoff Processes,
    in: <i>Hydrology</i> 13 (2026), H. 7.'
  van: Pilar von Pilchau K, Mudersbach C, Nehren U, Maas K. Prioritizing Small-Scale
    Water Retention Measures Through Spatial Differentiation of Dominant Runoff Processes.
    Hydrology. 2026;13(7).
date_created: 2026-09-25T09:44:15Z
date_updated: 2026-09-25T12:51:56Z
department:
- _id: DEP8000
- _id: DEP8018
doi: 10.3390/hydrology13070195
intvolume: '        13'
issue: '7'
keyword:
- climate adaptation
- dominant runoff process
- geographic information systems (GIS)
- natural water retention measures (NWRMs)
- spatial prioritization
- decision support
language:
- iso: eng
place: Basel
publication: Hydrology
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2306-5338
publication_status: published
publisher: MDPI AG
status: public
title: Prioritizing Small-Scale Water Retention Measures Through Spatial Differentiation
  of Dominant Runoff Processes
type: scientific_journal_article
user_id: '83781'
volume: 13
year: '2026'
...
---
_id: '4336'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "Prolonged life expectancy along with the increasing complexity of medicine
    and health services raises health costs worldwide dramatically. Whilst the smart
    health concept has much potential to support the concept of the emerging P4-medicine
    (preventive, participatory, predictive, and personalized), such high-tech medicine
    produces large amounts of high-dimensional, weakly-structured data sets and massive
    amounts of unstructured information. All these technological approaches along
    with “big data” are turning the medical sciences into a data-intensive science.
    To keep pace with the growing amounts of complex data, smart hospital approaches
    are a commandment of the future, necessitating context aware computing along with
    advanced interaction paradigms in new physical-digital ecosystems.\r\n\r\nThe
    very successful synergistic combination of methodologies and approaches from Human-Computer
    Interaction (HCI) and Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD) offers ideal conditions
    for the vision to support human intelligence with machine learning.\r\n\r\nThe
    papers selected for this volume focus on hot topics in smart health; they discuss
    open problems and future challenges in order to provide a research agenda to stimulate
    further research and progress."
citation:
  ama: 'Holzinger A, Röcker C, Ziefle M, eds. <i>Smart Health: Open Problems and Future
    Challenges</i>. Vol 8700. Springer; 2015. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16226-3">10.1007/978-3-319-16226-3</a>'
  apa: 'Holzinger, A., Röcker, C., &#38; Ziefle, M. (Eds.). (2015). <i>Smart Health:
    Open Problems and Future Challenges</i> (Vol. 8700). Springer. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16226-3">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16226-3</a>'
  bjps: '<b>Holzinger A, Röcker C and Ziefle M (eds)</b> (2015) <i>Smart Health: Open
    Problems and Future Challenges</i>. Heidelberg: Springer.'
  chicago: 'Holzinger, Andreas, Carsten Röcker, and Martina Ziefle, eds. <i>Smart
    Health: Open Problems and Future Challenges</i>. Vol. 8700. Lecture Notes in Computer
    Science /  Information Systems and Applications, Incl. Internet/Web, and HCI.
    Heidelberg: Springer, 2015. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16226-3">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16226-3</a>.'
  chicago-de: 'Holzinger, Andreas, Carsten Röcker und Martina Ziefle, Hrsg. 2015.
    <i>Smart Health: Open Problems and Future Challenges</i>. Bd. 8700. Lecture Notes
    in Computer Science /  Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web,
    and HCI. Heidelberg: Springer. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16226-3">10.1007/978-3-319-16226-3</a>,
    .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Holzinger, A.</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">Röcker, C.</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Ziefle,
    M.</span> (Hrsg.): <i>Smart Health: Open Problems and Future Challenges</i>, <i>Lecture
    Notes in Computer Science /  Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web,
    and HCI</i>. Bd. 8700. Heidelberg : Springer, 2015'
  havard: 'A. Holzinger, C. Röcker, M. Ziefle, eds., Smart Health: Open Problems and
    Future Challenges, Springer, Heidelberg, 2015.'
  ieee: 'A. Holzinger, C. Röcker, and M. Ziefle, Eds., <i>Smart Health: Open Problems
    and Future Challenges</i>, vol. 8700. Heidelberg: Springer, 2015. doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16226-3">10.1007/978-3-319-16226-3</a>.'
  mla: 'Holzinger, Andreas, et al., editors. <i>Smart Health: Open Problems and Future
    Challenges</i>. Springer, 2015, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16226-3">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16226-3</a>.'
  short: 'A. Holzinger, C. Röcker, M. Ziefle, eds., Smart Health: Open Problems and
    Future Challenges, Springer, Heidelberg, 2015.'
  ufg: '<i>Holzinger, Andreas</i>/<i>Röcker, Carsten</i>/<i>Ziefle, Martina</i>: Smart
    Health: Open Problems and Future Challenges, Bd. 8700, Heidelberg 2015 (Lecture
    Notes in Computer Science /  Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web,
    and HCI).'
  van: 'Holzinger A, Röcker C, Ziefle M, editors. Smart Health: Open Problems and
    Future Challenges. Heidelberg: Springer; 2015. 275 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer
    Science /  Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI;
    vol. 8700).'
date_created: 2021-01-08T12:03:52Z
date_updated: 2026-07-07T07:42:56Z
department:
- _id: DEP5023
- _id: DEP5027
doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-16226-3
editor:
- first_name: Andreas
  full_name: Holzinger, Andreas
  last_name: Holzinger
- first_name: Carsten
  full_name: Röcker, Carsten
  id: '61525'
  last_name: Röcker
- first_name: Martina
  full_name: Ziefle, Martina
  last_name: Ziefle
intvolume: '      8700'
keyword:
- HCI
- ambient assisted living
- big data
- computational intelligence
- context awareness
- data centric medicine
- decision support
- interactive data mining
- keyword detection
- knoweldge bases
- knoweldge discovery
- machine learning
- medical decision support
- medical informatics
- natural language processing
- pervasive health
- smart home
- ubiquitous computing
- visualization
- wearable sensors
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: 'http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-319-16226-3 '
oa: '1'
page: '275'
place: Heidelberg
publication_identifier:
  eisbn:
  - 978-3-319-16226-3
  eissn:
  - 1611-3349
  isbn:
  - 978-3-319-16225-6
  issn:
  - 0302-9743
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer
series_title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science /  Information Systems and Applications,
  incl. Internet/Web, and HCI
status: public
title: 'Smart Health: Open Problems and Future Challenges'
type: book_editor
user_id: '89807'
volume: 8700
year: '2015'
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