Socio-Environmental Geodatabase in Rio Grande-Rio Bravo Basin

To effectively understand human-water interactions and inform decision making on the shared and scarce water resources in the transboundary Rio Grande/Río Bravo Basin (the Basin), state and Federal entities in the United States and Mexico utilize a wide range of integrated cross-disciplinary and international data. However, data disparities and inconsistencies are challenges to effective transboundary collaboration. The University of Oklahoma developed a socio-environmental geodatabase to inform researchers and practitioners about the spatial heterogeneity of human and natural dimensions in the Basin and help foster transboundary collaboration for sustainable resource management.