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Dr John Bromley

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Academic Profile

Dr John Bromley began his career as a geologist in 1969 with the Geological Survey of Malawi after obtaining a BSc (Hons) in Geology from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He then gained a PhD in Hydrogeology at the University of Bristol before spending 2 years as a groundwater consultant in South Africa. For the next 29 years, from 1977 to 2006, he worked at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (formerly Institute of Hydrology) as a hydrogeologist on a wide range of consultancy and research projects both overseas and in the UK. He joined the Oxford Water Futures Programme in 2007.

Current Research

Dr John Bromley's main research interests are in groundwater resources, water management, and the use of Bayesian networks for participatory water resource management. His current research efforts are centred on the application of Bayesian networks as a participatory tool to help promote the successful implementation of Adaptive Water Management. Of particular interest is the problem of enabling the methodology to be available for use by water managers at all levels.

Having worked in the groundwater field all his working life John still retains a keen interest in all areas of groundwater research, particularly in the problems of recharge in semi-arid environments, and groundwater water resource evaluation issues generally.

Selected Publications

• Molina, J-L., García-Aróstegui, J.L., Bromley, J. and Benavente, J. (2011) Integrated assessment of the European WFD implementation in extremely overexploited aquifers through participatory modelling. Water Resources Management.
• Carmona, G., Varela-Ortega, C. and Bromley, J. (2011) The use of participatory object-oriented Bayesian networks and agro-economic models for groundwater management in Spain. Water Resources Management, 25(5): 1509-1524.
• Ragab, R. and Bromley, J. (2010) IHMS - Integrated Hydrological Modelling System. Part 1. The hydrological processes and general structure. Hydrological Processes
• Ragab, R., Bromley, J., Doerflinger, G. and Katsikides, S. (2010) IHMS - Integrated Hydrological Modelling System. Part 2. Application of linked unsaturated, DiCaSM and saturated zone, MODFLOW models on Kouris and Akrotiri catchments in Cyprus. Hydrological Processes
• Molina, J.L., Bromley, J., García-Aríóstegui, J.L., Sullivan, C. and Benavente, J. (2010) Integrated water resources management of overexploited hydrogeological systems using Object-Oriented Bayesian Networks. Environmental Modelling and Software, 25: 383-397.
• Mysiak, J., Henrikson, H. J., Sullivan, C., Bromley, J. and Pahl-Wostl, C. (eds.) (2009) The Adaptive Water Resource Management Handbook. Earthscan. 216pp.
• Bromley, J. and Mysiak, J. (2009) Tools for adaptive management. Chapter 1.4 in, Mysiak, J., Henrikson, H.J., Sullivan, C., Bromley, J. and Pahl-Wostl, C. (eds.) The Adaptive Water Resource Management Handbook. Earthscan. pp. 9-1.
• Sullivan, C. and Bromley, J. (2009) Working towards AWM. Chapter 2 in, Mysiak, J., Henrikson, H.J., Sullivan, C., Bromley, J. and Pahl-Wostl, C. (eds.) The Adaptive Water Resource Management Handbook. Earthscan. pp. 17-33.
• Henriksen, H.J., Rasmussen, P., Bromley, J., de la Hera Portillo, A. and Ramon Llamas, M. (2007) Bayesian belief networks as a tool for participatory integrated assessment and adaptive groundwater management: the Upper Guadiana Basin, Spain. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin, 13: 69-72.
• Bromley, J. (2006a) Guidelines for the use of Bayesian networks as a participatory tool for Water Resource Management, MERIT project for the European Union: 117.
• Bromley, J. (2006b) Response to: Comments on the appropriate assessments for east Burnham quarry. September 2005 (Corporation of London). Wallingford, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.
• Bromley, J. (2006c) Review of needs of End Users for New Tools, CEH-Wallingford: 11.
• Bromley, J. (2005) Comments on the report 'Hydrogeological investigation of the area between Burnham Beeches and East Burnham Quarry, November 2003 - March 2004', by A.J.Dixon. Wallingford, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology: 10.
• Bromley, J., Jackson, N.A., Clymer, O.J., Giacomello., A.M., and Jensen, F.V. (2005) The use of Hugin® to develop Bayesian networks as an aid to integrated water resource planning. Environmental Modelling and Software, 20: 231-242.
• Bromley, J. (2004) Management of the environment and resources using integrated techniques. Wallingford, Completed under Contract Number EVK1-CT-2000-00085 MERIT for the Fifth Framework Programme for the RTD call on 'Energy, environment and sustainable development' (1998-2002): 84.
• Bromley, J., Robinson, M., and Barker, J.A. (2004) Scale dependency of hydraulic conductivity: an example from Thorne Moor, a raised mire in south Yorkshire, UK. Hydrological Processes, 18: 973-985.
• Ragab, R., Bromley, J., Rosier, P., Cooper, J.D., and Gash, J.H.C. (2003a) Experimental study of water fluxes in a residential area: 1. Rainfall, roof runoff and evaporation: the effect of slope and aspect. Hydrological Processes, 17: 2409-2422.
• Bromley, J., Cruces, J., Acreman, M., Martinez, L. and Llamas, M.R. (2001) Problems of sustainable groundwater management in an area of over-exploitation: the Upper Guadiana catchment, Central Spain. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 17(3): 379-396.
• Bromley, J., Llamas, M.R., et al. (2000) Groundwater crisis in the Upper Guadiana Basin. Mediterranean Desertification Research Results and Policy Implications, Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Community.
• Bromley, J., Taylor, C.M., and Gash, J.H.C. (2002) Comment on 'Long-term rise in a Sahelian water-table: the Continenetal terminal in South-West Niger' by Leduc, C., Favreau, G., and Shroeter, P., (2001). Journal of Hydrology, 243: 43-54. Journal of Hydrology, 255(1-4): 260-262.
• Bromley, J., Butterworth, J.A., Macdonald, D.M.J., Lovell. C.J., Mharapara, I., and Batchelor, C.H. (1999) Hydrological processes and water resources management in a dryland environment I : An introduction to the Romwe Catchment Study in southern Zimbabwe. Hydrological and Earth System Sciences, 3(3): 321-332.
• Bromley, J., Brouwer, J., Barker, A.P., Gaze, S.P. and Valentine, C. (1997a) The role of surface water redistribution in an area of patterned vegetation in a semi-arid environment, south west Niger. Journal of Hydrology, 198(1-4): 1-29.
• Leduc, C., Bromley, J., and Schroeter, P. (1997) Water table fluctuation and recharge in semi-arid climate: some results of the HAPEX-Sahel hydrodynamic survey (Niger). Journal of Hydrology, 188-189(1-4): 123-138.
• Bromley, J., Edmunds, W.M., Fellman, E., Brouwer, J., Gaze, S.R., Sudlow, J. and Taupin, J.-D. (1997c) Estimation of rainfall inputs and direct recharge to the deep unsaturated zone of southern Niger using the chloride profile method . Journal of Hydrology, 188-189(1-4): 139-154.
• Bromley, J., Robinson, M., et al. (1997d) Evaluating sub-surface water losses in a cut-over peatland: Thorne Moors, South Yorkshire. A report for Levington Horticulture Ltd. Wallingford, Oxon, Institute of Hydrology: 21.
• Bromley, J., Bergkamp, G., et al. (1996) EFEDA 2. ECHIVAL Field Experiment in Desertification-threatened Areas. Final Report for Contract No. EV5V-CT93-0282. Wallingford, Institute of Hydrology: 1-201.
• Bromley, J., Brouwer, J., et al. (1995) The semi-arid groundwater recharge study (SAGRE). Hydrologie et Météorologie de Méso-Echelle dans HAPEX-Sahel: Dispositif de mesures au sol et premiere résultats. T. Lebel. Paris, ORSTOM: 161-179.
• Bromley, J. and Robinson, M. (1995) Groundwater in raised mire systems: models, mounds and myths. In, Hughes, J. and Heathwaite, A.L. (eds.) Hydrology and Hydrochemistry of British Wetlands. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester. pp. 95-109.
• Bromley, J., Mannström, B., et al. (1994) Airborne Geophysics: Application to a Ground- Water Study in Botswana. Ground Water, 32(1): 79-90.
• Bromley, J. (1993) Hydrological response to land use change and over-exploitation of water resources in a semi-arid area of Spain. Work Programme (1993-1995) to accompany contract negotiation form finalised on the basis of proposal PL910020.
• Bromley, J. and Robinson, M. (1991) The likely impact of peat cutting on the hydrology of the Thorne National Nature Reserve. A report for Fison's plc. Wallingford, Institute of Hydrology: 10.