Global water resources modeling with an integrated model of the social–economic–environmental system

2011 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 684-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evan G.R. Davies ◽  
Slobodan P. Simonovic
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Integrated Model ◽  
Environmental System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Global Water

scholarly journals Reclamation Development Options Optimization Model within the Water Bodies Integrated Development and Protection Scheme

2015 ◽  
pp. 53-66
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Catchment Area ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Water Protection ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Protection Scheme ◽  
Agrarian Sector ◽  
The Social ◽  
Analytical Research ◽  
Regional Programs

Information/analytical research of methodical approaches to melioration facilities localization within a catchment area and their provision with water resources have been carried out. A model of multi-criteria optimization for melioration option formation during the social/economic agrarian sector development regional programs implementation and for composing the list of water/protection measures within the regional WBIUPS frameworks has been developed. Procedures of the principles formation for melioration facilities functional/technological location at the catchment to reduce labor intensity concerning possible versions of melioration facilities’ binding to water resources; sources and discharges in terms of representativeness of the options to be discussed have been presented.

scholarly journals A seca de 2012-2014 no município de Taperoá-PB e o papel das ações de convivência nesse contexto

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
André Aires De Farias ◽  
Francisco de Assis Salviano De Sousa ◽  
Telma Lucia Bezerra Alves Aires ◽  
Thyago Carneiro De Brito
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Check List ◽  
Family Farming ◽  
The Social ◽  
Living Together ◽  
Underground Dams

O presente artigo buscou identificar e analisar os impactos sociais, econômicos e ambientais da seca de 2012-2014 no município de Taperoá-PB e o papel das ações de convivência nesse contexto. A identificação dos impactos foi realizada utilizando-se o método de listagem descritiva check-list, dados bibliográficos e documentais. Para analisar as variáveis socioeconômicas e as ações de convivência foram utilizados os mesmos materiais dos impactos, exceto o check-list. Os impactos continuaram porque faltou recursos financeiros para implantar programas e as políticas públicas de convivência não foram efetivas, só aparecendo com maior intensidade quando a região estava prejudicada pela seca. Para redução dos impactos é necessário aumentar o número de cisternas, principalmente a calçadão. É necessário também perfurar poços e construir açudes, além de fazer manutenção nos que estejam com capacidade reduzida ou desativados; construir barragens subterrâneas e tanques naturais; terminar e colocar em funcionamento a Transposição do Rio São Francisco; incentivar a gestão dos recursos hídricos, criar programas que visem o fortalecimento da agricultura familiar, incentivando a fenação, silagem, meliponicultura, apicultura, criação de animais e plantas adaptados à região, dentre muitos outros.  The drought of 2012-2014 in the municipality of Taperoá-PB and the role of the coexistence actions in this context A B S T R A C TThe present article sought to identify and analyze the social, economic and environmental impacts of the drought of 2012-2014 in the municipality of Taperoá-PB and the role of the coexistence actions in this context. The identification of impacts was performed using the method of descriptive listing check-list, bibliographic and documentary data. To analyze the socioeconomic variables and of actions of living together were used same materials of the impacts, except the check-list. The impacts continued because they lack financial resources to implement programs and public coexistence policies were not effective, only appearing with greater intensity when the region was hampered by drought. To reduce the impacts is to increase the number of cisterns, especially the boardwalk. You also need to drill wells and build dams, in addition to maintenance on that are with reduced or deactivated capacity; building underground dams and natural ponds; finished and put into operation the Transposition of the São Francisco River; encourage the management of water resources, create programs aimed at strengthening family farming, encouraging haymaking, silage, meliponiculture, beekeeping and the husbandry of animals and plants adapted to the region.Keywords: impact; family farming; livestock.

scholarly journals Role of higher education in the sustainability of water resources: an assessment of institutions in India

Water Policy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 276-292
Author(s):  
Arun Kansal ◽  
G. Venkatesh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
The Social ◽  
Educational Programmes ◽  
The Status ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Good Number

Abstract The motivation behind this paper is to understand the status of water resources management education provided in higher education institutions (HEIs) in India and decipher gaps between what is taught and what is needed in the field. The assessment has been carried out based on the information available on the respective websites of the HEIs using keywords. The authors have also reached out to faculty members and final-year students in universities/HEIs in India. There are a good number of HEIs in India, which offer educational programmes in water-related subjects, though their distribution is skewed and there seems to be a clear bias in favour of the technological aspects of water. Relatively fewer HEIs engage themselves in social, economic and gender-related issues. It is imperative to popularise research in the social, economic and regulatory aspects of water management. Not all HEIs have provided information about the areas of research they engage in, on their websites. Further, a limited number of faculty members and students have responded to the questionnaires. The preparedness of any country in addressing its current challenges can be gauged from the incorporation and subsequent entrenchment of these roles into the fabric of HEIs. This article can be looked upon as reference documents which will go a long way to enabling the identification of synergies, interlinkages and collaboration opportunities to find solutions for a plethora of challenges.

Study on Water Resource Carrying Capacity of Enshi Autonomous Prefecture in Hubei Province

2013 ◽  
Vol 864-867 ◽  
pp. 2288-2291
Author(s):  
Yi Sun ◽  
Jun Wei Wan ◽  
Song Yuan Yang ◽  
Yan Qiu Lu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Analysis And Evaluation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Vector Module ◽  
Water Resource Carrying Capacity ◽  
Social Economic Development

Starting from the function of water resources to the social economic development, using the method of vector module, this thesis makes the analysis and evaluation of Enshi water resource carrying capacity. The results show that the water resource carrying capacity maintain its wide between 0.0884 to 0.1275 in 2007-2011, which shows that the carrying capacity of water resource in Enshi can meet the needs of social economic development.

scholarly journals An integrated model for the assessment of global water resources – Part 1: Input meteorological forcing and natural hydrological cycle modules

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 3535-3582 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Hanasaki ◽  
S. Kanae ◽  
T. Oki ◽  
K. Masuda ◽  
K. Motoya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Hydrological Cycle ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Integrated Model ◽  
Surface Hydrology ◽  
Meteorological Forcing ◽  
Land Surface Hydrology ◽  
Global Water ◽  
River Routing

Abstract. An integrated global water resources model was developed consisting of six modules: land surface hydrology, river routing, crop growth, reservoir operation, environmental flow requirement estimation, and anthropogenic water withdrawal. It simulates both natural and anthropogenic water flow globally (excluding Antarctica) on a daily basis at a spatial resolution of 1°×1° (longitude and latitude). The simulation period is 10 years, from 1986 to 1995. This first part of the two-feature report describes the input meteorological forcing and natural hydrological cycle modules of the integrated model, namely the land surface hydrology module and the river routing module. The input meteorological forcing was provided by the second Global Soil Wetness Project (GSWP2), an international land surface modeling project. Several reported shortcomings of the forcing component were improved. The land surface hydrology module was developed based on a bucket type model that simulates energy and water balance on land surfaces. Simulated runoff was compared and validated with observation-based global runoff data sets and observed streamflow records at 32 major river gauging stations around the world. Mean annual runoff agreed well with earlier studies at global, continental, and continental zonal mean scales, indicating the validity of the input meteorological data and land surface hydrology module. In individual basins, the mean bias was less than ±20% in 14 of the 32 river basins and less than ±50% in 24 of the basins. The performance was similar to the best available precedent studies with closure of energy and water. The timing of the peak in streamflow and the shape of monthly hydrographs were well simulated in most of the river basins when large lakes or reservoirs did not affect them. The results indicate that the input meteorological forcing component and the land surface hydrology module provide a framework with which to assess global water resources, with the potential application to investigate the subannual variability in water resources. GSWP2 participants are encouraged to re-run their model using this newly developed meteorological forcing input, which is in identical format to the original GSWP2 forcing input.

Integrated flood management

2007 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 97-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Grabs ◽  
A.C. Tyagi ◽  
M. Hyodo
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Flood Management ◽  
Pilot Projects ◽  
Loss Of Life ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Climate Change And Variability ◽  
The Social ◽  
Management Approaches

While there have been a number of international initiatives centred around hydrological sciences and technical approaches, the social, economic, environmental, and legal and institutional aspects of flood management have been dealt with sporadically and in a limited manner. WMO and the Global Water Partnership have established the Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM) to address these issues and developed a concept of Integrated Flood Management (IFM) in 2002. This article is the result of the integrated flood management approaches through pilot projects and multi-disciplinary approaches launched by the initiative since the establishment of the IFM concept. This approach seeks to integrate land- and water-resources development in a river basin, within the context of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and aims at maximizing the benefits from floodplains and at the same time reducing loss of life from flooding. This approach identified the key elements of IFM and recommended that these can be put in place by: adopting a basin approach to flood management; adopting a multi-disciplinary approach in flood management; reducing vulnerability to and risks from flooding; enabling community participation; and preserving ecosystems; and addressing climate change and variability, supported by enabling mechanism through appropriate legislation and regulations.

Evaluation of Eco-Environment Quality in the Scale of County: A Case Study of Changping District

2014 ◽  
Vol 692 ◽  
pp. 109-114
Author(s):  
Ji Qi ◽  
Zhi Hui Chen ◽  
Shuai Shi ◽  
Fan Gao ◽  
Yun Liu
Keyword(s):  
Economic System ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Social System ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Total System ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Environmental System ◽  
The Social

According to the social-economic statistics and environmental data, this paper evaluated the eco-environmental quality in Changping district based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. The results showed that the value of the total system, including social, economic and eco-environmental fields, has been increased from 67.27 to 81.79, which indicated that the total eco-environmental quality in Changping district has been improving from 1999 to 2005. The value of social system has been improved from 63.09 to 84.73, which would mean that enhancement of live quality had reflected the social progress. The value of economic system was also growth from 68.23 to 80.49, which explained some economic index such as GDP could express the progress of economy. The value of environmental system was floating from 68.02 to 78.78, which clarified that environmental system was complex affected by many factors, and social system, economic system and environmental system restricted mutually. Finally, this paper advised for the environmental improvement in Changping district.

Study Regarding Water Management in Mehedinţi County

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 197-202
Author(s):  
Ionela Gabriela Bucşe ◽  
Mariana Ciobanu ◽  
Olimpia Ghermec
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Pollution ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Water Quality Protection ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ecological Importance

There is a crucial need to achieve a more sustainable management of the world's water resources due to serious water scarcity and water pollution. A whole series of problems are related to these needs, but the problem of water resources is one of the most prominent. This paper aims to point out certain solutions to address these issues, such as providing a framework for the concept of integrated management of water resources in Mehedinţi County. Water quality protection should be a permanent concern; therefore, every member of society must bring out his own conscious and responsible contribution. To this end, by all means of information or education, it is necessary to debate the social, economic and ecological importance of problems and actions in order to prevent and combat pollution of water resources.

scholarly journals What constitutes an equitable water share? A reassessment of equitable apportionment in the Jordan–Israel water agreement 25 years later

Water Policy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 911-933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samer Talozi ◽  
Amelia Altz-Stamm ◽  
Hussam Hussein ◽  
Peter Reich
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Treated Wastewater ◽  
Peace Treaty ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Alternative Water ◽  
To Come

Abstract The water agreement between Jordan and Israel, created as part of their peace treaty in 1994, set out detailed allocations terms to which both countries have respectively abided since its inception. But after two and a half decades, the water agreement terms no longer appear as equitable considering the social, economic, and environmental changes that have occurred in the region as a whole and within the two countries individually. This paper analyzes the status of the treaty terms in light of changes seen within both countries regarding the factors laid out by the United Nations as relevant to determining equitable apportionment among riparian nations. The analysis suggests that a renegotiation of the water agreement terms is warranted due in large part to changes in population and the availability of alternative water resources (desalination and treated wastewater). While no explicit recommendations are made as to what a future treaty's terms should include, this paper presents evidence of a changing ground reality that deserves greater consideration in reaching a more equitable and sustainable water agreement for the decades to come.

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