TY - JOUR
T1 - Adaptation of water resources systems to changing society and environment
T2 - a statement by the International Association of Hydrological Sciences
AU - Ceola, Serena
AU - Montanari, Alberto
AU - Krueger, Tobias
AU - Dyer, Fiona
AU - Kreibich, Heidi
AU - Westerberg, Ida
AU - Carr, Gemma
AU - Cudennec, Christophe
AU - Elshorbagy, Amin
AU - Savenije, H.H.G.
AU - Van Der Zaag, Pieter
AU - Rosbjerg, Dan
AU - Aksoy, Hafzullah
AU - Viola, Francesco
AU - Petrucci, Guido
AU - MacLeod, Kit
AU - Croke, Barry
AU - Ganora, Daniele
AU - Hermans, Leon
AU - Polo, Maria J.
AU - Xu, Zongxue
AU - Borga, Marco
AU - Helmschrot, Jorg
AU - Toth, Elena
AU - Ranzi, Roberto
AU - Castellarin, Attilio
AU - Hurford, Anthony
AU - Brilly, Mitija
AU - Viglione, Alberto
AU - Blöschl, Günter
AU - Sivapalan, Murugesu
AU - Domeneghetti, Alessio
AU - Marinelli, Alberto
AU - Di Baldassarre, Giuliano
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - We explore how to address the challenges of adaptation of water resources systems under changing conditions by supporting flexible, resilient and low-regret solutions, coupled with on-going monitoring and evaluation. This will require improved understanding of the linkages between biophysical and social aspects in order to better anticipate the possible future co-evolution of water systems and society. We also present a call to enhance the dialogue and foster the actions of governments, the international scientific community, research funding agencies and additional stakeholders in order to develop effective solutions to support water resources systems adaptation. Finally, we call the scientific community to a renewed and unified effort to deliver an innovative message to stakeholders. Water science is essential to resolve the water crisis, but the effectiveness of solutions depends, inter alia, on the capability of scientists to deliver a new, coherent and technical vision for the future development of water systems.
AB - We explore how to address the challenges of adaptation of water resources systems under changing conditions by supporting flexible, resilient and low-regret solutions, coupled with on-going monitoring and evaluation. This will require improved understanding of the linkages between biophysical and social aspects in order to better anticipate the possible future co-evolution of water systems and society. We also present a call to enhance the dialogue and foster the actions of governments, the international scientific community, research funding agencies and additional stakeholders in order to develop effective solutions to support water resources systems adaptation. Finally, we call the scientific community to a renewed and unified effort to deliver an innovative message to stakeholders. Water science is essential to resolve the water crisis, but the effectiveness of solutions depends, inter alia, on the capability of scientists to deliver a new, coherent and technical vision for the future development of water systems.
KW - bottom-up approach
KW - catchment
KW - resilient design
KW - socio-hydrology
KW - water resources systems
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84990239474&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02626667.2016.1230674
DO - 10.1080/02626667.2016.1230674
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84990239474
SN - 0262-6667
VL - 61
SP - 2803
EP - 2817
JO - Hydrological Sciences Journal
JF - Hydrological Sciences Journal
IS - 16
ER -