Adaptation of water resources systems to changing society and environment: a statement by the International Association of Hydrological Sciences

Serena Ceola; Alberto Montanari; Tobias Krueger; Fiona Dyer; Heidi Kreibich; Ida Westerberg; Gemma Carr; Christophe Cudennec; Amin Elshorbagy; Hubert Savenije; Pieter Van Der Zaag; Dan Rosbjerg; Hafzullah Aksoy; Francesco Viola; Guido Petrucci; Kit MacLeod; Barry Croke; Daniele Ganora; Leon Hermans; Maria J. Polo; Zongxue Xu; Marco Borga; Jorg Helmschrot; Elena Toth; Roberto Ranzi; Attilio Castellarin; Anthony Hurford; Mitija Brilly; Alberto Viglione; Günter Blöschl; Murugesu Sivapalan; Alessio Domeneghetti; Alberto Marinelli; Giuliano Di Baldassarre

doi:10.1080/02626667.2016.1230674

Adaptation of water resources systems to changing society and environment: a statement by the International Association of Hydrological Sciences

Serena Ceola^*, Alberto Montanari, Tobias Krueger, Fiona Dyer, Heidi Kreibich, Ida Westerberg, Gemma Carr, Christophe Cudennec, Amin Elshorbagy, Hubert Savenije, Pieter Van Der Zaag, Dan Rosbjerg, Hafzullah Aksoy, Francesco Viola, Guido Petrucci, Kit MacLeod, Barry Croke, Daniele Ganora, Leon Hermans, Maria J. PoloZongxue Xu, Marco Borga, Jorg Helmschrot, Elena Toth, Roberto Ranzi, Attilio Castellarin, Anthony Hurford, Mitija Brilly, Alberto Viglione, Günter Blöschl, Murugesu Sivapalan, Alessio Domeneghetti, Alberto Marinelli, Giuliano Di Baldassarre

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Abstract

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. EDITOR D.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2803-2817
Number of pages	15
Journal	Hydrological Sciences Journal
Volume	61
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2016.1230674
Publication status	Published - 9 Dec 2016

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Publisher Copyright:
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Funding

IW acknowledges the support of the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013/(grant agreement no. 329762). TK is funded, through IRI THESys, by the German Excellence Initiative. SC, AM, AC, and ET acknowledge financial support from the EU funded project SWITCH-ON (603587).

Funders	Funder number
European Union’s 7th Framework Programme FP7/2007
Seventh Framework Programme	603587, 329762
FP7 People: Marie-Curie Actions
European Commission

Keywords

bottom-up approach
catchment
resilient design
socio-hydrology
water resources systems

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Ceola, S., Montanari, A., Krueger, T., Dyer, F., Kreibich, H., Westerberg, I., Carr, G., Cudennec, C., Elshorbagy, A., Savenije, H., Van Der Zaag, P., Rosbjerg, D., Aksoy, H., Viola, F., Petrucci, G., MacLeod, K., Croke, B., Ganora, D., Hermans, L., ... Di Baldassarre, G. (2016). Adaptation of water resources systems to changing society and environment: a statement by the International Association of Hydrological Sciences. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 61(16), 2803-2817. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2016.1230674

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Adaptation of water resources systems to changing society and environment: a statement by the International Association of Hydrological Sciences

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