A Resilience-Based Methodology for Improved Water Resources Adaptation Planning under Deep Uncertainty with Real World Application

Roach, Tom; Kapelan, Zoran; Ledbetter, Ralph

doi:10.1007/s11269-018-1914-8

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“…Improving water management is an effective way to solve this problem [11]. Therefore, a timely adjustment of water use strategies is needed to accommodate the increasing complexities in the water resources management system [12]. Researchers commonly believe that it is necessary to ensure both the quality and quantity of water resources.…”

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Comprehensive Evaluation of Water Resource Security: Case Study from Luoyang City, China

Dong

Shen

Jia

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Water

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The security of water resources is the core content and ultimate goal of urban water resource management agencies. The management of water resources is directly related to the needs of urban residents’ lives and the area’s socio-economic development. How to determine the effective evaluation indicators and methods is an important prerequisite to solving the water resource security problem. This study took Luoyang City as the research area and constructed a water resource security evaluation index system based on pressure-state-response framework. An analytic hierarchy process and entropy weight method were used to determine the index weight. A set pair analysis model was then introduced to evaluate the security of water resources in Luoyang from 2006 to 2016. The results of this study show that the standard of water resource security generally improved in Luoyang in the latter years of the study period. From 2006 to 2008, Luoyang was graded at the Insecurity Level. This compares to a slightly improved grading of Critical Security Level from 2009 to 2016 (except for 2013). However, the overall grade is still low. The pressure on the Luoyang water resource system mainly comes from the development of the urban socio-economy, which in turn has caused problems for both the quantity and quality of water resources. Therefore, a series of countermeasures have been introduced as a means of improving the water resource security of Luoyang, and these measures have achieved certain results. However, further improvements to the efficiency of water resource utilization and strengthening the management and protection of water resources remain necessary.

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Comprehensive Evaluation of Water Resource Security: Case Study from Luoyang City, China

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Shen

Jia

et al. 2018

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“…These hydrological projections datasets have led to multiple impact studies in water resources (e.g. [86]), water quality (e.g. [71]) and ecosystems (e.g.…”

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Using high-resolution climate change information in water management: a decision-makers' perspective

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Charlton

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The UK Climate Change Act requires the Environment Agency to report the risks it faces from climate change and actions taken to address these. Derived information from projections is critical to understanding likely impacts in water management. In 2019, the UK published an ensemble of high-resolution model simulations. The UKCP Local (2.2 km) projections can resolve smaller scale physical processes that determine rainfall and other variables at subdaily time-scales with the potential to provide new insights into extreme events, storm runoff and drainage management. However, simulations also need to inform adaptation. The challenge ahead is to identify and provide derived products without the need for further analysis by decision-makers. These include a wider evaluation of uncertainty, narratives about rainfall change across the projections and bias-corrected datasets. Future flood maps, peak rainfall estimates, uplift factors and future design storm profiles also need detailed guidance to support their use. Central government support is justified in the provision of up-to-date impacts information to inform flood risk management, given the large risks and exposure of all sectors. The further development of projections would benefit from greater focus and earlier scoping with industry representatives, operational tool developers and end users. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue ‘Intensification of short-duration rainfall extremes and implications for flash flood risks’.

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“…Multi-objective optimisation (Roach et al 2018) • Identifying optimal future adaptation strategies, optimising for resilience and cost Dynamical systems model (Dadson et al 2017) • Identifying relationship between national wealth, water-related productivity and losses from water-related hazards Transport…”

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Resilience engineering: theory and practice in interdependent infrastructure systems

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The economy and well-being of modern societies relies on complex and interdependent infrastructure systems to enable delivery of utilities and movement of goods, people and services. This complexity has resulted in an increased potential for cascading failures, whereby small scale initial failures in one system can result in events of catastrophic proportions across the wider network. Resilience and the emerging concept of resilience engineering within infrastructure are among the main concerns of those managing such complex systems. However, the disparate nature of resilience engineering development in various academic and industrial regimes has resulted in a diversity of definitions and characterisations. These are discussed in this paper, as are the commonalities between sectors and between different engineering disciplines. The paper also highlights the various methodologies used as part of resilience engineering implementation and monitoring, current practices including existing approaches and metrics, and an insight into the opportunities and potential barriers associated with these methodologies and practices. This research was undertaken for the Resilience Shift initiative to shift the approach to resilience in practice for critical infrastructure sectors. The programme aims to help practitioners involved in critical infrastructure to make decisions differently, contributing to a safer and better world.

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A Resilience-Based Methodology for Improved Water Resources Adaptation Planning under Deep Uncertainty with Real World Application

Cited by 20 publications

References 33 publications

Comprehensive Evaluation of Water Resource Security: Case Study from Luoyang City, China

Comprehensive Evaluation of Water Resource Security: Case Study from Luoyang City, China

Using high-resolution climate change information in water management: a decision-makers' perspective

Resilience engineering: theory and practice in interdependent infrastructure systems

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