Characterizing uncertainty of the hydrologic impacts of climate change

MP Clark, RL Wilby, ED Gutmann, JA Vano… - Current climate change …, 2016 - Springer
The high climate sensitivity of hydrologic systems, the importance of those systems to
society, and the imprecise nature of future climate projections all motivate interest in …

How should robustness be defined for water systems planning under change?

JD Herman, PM Reed, HB Zeff… - Journal of Water …, 2015 - ascelibrary.org
Water systems planners have long recognized the need for robust solutions capable of
withstanding deviations from the conditions for which they were designed. Robustness …

Resilience of water resource systems: lessons from England

JW Hall, E Borgomeo, A Bruce, M Di Mauro… - Water Security, 2019 - Elsevier
We explore the triumvirate of resilience–'persistence','adaptability'and 'transformability'–in
the context of England's water supply infrastructure system. Risk-based decision-making …

On inclusion of water resource management in Earth system models–Part 1: Problem definition and representation of water demand

A Nazemi, HS Wheater - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2015 - hess.copernicus.org
Human activities have caused various changes to the Earth system, and hence the
interconnections between human activities and the Earth system should be recognized and …

[HTML][HTML] An open source framework for many-objective robust decision making

D Hadka, J Herman, P Reed, K Keller - Environmental Modelling & …, 2015 - Elsevier
This study introduces a new open source software framework to support bottom-up
environmental systems planning under deep uncertainty with a focus on many-objective …

Compounding effects of human activities and climatic changes on surface water availability in Iran

S Ashraf, A AghaKouchak, A Nazemi, A Mirchi… - Climatic change, 2019 - Springer
By combining long-term ground-based data on water withdrawal with climate model
projections, this study quantifies the compounding effects of human activities and climate …

Climate-informed environmental inflows to revive a drying lake facing meteorological and anthropogenic droughts

A Alborzi, A Mirchi, H Moftakhari… - Environmental …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The rapid shrinkage of Lake Urmia, one of the world's largest saline lakes located in
northwestern Iran, is a tragic wake-up call to revisit the principles of water resources …

On inclusion of water resource management in Earth system models–Part 2: Representation of water supply and allocation and opportunities for improved modeling

A Nazemi, HS Wheater - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2015 - hess.copernicus.org
Human water use has significantly increased during the recent past. Water withdrawals from
surface and groundwater sources have altered terrestrial discharge and storage, with large …

Synthetic drought scenario generation to support bottom-up water supply vulnerability assessments

JD Herman, HB Zeff, JR Lamontagne… - Journal of Water …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
Exploratory simulation allows analysts to discover scenarios in which existing or planned
water supplies may fail to meet stakeholder objectives. These robustness assessments rely …

Urban water security: Emerging discussion and remaining challenges

A Nazemi, K Madani - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2018 - Elsevier
Human livelihood requires reliable water supply and protection from water-related hazards.
Significant growth in population and anthropogenic activities along with unfolding effects of …