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People and water: understanding integrated systems needs integrated approaches

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Title People and water: understanding integrated systems needs integrated approaches
 
Creator Carr, Gemma
Barendrecht, M. H.
Debevec, Liza
Kuil, L.
Bloschl, G.
 
Subject water management
water systems
integrated management
water resources
interdisciplinary research
modelling
water reuse
water quality
flooding
risk management
collaboration
awareness raising
decision making
social aspects
hydrology
case studies
 
Description As we rapidly modify the environment around us, researchers have a critical role to play in raising our understanding of the interactions between people and the world in which they live. Knowledge and understanding of these interactions are essential for evidence based decision-making on resource use and risk management. In this paper, we explore three research case studies that illustrate co-evolution between people and water systems. In each case study, we highlight how different knowledge and understanding, stemming from different disciplines, can be integrated by complementing narratives with a quantitative modelling approach. We identify several important research practices that must be taken into account when modelling people-water systems: transparency, grounding the model in sound theory, supporting it with the most robust data possible, communicating uncertainty, recognising that there is no ‘one true model’ and diversity in the modelling team. To support interdisciplinary research endeavours, we propose a three-point plan: (1) demonstrating and emphasising that interdisciplinary collaboration can both address existing research questions and identify new, previously unknown questions at the interface between the disciplines; (2) supporting individual interdisciplinary learning at all career stages and (3) developing group practices and a culture of interdisciplinary collaboration.
 
Date 2020-12-01
2021-01-31T13:38:22Z
2021-01-31T13:38:22Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Carr, G.; Barendrecht, M. H.; Debevec, Liza; Kuil, L.; Bloschl, G. 2020. People and water: understanding integrated systems needs integrated approaches. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-AQUA, 69(8):819-832. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2020.055]
0003-7214
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111070
https://iwaponline.com/aqua/article-pdf/69/8/819/824031/jws0690819.pdf
https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2020.055
H050217
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 819-832
 
Publisher IWA Publishing
 
Source Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-AQUA