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Diagnosing Causes of Water Scarcity in Complex Water Resources Systems and Identifying Risk Management Actions
Año:2012
Áreas de investigación
  • Abastecimiento de agua
Datos
Descripción
From the water management perspective, water scarcity is an unacceptable risk of facing water shortages to serve water demands in the near future. Water scarcity may be temporary and related to drought conditions or other accidental situation, or may be permanent and due to deeper causes such as excessive demand growth, lack of infrastructure for water storage or transport, or constraints in water management. Diagnosing the causes of water scarcity in complex water resources systems is a precondition to adopt effective drought risk management actions. In this paper we present four indices which have been developed to evaluate water scarcity. We propose a methodology for interpretation of index values that can lead to conclusions about the reliability and vulnerability of systems to water scarcity, as well as to diagnose their possible causes and to propose solutions. The described methodology was applied to the Ebro river basin, identifying existing and expected problems and possible solutions. System diagnostics, based exclusively on the analysis of index values, were compared with the known reality as perceived by system managers, validating the conclusions in all cases
Internacional
Si
JCR del ISI
Si
Título de la revista
Water Resources Management
ISSN
0920-4741
Factor de impacto JCR
2,054
Información de impacto
Volumen
DOI
10.1007/s11269-012-0081-6
Número de revista
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  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Hidroinformática y Gestión del Agua
  • Departamento: Ingeniería Civil: Hidráulica y Energética