Human–water interface in hydrological modelling: current status and future directions
-
Published:2017-08-23
Issue:8
Volume:21
Page:4169-4193
-
ISSN:1607-7938
-
Container-title:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
-
language:en
-
Short-container-title:Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.
Author:
Wada YoshihideORCID, Bierkens Marc F. P.ORCID, de Roo Ad, Dirmeyer Paul A., Famiglietti James S., Hanasaki NaotaORCID, Konar Megan, Liu JunguoORCID, Müller Schmied HannesORCID, Oki Taikan, Pokhrel YaduORCID, Sivapalan MurugesuORCID, Troy Tara J., van Dijk Albert I. J. M.ORCID, van Emmerik TimORCID, Van Huijgevoort Marjolein H. J., Van Lanen Henny A. J.ORCID, Vörösmarty Charles J., Wanders NikoORCID, Wheater Howard
Abstract
Abstract. Over recent decades, the global population has been rapidly increasing and human activities have altered terrestrial water fluxes to an unprecedented extent. The phenomenal growth of the human footprint has significantly modified hydrological processes in various ways (e.g. irrigation, artificial dams, and water diversion) and at various scales (from a watershed to the globe). During the early 1990s, awareness of the potential for increased water scarcity led to the first detailed global water resource assessments. Shortly thereafter, in order to analyse the human perturbation on terrestrial water resources, the first generation of large-scale hydrological models (LHMs) was produced. However, at this early stage few models considered the interaction between terrestrial water fluxes and human activities, including water use and reservoir regulation, and even fewer models distinguished water use from surface water and groundwater resources. Since the early 2000s, a growing number of LHMs have incorporated human impacts on the hydrological cycle, yet the representation of human activities in hydrological models remains challenging. In this paper we provide a synthesis of progress in the development and application of human impact modelling in LHMs. We highlight a number of key challenges and discuss possible improvements in order to better represent the human–water interface in hydrological models.
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Engineering,General Environmental Science
Reference255 articles.
1. Alcamo, J., Döll, P., Kaspar, F., and Siebert, S.: Global change and global scenarios of water use and availability: an application of WaterGAP1.0, Rep. A9701, Cent. for Environ. Syst. Res., Univ. of Kassel, Kassel, Germany, 1997. 2. Alcamo, J., Döll, P., Henrichs, T., Kaspar, F., Lehner, B., Rösch, T., and Siebert, S.: Development and testing of the WaterGAP 2 global model of water use and availability, Hydrol. Sci. J., 48, 317–337, https://doi.org/10.1623/hysj.48.3.317.45290, 2003a. 3. Alcamo, J., Döll, P., Henrichs, T., Kaspar, F., Lehner, B., Rösch, T., and Siebert, S.: Global estimation of water withdrawals and availability under current and “business as usual” conditions, Hydrol. Sci. J., 48, 339–348, https://doi.org/10.1623/hysj.48.3.339.45278, 2003b. 4. Alcamo, J., Flörke, M., and Märker, M.: Future long-term changes in global water resources driven by socio-economic and climatic changes, Hydrol. Sci. J., 52, 247–275, https://doi.org/10.1623/hysj.52.2.247, 2007. 5. Arnell, N. W.: Climate change and global water resources, Global Environ. Chang., 9, 31–49, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0959-3780(99)00017-5, 1999.
Cited by
159 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献
|
|