Modeling human-water-systems: towards a comprehensive and spatially distributed assessment of co-evolutions for river basins in Central Europe

• Published in: Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences Vol. 373; pp. 119 - 123
• Main Authors: Krahe, Peter, Nilson, Enno, Knoche, Malte, Ebner von Eschenbach, Anna-Dorothea
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Gottingen Copernicus GmbH 12.05.2016; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Case studies; Climate; Climate change; Climate models; Consumer Price Index; Consumption; Councils; Dams; Economic analysis; Economic change; Economic development; Economics; Electricity; Energy storage; Environmental risk; Flood management; Flood risk; GDP; Gross Domestic Product; Human influences; Hydrologic cycle; Hydrologic models; Hydrology; Mining; Nuclear power plants; Risk management; River basin management; River basins; Rivers; Runoff; Simulation; Socioeconomic aspects; Socioeconomics; Time series; Water storage; Alps; Rhine River; Central Europe; Switzerland
• ISSN: 2199-899X; 2199-8981; 2199-899X
• DOI: 10.5194/piahs-373-119-2016

In the context of river basin and flood risk management there is a growing need to improve the understanding of and the feedbacks between the driving forces “climate and socio-economy” and water systems. We make use of a variety of data resources to illustrate interrelationships between different constituents of the human-water-systems. Taking water storage for energy production as an example we present a first analysis on the co-evolution of socio-economic and hydrological indicators. The findings will serve as for the development of conceptual, but fully coupled socio-hydrological models for selected sectors and regions. These models will be used to generate integrated scenarios of the climate and socio-economic change.