Journal
16TH WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ANALYSIS CONFERENCE (WDSA2014): URBAN WATER HYDROINFORMATICS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING
Volume 89, Issue -, Pages 347-354Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.198
Keywords
Adaptation; coping; mitigation; reliability; resilience; safety; sustainability; water management.
Funding
- EPSRC [EP/K006924/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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This paper introduces a new approach to water management that is 'Safe & SuRe'. This includes presenting a conceptual framework to link the emerging threats of climate change and variability, rapid urbanization and population growth, energy constraint and tightening environmental regulation through to their consequences on social, economic and environmental recipients. The framework allows identification of the role and need for mitigation, adaptation and coping strategies. The paper proposes definitions and discusses what engineering, organizational and/or social options can potentially develop the degree of resilience and sustainability needed to deal with these 21st century threats. The paper goes on to propose how these approaches might be objectively assessed and identifies gaps in our knowledge that require further research. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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