Integrating Multiple Research Methods to Unravel the Complexity of Human‐Water Systems
Abstract Predicting floods and droughts is essential to inform the development of policy in water management, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Yet, hydrological predictions are highly uncertain, while the frequency, severity and spatial distribution of extreme events are furthe...
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| author | Giuliano Di Baldassarre Hannah Cloke Sara Lindersson Maurizio Mazzoleni Elena Mondino Johanna Mård Vincent Odongo Elena Raffetti Elena Ridolfi Maria Rusca Elisa Savelli Faranak Tootoonchi |
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| description | Abstract Predicting floods and droughts is essential to inform the development of policy in water management, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Yet, hydrological predictions are highly uncertain, while the frequency, severity and spatial distribution of extreme events are further complicated by the increasing impact of human activities on the water cycle. In this commentary, we argue that four main aspects characterizing the complexity of human‐water systems should be explicitly addressed: feedbacks, scales, tradeoffs and inequalities. We propose the integration of multiple research methods as a way to cope with complexity and develop policy‐relevant science. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d7bfedb20f7c4b399736b318de316fd92022-12-22T02:39:29ZengWileyAGU Advances2576-604X2021-09-0123n/an/a10.1029/2021AV000473Integrating Multiple Research Methods to Unravel the Complexity of Human‐Water SystemsGiuliano Di Baldassarre0Hannah Cloke1Sara Lindersson2Maurizio Mazzoleni3Elena Mondino4Johanna Mård5Vincent Odongo6Elena Raffetti7Elena Ridolfi8Maria Rusca9Elisa Savelli10Faranak Tootoonchi11Department of Earth Sciences Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science Uppsala University Uppsala SwedenDepartment of Earth Sciences Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science Uppsala University Uppsala SwedenDepartment of Earth Sciences Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science Uppsala University Uppsala SwedenDepartment of Earth Sciences Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science Uppsala University Uppsala SwedenDepartment of Earth Sciences Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science Uppsala University Uppsala SwedenDepartment of Earth Sciences Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science Uppsala University Uppsala SwedenDepartment of Earth Sciences Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science Uppsala University Uppsala SwedenDepartment of Earth Sciences Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science Uppsala University Uppsala SwedenDepartment of Earth Sciences Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science Uppsala University Uppsala SwedenDepartment of Earth Sciences Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science Uppsala University Uppsala SwedenDepartment of Earth Sciences Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science Uppsala University Uppsala SwedenDepartment of Earth Sciences Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science Uppsala University Uppsala SwedenAbstract Predicting floods and droughts is essential to inform the development of policy in water management, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Yet, hydrological predictions are highly uncertain, while the frequency, severity and spatial distribution of extreme events are further complicated by the increasing impact of human activities on the water cycle. In this commentary, we argue that four main aspects characterizing the complexity of human‐water systems should be explicitly addressed: feedbacks, scales, tradeoffs and inequalities. We propose the integration of multiple research methods as a way to cope with complexity and develop policy‐relevant science.https://doi.org/10.1029/2021AV000473Anthropocenedroughtsfloodsinterdisciplinaritysociohydrologyuncertainty |
| spellingShingle | Giuliano Di Baldassarre Hannah Cloke Sara Lindersson Maurizio Mazzoleni Elena Mondino Johanna Mård Vincent Odongo Elena Raffetti Elena Ridolfi Maria Rusca Elisa Savelli Faranak Tootoonchi Integrating Multiple Research Methods to Unravel the Complexity of Human‐Water Systems AGU Advances Anthropocene droughts floods interdisciplinarity sociohydrology uncertainty |
| title | Integrating Multiple Research Methods to Unravel the Complexity of Human‐Water Systems |
| title_full | Integrating Multiple Research Methods to Unravel the Complexity of Human‐Water Systems |
| title_fullStr | Integrating Multiple Research Methods to Unravel the Complexity of Human‐Water Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrating Multiple Research Methods to Unravel the Complexity of Human‐Water Systems |
| title_short | Integrating Multiple Research Methods to Unravel the Complexity of Human‐Water Systems |
| title_sort | integrating multiple research methods to unravel the complexity of human water systems |
| topic | Anthropocene droughts floods interdisciplinarity sociohydrology uncertainty |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2021AV000473 |
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