TY - JOUR
T1 - Unfolding the complexity in water reallocation decision-making in the Heihe River Basin, China
AU - Wei, Yongping
AU - Wu, Shuanglei
AU - Lu, Zhixiang
AU - Ison, Ray
AU - Western, Andrew
AU - Sivapalan, Murugesu
N1 - This work was supported by the Australian Research Council [grant number FT130100247]; and the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant numbers 41501464 and 91425303].
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Water reallocation decision-making is a challenge faced by most river basins around the world. In this study, a system thinking framework was developed to structurally unfold the complex interactions of water reallocations with societal, economic and ecological subsystems in the Heihe River Basin in China. The results indicate that ecological degradations appeared much later than economic development. Slow-changing societal values and limited considerations of technological development and government regulations towards environmental protection contributed to the weak and untimely responses of water reallocations to ecological degradation. This framework can assist in strategic water reallocation decision-making in river basins.
AB - Water reallocation decision-making is a challenge faced by most river basins around the world. In this study, a system thinking framework was developed to structurally unfold the complex interactions of water reallocations with societal, economic and ecological subsystems in the Heihe River Basin in China. The results indicate that ecological degradations appeared much later than economic development. Slow-changing societal values and limited considerations of technological development and government regulations towards environmental protection contributed to the weak and untimely responses of water reallocations to ecological degradation. This framework can assist in strategic water reallocation decision-making in river basins.
KW - China
KW - Water reallocation decision-making
KW - ecological degradation
KW - integrated qualitative and quantitative approach
KW - river basin management
KW - systems-based solutions
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U2 - 10.1080/07900627.2022.2136145
DO - 10.1080/07900627.2022.2136145
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85142142700
SN - 0790-0627
VL - 39
SP - 576
EP - 594
JO - International Journal of Water Resources Development
JF - International Journal of Water Resources Development
IS - 4
ER -