Title
Human-water interface in hydrological modelling: Current status and future directions
Author
Wada, Yoshihide (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg; Universiteit Utrecht)
Bierkens, Marc F.P. (Universiteit Utrecht; Deltares)
de Roo, A (Universiteit Utrecht; Joint Research Centre)
Dirmeyer, Paul A. (George Mason University)
Famiglietti, James S. (California Institute of Technology)
Hanasaki, Naota (National Institute for Environmental Studies of Japan)
Konar, Megan (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
Liu, Junguo (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg; Southern University of Science and Technology)
Schmied, Hannes Möller (Goethe University; Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F))
Oki, Taikan (University of Tokyo; United Nations University)
Pokhrel, Yadu (Michigan State University)
Sivapalan, Murugesu (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
Troy, Tara J. (Lehigh University)
Van Dijk, Albert I J M (Australian National University)
van Emmerik, T.H.M. (TU Delft Water Resources) 
Van Huijgevoort, Marjolein H.J. (Princeton University)
Van Lanen, Henny A.J. (Wageningen University & Research)
Vörösmarty, Charles J. (City College of New York; CUNY Advanced Science Research Center)
Wanders, Niko (Universiteit Utrecht; Princeton University)
Wheater, Howard (University of Saskatchewan)
Date
2017-08-01
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 largescale 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.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-4169-2017
ISSN
1027-5606
Source
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21 (8), 4169-4193
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Document type
journal article
Rights
© 2017 Yoshihide Wada, Marc F.P. Bierkens, A de Roo, Paul A. Dirmeyer, James S. Famiglietti, Naota Hanasaki, Megan Konar, Junguo Liu, Hannes Möller Schmied, Taikan Oki, Yadu Pokhrel, Murugesu Sivapalan, Tara J. Troy, Albert I J M Van Dijk, T.H.M. van Emmerik, Marjolein H.J. Van Huijgevoort, Henny A.J. Van Lanen, Charles J. Vörösmarty, Niko Wanders, Howard Wheater