Emerging themes and future directions in watershed resilience research
Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm (Alliance for Global Water Adaptation, Corvallis, George Mason University, The Nature Conservancy)
John H. Matthews (Alliance for Global Water Adaptation, Corvallis)
Nathan Karres (The Nature Conservancy)
Robin Abell (The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, Arlington)
James Dalton (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
Shi Teng Kang (The Nature Conservancy)
Junguo Liu (Southern University of Science and Technology , University of Water Resources and Electrical Power, Chengzhou)
Romain Maendly (California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento)
Bregje van Wesenbeeck (TU Delft - Civil Engineering & Geosciences)
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Abstract
A review of ecological, social, engineering, and integrative approaches to define and apply resilience thinking is presented and comparatively discussed in the context of watershed management. Knowledge gaps are identified through an assessment of this literature and compilation of a set of research questions through stakeholder engagement activities. We derive a proposed research agenda describing key areas of inquiry such as watershed resilience variables and their interactions; leveraging watershed natural properties, processes, and dynamics to facilitate and enable resilience; analytical methods and tools including monitoring, modeling, metrics, and scenario planning, and their applications to watersheds at different spatial and temporal scales, and infusing resilience concepts as core values in watershed adaptive management.
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