TY - JOUR
T1 - Historical synthesis of the International Commission on Water Resources Systems
AU - Uysal, Gökçen
AU - Croke, Barry
AU - Schumann, Andreas
AU - Rosbjerg, Dan
AU - Simonovic, Slobodan P.
AU - Kileshye Onema, Jean Marie
AU - Takeuchi, Kuniyoshi
AU - Leong, Chris
AU - Loucks, Daniel P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 IAHS.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The planning, designing, management, and operation of water systems has been one of the most important activities throughout the history of humankind. However, as a scientific and applied discipline, it evolved about 70 years ago. The International Commission on Water Resources Systems (ICWRS) has primarily focused on developing and implementing improved methods for water resources management for the benefit of society since the 1970s. This paper reviews the history of the water resources systems (WRS) discipline over these six decades after the 100th anniversary of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) and aims to make a synthesis of the history of ICWRS. In the concluding section, an outlook for researchers and decision makers on the future development of WRS research is also provided.
AB - The planning, designing, management, and operation of water systems has been one of the most important activities throughout the history of humankind. However, as a scientific and applied discipline, it evolved about 70 years ago. The International Commission on Water Resources Systems (ICWRS) has primarily focused on developing and implementing improved methods for water resources management for the benefit of society since the 1970s. This paper reviews the history of the water resources systems (WRS) discipline over these six decades after the 100th anniversary of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) and aims to make a synthesis of the history of ICWRS. In the concluding section, an outlook for researchers and decision makers on the future development of WRS research is also provided.
KW - history
KW - systems concept
KW - water resources management
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U2 - 10.1080/02626667.2024.2412726
DO - 10.1080/02626667.2024.2412726
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85209684387
SN - 0262-6667
VL - 69
SP - 2372
EP - 2390
JO - Hydrological Sciences Journal
JF - Hydrological Sciences Journal
IS - 16
ER -