H044
Assessing Adaptation Strategies in Water Systems: Modeling Tools for Planning, Tradeoffs, and Implementation
Session ID#: 249895
Session Description:
Resilient water resources planning under climate change requires rigorous, transparent, and context-relevant representations of future conditions. To do this, decision-makers need tools that represent real-world decisions, account for system complexity, engage stakeholders, and support implementation. This session invites research that advances the integration of climate-informed adaptation strategies into water resources modeling, planning, and management with a focus on watershed-to-coast systems. We welcome studies that evaluate management alternatives—such as infrastructure operations, demand-side interventions, or nature-based solutions—through quantitative modeling, scenario analysis, or decision support frameworks. We will highlight work that bridges upland watersheds and coastal ecosystems, considers tradeoffs among human and ecological outcomes, and supports long-term resilience. We encourage participatory and transdisciplinary approaches that enhance the credibility, usability, and equity of adaptation planning processes. This session aims to connect technical modeling innovations to actionable decision-making, especially in service of vulnerable communities and complex freshwater–coastal and island systems.
Co-Sponsor(s):
Index Terms:
1637 Regional climate change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1807 Climate impacts [HYDROLOGY]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
Primary Convener: Marina Reyes Lopez Mautner, Stockholm Environment Institute, US Water, Davis, CA, United States
Conveners: Erin Derrington, Local2030 Islands Network, Honolulu, United States and Patrick Ray, University of Cincinnati, Environmental Engineering, Cincinnati, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: Romina Diaz-Gomez, Stockholm Environment Institute, US Water, Davis, United States
Valuing Water Services and Trade-offs in Multi-Purpose Dams: Insights from Mohmand Dam (1851897)
Bilal Iftikhar, ADB, Water Resources Consultant, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Resident Mission, Islamabad, Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan, Arif Anwar, Water Resources Consultant, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Resident Mission, Islamabad, Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan and Asad Zafar, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Resident Mission, Islamabad, Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
Leveraging a new binationally coordinated regulation and routing model to produce Lake Ontario water level change scenarios for coastal resiliency (1862074)
Armaghan Abed-Elmdoust1, Lauren M Fry2,3, Natalie Gervasi4, Yin Fan5, Johnna Potthoff6, Cara Pattullo7, Michael Padilla7 and Paul Cocca1, (1)United States Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, Buffalo, United States, (2)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States, (3)NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, United States, (4)National Hydrologic Service, Environment and Climate Change of Canada, Montreal, QC, Canada, (5)National Hydrologic Service, Environment and Climate Change of Canada, Cornwall, ON, Canada, (6)US Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, Chicago, United States, (7)United States Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, Chicago, United States
Technology-driven adaptation for equitable and resilient water management (Invited) (1880185)
Matteo Giuliani1, Wyatt Arnold2, Veronica Piuri3 and Andrea Castelletti2, (1)Politecnico di Milano, Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Milano, 20133, Italy, (2)Politecnico di Milano, Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Milano, Italy, (3)Politecnico di Milano, Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Milan, Italy
Flood Mitigation with Lateral Weir Design Optimization in Distributed Offline Detention Basins (1888009)
Junseong Choi, University of Science and Technology, Goyang-si, South Korea, Sanghyeok Kim, Isan Corporation, Anyang-Si, South Korea, Jiwon Ryu, University of Science and Technology (UST), Civil and Environmental Engineering, Goyang-si, South Korea, Eunkyung Jang, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, Goyang-Si, South Korea and Un Ji, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) & University of Science and Technology (UST), Goyang-Si, South Korea
From Awareness to Adoption: A Participatory Socio‑Hydrological Agent‑Based Model of Nature‑Based Solutions for Nuisance Flooding in Lewes, Delaware (1919631)
Jan Philip De Leon, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States and Yao Hu, University of Delaware, Department of Geography & Spatial Sciences; Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Newark, United States
A spatially explicit framework for place-based green infrastructure planning to enhance urban flood resilience (1919685)
Ashish Shrestha1, Timon McPhearson1, Christopher Kennedy1, Anna Kramer2, David Iwaniec3 and Ahmed Mustafa1, (1)New York University, Urban Systems Lab, Department of Environmental Studies, New York City, United States, (2)The New School, Urban Systems Lab, New York, United States, (3)Georgia State University, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Urban Studies Institute, Atlanta, United States
Evaluating the Stress Testing Effectiveness of Stochastically Generated Climate Change Scenarios Versus General Circulation Model (GCM) Scenarios (1959755)
Madison Galusha1, Casey Brown2, Baptiste Francois2, Chinedum Eluwa1 and Lucas J Barrett3, (1)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, MA, United States, (2)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, United States, (3)United States Bureau of Reclamation, Albuquerque, United States
Integrating Climate Projections and Decision-Making in Water Management: A Case Study of Kootenay Lake (1961096)
Meelisha Maharjan, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, MA, United States, Matthew Chernos, MacDonald Hydrology Consultants Ltd, Cranbrook, Canada, Ryan MacDonald, MacDonald Hydrology Consultants Ltd., Cranbrook, Canada and Casey Brown, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, United States
Multiscale hydrologic modeling enabled by high-resolution climate projections (1967544)
Zachary P McEachran1,2, Stefan Liess3, Amanda Farris3, Dena Coffman3, Maria Tomczik2, Ryan D. Harp4, Brennan Blue5, Brad Gordon5 and Heidi A Roop6, (1)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, St. Paul, United States, (2)University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership, St. Paul, United States, (3)University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership, Saint Paul, United States, (4)NOAA, Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (5)Great River Greening, St. Paul, United States, (6)University of Minnesota, St Paul, United States
Water Connects Us: Building a FAIR Collaboratory for Equity in Water Allocation (1975108)
Nancy Thomas1, Jill Fantauzza2, Theodore Grantham3, Eric Danner4, Wietske Medema2 and Yun-Hsin Kuo5, (1)University of California Berkeley, Geospatial Innovation Facility, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)University of California Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Berkeley, United States, (3)University of California Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)NOAA Fisheries, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (5)University of California, Davis, Davis, United States
Optimizing the Selection of Detention Pond Size and Location to Mitigate Impacts of Increased Runoff Due to Urbanization (1989351)
Sugam Mahat1, Asim Paudel2, Kelli Greenwood2, Dongfeng Li2 and Nick Fang2, (1)University of Texas at Arlington, Civil Engineering, Arlington, TX, United States, (2)University of Texas at Arlington, Civil Engineering, Arlington, United States
Development of a Nexus-Oriented Regional Hydrological Platform to Support Water Policies and Investments in the Amazon River Basin (1995205)
Silvia Regina Santos da Silva1, Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm2, Fekadu Moreda2 and Raphael Payet-Burin3, (1)University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, United States, (2)University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, United States, (3)Danish Meteorological Institute, København Ø, Denmark
