Water and Society: Big data analytics to transform governance of water, energy, and human networks in the Anthropocene

Session ID#: 123778

Session Description:
Rethinking of management strategies for water, energy, and human networks is key for meeting future demands under changing socio-economic and climate conditions. Modeling water, energy, and human networks, and their interconnections across spatial and temporal scales and heterogeneous future scenarios is essential to inform systems governance and operations. A growing body of work aims to capture these elements by analyzing the role of data analytics to inform policies in water and energy networks management, relying on high-resolution data, emerging technologies, analytics, and modelling techniques. This session provides an active forum to discuss emerging frameworks, methods, risk assessment, and technologies for water, energy, and human networks analysis and policy at different spatial and temporal scales. Topics of interest include demand management, big-data analytics, individual and aggregate consumer behavior, risk-based decision-making, water-energy nexus, regulations, conservation strategies, and multi-sector and/or multi-scale system resilience to cascading impacts.
Index Terms:

1847 Modeling [HYDROLOGY]
1878 Water/energy interactions [HYDROLOGY]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]
6344 System operation and management [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]


Primary Convener:  Andrea Cominola, Einstein Center Digital Future, Berlin, Germany; Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Conveners:  Newsha Ajami, Stanford University, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford, CA, United States, Andrea Castelletti, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy and Christopher Chini, Air Force Institute of Technology, Systems Engineering and Management, Bellbrook, OH, United States
Primary Liaison:  Andrea Cominola, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Einstein Center Digital Future, Berlin, Germany
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