Resilience-robust policy design for coupled human-water systems

This project provides a resilience-based framework to identify optimal solutions for a coupled human-water system in response to various future socioeconomic and climate forcing scenarios, which are represented by a set of downscaled shared socioeconomic pathways (SSP) scenarios. We developed an integrated system dynamic model to evaluate potential solutions for water extractions and their robustness in accordance with five resilience objectives. Using the Rechna Doab region of Pakistan as a real-world example of a coupled human-water system, the system's response to socioeconomic and climate stressors is evaluated.