Water Resources Research Institute Model Data Sources, New Mexico PRISM

The social and natural science team will develop a cutting-edge multidisciplinary model that links natural and human systems to better understand the trade-offs that occur between different energy and economic development choices while considering the potential for sustainable socio-economics, environment, and water use.
New Mexico's energy industries are important to the economy, yet are constrained by environmental impacts and water resources. Powerful, integrative modeling tools are needed to evaluate energy development and source viability in light of water, environment, and socioeconomic considerations

社会与自然科学研究团队将开发一款前沿多学科模型，用以联结自然与人类系统，以更清晰地认知不同能源与经济发展路径间的权衡取舍，同时兼顾社会经济、环境与水资源可持续利用的潜力。新墨西哥州的能源产业对当地经济举足轻重，却受到环境影响与水资源的双重约束。当前亟需功能强大的集成化建模工具，以结合水资源、环境与社会经济维度的考量，评估能源开发与资源存续的可行性。