Enhancing resilience in water resource management: integrating climatic, socioeconomic, and infrastructural strategies

Código

I-EBHE0122

Autores

PEDRO GUSTAVO CAMARA DA SILVA, Greicelene Jesus Da Silva, Eduardo Mário Mendiondo, Martinus Servatius Krol

Tema

WG 2.6: Water systems analysis for integrated planning & management

Resumo

Global challenges in water resource management, exacerbated by climatic, socioeconomic factors, underscore the need for detailed scenario analyses for adaptation. Scenarios for adaptation should quantify the impacts of droughts and floods across various sectors and the underexplored adaptive capacities of water systems to extreme climatic events. Additionally, there is a lack of comprehensive studies quantifying the economic and environmental impacts of these extreme events, considering the field of water resources management. Urban growth and inadequate infrastructure investment exacerbate water crises, highlighting the need for more effective policies to enhance resilience. Regarding climatic and socioeconomic challenges, the management of multipurpose reservoirs is critical for addressing the impacts on climate change and ensuring water security. In the context of insurance, these gaps present both risks and opportunities, because this type of tool can mitigate risks associated with natural disasters by offering products that protect against financial losses from extreme events and developing more accurate risk models. Collaboration between water resource managers and insurers can promote resilience and sustainability by encouraging investments in robust infrastructure and proactive management practices, and this has the potential to overcome the gaps in water resource management is essential to ensuring water security and resilience, and integration with the insurance sector can be an effective strategy for risk mitigation and sustainable development. Implementing a methodology to analyze water usage across sectors enhances water resource management. Therefore, the aim of this research is to analyze the diverse demands?agriculture, industry, and domestic use? to provide, for policymakers, ways to reach sustainable water management, addressing current challenges and securing future water availability.