H11O:
Water Resources Management and Policy in a Changing World I Understanding Trade-offs, Uncertainty, and Robustness

Monday, 15 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Kaveh Madani, Imperial College London, London, SW7, United Kingdom, Patrick M Reed, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, Gregory W Characklis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States and Casey M Brown, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States
Primary Conveners:  Kaveh Madani, Imperial College London, London, SW7, United Kingdom
Co-conveners:  Patrick M. Reed, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, Casey Brown, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States and Greogory W Characklis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Kaveh Madani, Imperial College London, London, SW7, United Kingdom

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
H11O-01
 
Decision Support in a Changing and Contentious World--Successfully Supporting the Development of a 50-year Comprehensive Coastal Master Plan in Louisiana
David Groves, RAND Corporation Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA, United States
8:20 AM
H11O-02
 
Can Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Lead to Less Expensive Achievement of More Natural River Flows?
Jordan Kern, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States and Gregory W Characklis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
8:40 AM
H11O-03
 
When the 'soft-path' gets hard: demand management and financial instability for water utilities
Harrison Bray Zeff, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States and Gregory W Characklis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
8:55 AM
H11O-04
 
Managing the financial risk of low water levels in Great Lakes with index-based contracts
Eliot Meyer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, Gregory W Characklis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, Casey M Brown, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States and Paul Moody, US Military Academy, West Point, NY, United States
9:10 AM
H11O-05
 
What Is Robustness?: Problem Framing Challenges for Water Systems Planning Under Change
Jonathan D Herman1, Patrick M. Reed1, Harrison Bray Zeff2 and Gregory W Characklis2, (1)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, (2)University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
9:25 AM
H11O-06
 
New approaches to screening infrastructure investments in multi-reservoir systems– Evaluating proposed dams in Ethiopia and Kenya
Julien J Harou1, Robel T Geressu2 and Anthony P Hurford2, (1)University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, (2)University College London, London, United Kingdom
9:40 AM
H11O-07
 
Integrated and Sustainable Water Management of Red–Thai Binh Rivers System Under Change
Matteo Giuliani1, Daniela Anghileri2, Andrea Castelletti1, Emanuele Mason1, Marco Micotti1, Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa1 and Enrico Weber1, (1)Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy, (2)ETH Zurich, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland
 
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