H54A:
Advances in Coupled Human-Natural Systems Modeling for Water and Land Resources Management I

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Session ID#: 34198

Session Description:
Human development depends on ecosystem services from freshwater and land resources, which are increasingly stressed by anthropogenic activities including food and energy production, urbanization, and environmental pollution. Yet, management of these resources is not always informed by discovery-based science, and new scientific understanding does not always get translated into applied settings. This session explores gaps and successful linkages between the need to make near-term management decisions and the understanding of the basic science needed to implement sustainable solutions. Of particular interest are case studies that elucidate the complex interactions of human-natural systems, and their integration through coupled models capable of representing human decisions (e.g., economic, cultural, social) and natural subsystems (e.g., hydrologic, ecologic, climatic). Topics include feedbacks, spatiotemporal dependencies, legacy effects and time lags, field-based studies, predictive scenario assessment, and holistic cost-benefit analysis of water and land management practices.
Primary Convener:  Daniel C Wilusz, Johns Hopkins University, Geography and Environmental Engineering, Baltimore, MD, United States
Conveners:  Noel R Aloysius, Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States, Heather E Gall, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University Park, PA, United States and Michele L Reba, USDA, ARS, Delta Water Management Research Unit, Jonesboro, AR, United States
Chairs:  Michele L Reba, USDA, ARS, Delta Water Management Research Unit, Jonesboro, AR, United States, Daniel C Wilusz, Johns Hopkins University, Geography and Environmental Engineering, Baltimore, MD, United States, Noel R Aloysius, Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States and Heather E Gall, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University Park, PA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Daniel C Wilusz, Johns Hopkins University, Geography and Environmental Engineering, Baltimore, MD, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1813 Eco-hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1847 Modeling [HYDROLOGY]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Mitigation of eutrophication in river basins, lakes, and coastal waters requires and integrated and adaptive approach; experiences from The Netherlands. (Invited) (207898)
Joachim Rozemeijer, Stefan Jansen, Nicky Villars and Bas van der Grift, Deltares, Delft, Netherlands
User-inspired Research Quantifies How Floodplain Restoration Paired With Cover Crops Reduces Nutrient Export From an Agricultural Catchment Translating to Conservation Success in the Midwestern Cornbelt. (Invited) (269115)
Jennifer Leah Tank1, Brittany Hanrahan2, Sheila F Christopher3, Ursula H Mahl2 and Todd V Royer4, (1)University of Notre Dame, Biological Sciences, Notre Dame, IN, United States, (2)University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States, (3)Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, United States, (4)Indiana University Bloomington, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, United States
Using Watershed Models and Human Behavioral Analyses to identify Management Options to Reduce Lake Erie’s Harmful Algal Blooms (283289)
Jay Martin1, Robyn S Wilson2, Noel Aloysius3, Margaret McCahon Kalcic4, Brian Roe5, Gregory Howard6, Elena Irwin7, Wendong Zhang8 and Hongxing Liu3, (1)Ohio State University, Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, Columbus, OH, United States, (2)Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Columbus, OH, United States, (3)Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States, (4)The Ohio State University, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Columbus, OH, United States, (5)Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, United States, (6)East Carolina University, Economics, Greenville, NC, United States, (7)Ohio State University, Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, Columbus, OH, United States, (8)Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
An Agent-based Model for Groundwater Allocation and Management at the Bakken Shale in Western North Dakota (221833)
Tong Lin1, Zhulu Lin2 and Siew Lim2, (1)North Dakota State University Main Campus, Fargo, ND, United States, (2)North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States
Evaluating Trade-offs of a Large, Infrequent Diversion for Restoration of a Forested Wetland and Associated Ecosystem Services in the Mississippi delta (Invited) (223704)
John Day1,2, Jeff Rutherford3, Adrian Weigman3 and Christopher D'Elia4, (1)LSU, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (2)Louisiana State University, Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (3)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (4)Louisiana State University, School of the Coast and Environment, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Mud, models, and managers: Reaching consensus on a watershed strategy for sediment load reduction (297179)
Peter R Wilcock, Utah State University, Watershed Sciences, Logan, UT, United States, Se Jong Cho, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Mission Area - Earth System Processes Division, Reston, United States, Karen B Gran, University of Minnesota Duluth, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Duluth, MN, United States, Patrick Belmont, Utah State University, Department of Watershed Sciences, Logan, UT, United States, Benjamin F. Hobbs, Johns Hopkins University, Environmental Health and Engineering, Baltimore, MD, United States, Barbara Heitkamp, St Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, MN, United States and Jeffrey DG Marr, St Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, United States
A Continental-scale River Corridor Model to Synthesize Understanding and Prioritize Management of Water Purification Functions and Ecological Services in Large Basins (251827)
Jud W Harvey1, Jesus D. Gomez-Velez2, Durelle Scott3, Elizabeth W Boyer4, Noah M Schmadel5, Richard B Alexander1, Ken Eng6, Heather E Golden7, Prof. Albert Kettner8, Christopher P Konrad9, Richard B Moore10, James Eugene Pizzuto11, Gregory E. Schwarz1 and Chris Soulsby12, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States, (2)Vanderbilt University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nashville, TN, United States, (3)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Biological Systems Engineering, Blacksburg, United States, (4)Penn State University, University Park, United States, (5)U.S. Geological Survey, Oregon Water Science Center, Portland, OR, United States, (6)U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Mission Area, Reston, United States, (7)Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, United States, (8)University of Colorado Boulder, INSTAAR, Boulder, CO, United States, (9)U.S. Geological Survey, Tacoma, WA, United States, (10)U.S. Geological Survey, Pembroke, NH, United States, (11)University of Delaware, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Newark, DE, United States, (12)University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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