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Conceptual Foundations For the Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable

Conceptual Foundations For the Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable. Why discuss concepts?. Deal with complexity. Build a shared language and common understanding. Structure the Roundtable process Promote learning needed to move toward sustainability. The General Systems Perspective.

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Conceptual Foundations For the Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable

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  1. Conceptual Foundations For the Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable

  2. Why discuss concepts? • Deal with complexity. • Build a shared language and common understanding. • Structure the Roundtable process • Promote learning needed to move toward sustainability.

  3. The General Systems Perspective Biosphere Economic System “Natural Systems” Social System

  4. Fisheries Example of the Systems Perspective Biosphere Economic System Aquatic Ecosystem Social System for Fishery Management Economic System for Fishing Social System

  5. Hydropower and Fishery Example of the Systems Perspective Biosphere Economic System Hydrologic and Climatologic Systems Social System for Hydropower Management Economic System For Hydropower Economic System For Fishing Social System for Fishery Management Aquatic Ecosystem Social System

  6. Community Water Supply Example of the Systems Perspective Biosphere Economic System Hydrologic and Climatologic Systems Social Systems For Managing Water Supply Economic Systems For Water Supply Social System

  7. Information Pyramid Fewer Pieces Of Information Stories Criteria More Specific Indicators More Pieces Of Information Detailed Measurements

  8. The Meanings of “Criteria” • A specific target that is accepted as a threshold of success for an objective. • A generally desirable direction of change for a category of phenomena. • A general category of phenomena for which we may later specify the desirable direction of change or a specific target.

  9. A Criteria & Indicators Model Goal Sustainability of Water Resources Criteria Ecological System Social System Economic System System Condition or Capacity Sub-criteria Indicator Categories Water Quality Human Health Water Hazards Processes Outputs Indicators Human Effects Ecosystem Effects

  10. Draft Model Outline Ecological System • Capacity to make water of appropriate quality & quantity available to support ecosystems. b. Integrity of ecosystems. Social System • Social well-being resulting from use of water resources. • Social well-being resulting from use of water-related ecological resources. • Social conditions that impact water resources. • Social capacity for management of water & related land resources. Economic System a. Capacity to make water of appropriate quality & quantity available for human uses. • Economic well-being resulting from use of water & affected land resources. • Capacity to achieve economic value from the use of water related ecological resources. • Capacity to manage land use to maintain or enhance quality or quantity of water.

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