A5075830753- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Water resources management and optimization
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Climate change and permafrost
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- Landslides and related hazards
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Climate variability and models
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions
- Environmental Conservation and Management
Cranfield University
2017-2023
University of Zurich
2022
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
2022
Universitat Politècnica de València
2013-2017
Holistic water management approaches are essential under future climate and socio-economic changes, especially while trying to achieve inter-disciplinary societal goals such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of clean water, hunger eradication, energy life on land. Assessing resources within a water-food-energy-environment nexus approach enables relationships between water-related sectors be untangled incorporating impacts changes. We use systems modelling explore global change in...
Abstract The need to provide accurate estimates of precipitation over catchments in the Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and Himalaya mountain ranges for hydrological water resource systems assessments is widely recognized, as identifying extremes assessing hydro‐meteorological hazards. Here, we investigate ability bias‐corrected Weather Research Forecasting model output at 5‐km grid spacing reproduce spatiotemporal variability Beas Sutlej river basins Himalaya, measured by 44 stations spread period...
Abstract River systems originating from the Upper Indus Basin (UIB) are dominated by runoff snow and glacier melt summer monsoonal rainfall. These water resources highly stressed as huge populations of people living in this region depend on them, including for agriculture, domestic use, energy production. Projections suggest that UIB will be affected considerable (yet poorly quantified) changes to seasonality composition future, which likely have impacts these supplies. Given how directly...
Summary According to the European Union Water Framework Directive, river basin management plans must include a programme of measures, with series actions aiming achieve good ecosystem status all water bodies within basin. The design and later prioritization these is, in theory, done through cost‐effectiveness analysis ( CEA ), which compares action costs expected improvements status. However, such an approach does not consider effects on human well‐being resulting from changes provision...
In soils exhibiting bi-modal porosity, such as shrink-swell clays, understanding the impact of seasonal variability on water movement is crucial for stakeholders. These clay alter their structure based moisture content, bulging and swelling at higher levels or shrinking cracking during drier periods.Within soil models, this variation parameters not captured. Saturated hydraulic conductivity porosity are considered fixed values. Our hypothesis that winter season simpler modelling approaches,...
Over the past decade about one-third of India's districts have experienced more than four droughts​​. Even large cities like Delhi and Mumbai experience severe water cuts (the most recent in May-June 2024). In rural areas, droughts cause temporary migration, with effects being felt by socio-economically marginalised sections population. With around 55% population relying on agriculture, pose a challenge to both food security. Moreover, they significant economic...
Global change is expected to have a strong impact in the Himalayan region. The climatic and orographic conditions result unique modelling challenges requirements. This paper critically appraises recent hydrological applications river basins, focusing on their utility analyse impacts of future climate socio-economic changes water resource availability Results show that latter are only represented by land use change. Distributed, process-based models coupled with temperature-index melt...
Abstract Future climate change will likely impact the multiple freshwater ecosystem services (fES) provided by catchments through their landscapes and river systems. However, there is high spatio-temporal uncertainty on those impacts linked to natural anthropogenic interdependencies of water management This study identifies current future spatial patterns fES production in a highly managed resource system northern India inform design assessment plausible adaptation measures enhance catchment...
Multidisciplinary models are useful for integrating different disciplines when addressing water planning and management problems. We combine resources management, quality habitat analysis tools that were developed with the decision support system AQUATOOL at basin scale. The model solves allocation problem through network flow optimization considers environmental flows in some river stretches. Once volumes estimated, is applied. Furthermore, evaluated from an ecological perspective using...
Irrigated agriculture is a key activity for the long-term survival of human-environmental systems and assessment agricultural sustainability has been gaining increasing relevance. In spite several proposals developed, there not holistic approach that can be generally applied to assess irrigated areas. this paper we present framework associated indicators in different contexts locations. The covers four main dimensions: environmental integrity, economic resilience profitability, social...
Allain catchment, a sub-basin of Beas basin, Western Himalaya. This study aims to assess future glacio-hydrological changes in small basin and their impacts on the operation two Small Hydropower Projects (SHP) with contrasting hydrological requirements. The Water Evaluation Planning (WEAP) model is used integrate cryosphere, hydrology hydropower production modelling 21st century using climate projected by ensembles five global models under RCP 4.5 8.5. total streamflow have widespread...
Climate change in the Indian Himalayan region is being manifested loss of glaciers and altered patterns monsoon rainfall. Simultaneously, rapid population growth together with economic development are increasing sectoral water demands changing land use patterns. This study investigated impact this complex interplay on resources Beas-Sutlej system. The GFDL-CM3 model was used to describe RCP8.5 future meteorological conditions throughout 21st century. Population changes were projected under...
River systems originating from the Upper Indus Basin (UIB) are dominated by runoff snow and glacier melt summer monsoonal rainfall. These water resources highly stressed as huge populations of people living in this region depend on them, including for agriculture, domestic use, energy production. Projections suggest that UIB will be affected considerable (yet poorly quantified) changes to seasonality composition future, which likely have impacts these supplies. Given how directly indirectly...
A combination of a changing global climate coupled with rapid socio-economic development is putting unprecedented pressure on water, energy, and food resources. Addressing these issues within nexus approach can help to identify appropriate management practices strategic policies ensure natural resources are used more sustainably thus avoiding exacerbating water scarcity insecurity. In this study, we an integrated resource planning irrigation model (WEAP) assess emerging water-energy the...
Rivers provide a range of Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) such as aesthetic values, sense place and inspiration, which remain insufficiently studied due to challenges associated with the assessment their subjective intangible attributes. However, understanding CES remains important they are strongly linked human wellbeing. This study utilizes questionnaire-based survey capture views from two villages along mainstream Beas River in India, identify it provides, assess how local communities...
Abstract In India’s Indo-Gangetic plains, river flows are strongly altered by dams, barrages and water diversions for irrigation, urban supply, hydropower production flood control. Human demands freshwater likely to intensify with climatic socio-economic changes, exacerbating trade-offs between different sustainable development goals (SDGs) dependent on (e.g. SDG2, SDG6, SDG7, SDG11 SDG15). Freshwater ecosystems endangered aquatic species not explicitly addressed in the SDGs, but only nested...