Does Socioeconomic Feedback Matter for Water Models

摘要: Abstract While integrated systems approaches have been recognized as critical for management of the ecology, water resources models typically ignore a defining feature — feedback mechanisms between socioeconomic and hydrologic variables. They treat essential variables such population, economic growth, sometimes even irrigated land, exogenous drivers. In this paper, minimalistic “closed-loop” social hydrology model is developed southern region in New Mexico compared to an “open-loop” (partially exogenously driven) model. Results reveal that integration links into system may change implications water-related policy analysis. The introduced closed-loop can serve generic structure any system.