by Vance Tan | Sep 14, 2020
Water scarcity occurs when water demand exceeds natural water availability over a range of spatial and temporal scales. Though meteorological and hydrological droughts have been analysed over large spatial scales, the impacts of water scarcity have typically been...
by Vance Tan | May 7, 2018
Potential increases in water demand, alongside uncertainties in water availability due to climate change, mean that Britain’s water supply system could become increasingly stressed over the coming decades. Along with the need for secure water supplies, we must ensure...
by Vance Tan | Feb 13, 2018
Risk‐based water resources planning is based on the premise that water managers should invest up to the point where the marginal benefit of risk reduction equals the marginal cost of achieving that benefit. However, this cost‐benefit approach may not guarantee...