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A framework for incorporating social processes in hydrological modelsA framework for incorporating social processes in hydrological models Zhixiang Lu1,2, Yongping Wei2, Qi Feng1, Andrew W Western3 and Sha Zhou4 Addresses 1 Key Laboratory of Ecohydrology of Inland River Basin, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China 2 School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4067, Australia 3 School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Australia 4 Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York 10027, USA Earth’s surface has undergone dramatic changes due to the intensification of human activities. In turn, humans modify their behavior in response to environmental change. Conventional hydrological models do not represent such coupled human-water systems. This paper proposes a socio-hydrological water balance framework for analyzing the behavior of the sociohydrologic system in terms of water allocation between social system and ecological system. This proposed socio-hydrological framework will help develop a quantitative understanding of co-evolutionary processes in river basins from a social and ecological systems perspective.
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