Including adaptation and mitigation responses to climate change in a multiobjective evolutionary algorithm framework for urban water supply systems incorporating GHG emissions

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dc.contributor.authorPaton, F.
dc.contributor.authorMaier, H.
dc.contributor.authorDandy, G.
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractCities around the world are increasingly involved in climate action and mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, in the context of responding to climate pressures in the water sector, very few studies have investigated the impacts of changing water use on GHG emissions, even though water resource adaptation often requires greater energy use. Consequently, reducing GHG emissions, and thus focusing on both mitigation and adaptation responses to climate change in planning and managing urban water supply systems, is necessary. Furthermore, the minimization of GHG emissions is likely to conflict with other objectives. Thus, applying a multiobjective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA), which can evolve an approximation of entire trade-off (Pareto) fronts of multiple objectives in a single run, would be beneficial. Consequently, the main aim of this paper is to incorporate GHG emissions into a MOEA framework to take into consideration both adaptation and mitigation responses to climate change for a city’s water supply system. The approach is applied to a case study based on Adelaide’s southern water supply system to demonstrate the framework’s practical management implications. Results indicate that trade-offs exist between GHG emissions and risk-based performance, as well as GHG emissions and economic cost. Solutions containing rainwater tanks are expensive, while GHG emissions greatly increase with increased desalinated water supply. Consequently, while desalination plants may be good adaptation options to climate change due to their climate-independence, rainwater may be a better mitigation response, albeit more expensive.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityF. L. Paton, H. R. Maier, and G. C. Dandy
dc.identifier.citationWater Resources Research, 2014; 50(8):6285-6304
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/2013WR015195
dc.identifier.issn0043-1397
dc.identifier.issn1944-7973
dc.identifier.orcidMaier, H. [0000-0002-0277-6887]
dc.identifier.orcidDandy, G. [0000-0001-5846-7365]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/96793
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Union
dc.rights© 2014. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/2013wr015195
dc.titleIncluding adaptation and mitigation responses to climate change in a multiobjective evolutionary algorithm framework for urban water supply systems incorporating GHG emissions
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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