Sustainable Water Management Solutions for Large Cities (Proceedings of symposium S2 held during the Seventh IAHS Scientific Assembly at Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, April 2005). IAHS Publ. 293, 2005, 94-97

1 State Key Laboratory of Water Resources & Hydropower Engineering Science,
Wuhan University, 430072 Wuhan, China

2 Key Lab. of Water Cycle & Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences & Natural Resources Research, CAS, 100101 Beijng, China

Abstract Nowadays water resources, social economy and land use are closely in touch with each other, but a model integrating all three aspects is still absent. This paper puts forward a conceptual framework for synthesizing these, called the Distributed Water Resource Model Framework (DWRMF). DWRMF divides the study area into spatial units. For each unit, the water resources and related economy and land use are described and the mechanisms influencing interactions between these are set up, within one unit, among the units and between a unit and the region outside of the study area. To describe and hold the key factors correctly, it is necessary to use inter-disciplinary knowledge. In this way the model based on DWRMF can be widely used.

Key words economy; integrated model; land use; water resources