Catastrophic Regime Shift in Water Reservoirs and São Paulo Water Supply Crisis.

The relation between rainfall and water accumulated in reservoirs comprises nonlinear feedbacks. Here we show that they may generate alternative equilibrium regimes, one of high water-volume, the other of low water-volume. Reservoirs can be seen as socio-environmental systems at risk of regime shift...

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Main Authors: Renato M Coutinho, Roberto A Kraenkel, Paulo I Prado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4570716?pdf=render