ABSTRACT Metropolitan regions have diverse governance systems comprised of many organisations. In western North American cities, networks of water supply agencies are highly complex. Agencies face future challenges, especially promoting alternative water sources to cope with imported water scarcity and population growth. How might such operational changes affect existing management structures? Answering this question requires integrated analysis of resource management systems, combining network governance and operations research techniques. This paper presents an analysis of changes to network governance that could result from shifts to alternative local water supplies in the metropolitan Los Angeles region. The analysis investigates ⁠potential changes in governance for LA’s water supply across future management and operational scenarios. It presents the novel concept of dynamic centrality to understand how network governance interactions could vary across changes in operational scenarios of water availability. Results indicate that, with imported water reductions, intermediate wholesaler water agencies become more dominant, making the network become more “polycentric”, with duties still dispersed across multiple public and private types of water suppliers. The analysis helps chart new paths for integrated studies of network governance and engineering systems analysis, which can address noted gaps for translating academic research into public policy.

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为城市水管理融合网络治理和系统分析

摘要 大都市区拥有由许多组织组成的多样化治理体系。在北美西部城市，供水机构网络非常复杂。机构面临未来的挑战，特别是推广替代水源以应对进口水资源短缺和人口增长。这种运营变化会如何影响现有的管理结构？回答这个问题需要综合分析资源管理系统，结合网络治理和运筹学技术。本文分析了洛杉矶大都市地区转向替代当地供水可能导致网络治理的变化。该分析调查了未来管理和运营场景中洛杉矶供水治理的潜在变化。它提出了动态中心性的新概念，以了解网络治理交互如何随着水资源可用性操作场景的变化而变化。结果表明，随着进口水的减少，中间批发水机构变得更加占主导地位，使网络变得更加“多中心”，职责仍然分散在多个公共和私人类型的水供应商之间。该分析有助于为网络治理和工程系统分析的综合研究开辟新途径，这可以解决将学术研究转化为公共政策的显着差距。中间批发水机构变得更加占主导地位，使网络变得更加“多中心”，职责仍然分散在多个公共和私人类型的水供应商之间。该分析有助于为网络治理和工程系统分析的综合研究开辟新途径，这可以解决将学术研究转化为公共政策的显着差距。中间批发水机构变得更加占主导地位，使网络变得更加“多中心”，职责仍然分散在多个公共和私人类型的水供应商之间。该分析有助于为网络治理和工程系统分析的综合研究开辟新途径，这可以解决将学术研究转化为公共政策的显着差距。