Topics on system analysis and integrated water resource management / edited by Andrea Castelletti and Rodolfo Soncini Sessa.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Castelletti, Andrea.

Soncini Sessa, Rodolfo.

Conference Name:

Workshop on Modelling and Control for Planning and Managing Water Systems (2004 : Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water resources development--Mathematical models--Congresses.

Water resources development.

Water resources development--Planning--Congresses.

Water resources development--Decision making--Congresses.

Water resources development--Decision making.

Water resources development--Planning.

Water resources development--Mathematical models.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier, 2007.

Summary:

The Integrated Water Resources Management paradigm has entered the lexicon of water managers and stakeholders as the mainstream approach to the planning and management of water resource sytems. It is the central pillar of the EU Water Framework Directive, which is widely accepted as the most significant piece of water legislation produced in the past 20 years, as well as the inspiring principle of all the water related activities sponsored by many international organizations in developing countries. However, despite huge inputs of financial resources, implementation of full IWRM remains elusive in most of the cases owing to the lack of a systematic approach and the inadequacy of tools and techniques to address the intrinsically complex nature of water resource systems.

This book explores recent and important contributions of System Analysis and Control Theory to the technical application of such a paradigm and to the improvement of its theoretical basis. Its prior aim is to demonstrate how the modelling and computational difficulties posed by this paradigm might be significantly reduced by strengthening the efficiency of the solution techniques, instead of weakening the integration requirements.

In order to emphasize the role of System Analysis and Control Theory methodologies as different stages of an integrated, multi-objective approach to planning and management, within a participatory decision-making prospective, the book is composed of three parts, Modelling, Managing and Planning, plus an opening and a closing chapter. The introductory chapter formalizes the IWRM paradigm in a nine-step decision-making procedure that provides the reader with a conceptual map of the book and shows the value of its subject matter. Each part is opened by an invited contribution from an outstanding scientist in the field: Prof. Peter Young from Lancaster University, UK, Prof. Aris Georgakakos from GeorgiaTech, USA, and Prof. Slobodan Simonovic from Western Ontario University, Canada. Present and future research directions on the border between System Analysis and IWRM are surveyed in the chapter that closes the volume, where a pool of scientists and experts, coordinated by prof Anthony Jakeman from the Australian National University, suggests a research agenda to achieve sustainable (environmental, economic and social) outcomes in the implementation of the IWRM paradigm.

Contents:

1 A Participatory and Integrated Planning Procedure for Decision Making in Water Resource Systems / A. Castelletti, R. Soncini-Sessa 3

II Modelling 25

2 The Data-Based Mechanistic Approach in Hydrological Modelling / P.C. Young, A. Castelletti, F. Pianosi 27

3 Bayesian Networks as a Participatory Modelling Tool for Groundwater Protection / H.J. Henriksen, P. Rasmussen, G. Brandt, D. von Bulow, F.V. Jensen 49

4 Exploring Water Conservation Behaviour through Participatory Agent-Based Modelling / A. Rixon, M. Moglia, S. Burn 73

III Managing and MODSS 91

5 Decision Support Systems for Integrated Water Resources Management with an Application to the Nile Basin / A.P. Georgakakos 99

6 Water Reservoirs Management under Uncertainty by Approximating Networks and Learning from Data / M. Baglietto, C. Cervellera, M. Sanguineti, R. Zoppoli 117

7 Optimising Irrigation Management at the Plot Scale to Participate at the Regional Scale Water Resource Management / J.-E. Bergez, F. Garcia, D. Leenhardt, L. Maton 141

8 Multi-Objective Optimization of Water Distribution System Design under Uncertain Demand and Pipe Roughness / A.V. Babayan, D.A. Savic, G.A. Walters 161

IV Planning and MODSS 173

9 Sustainable Floodplain Management and Participatory Planning in the Red River Basin, Canada / S.P. Simonovic 175

10 Negotiation Support System for Resolution of Disputes over International Water Resources / L. Kronaveter, U. Shamir 189

11 Workflow Oriented Participatory Decision Support for Integrated River Basin Planning / J. Dietrich, A.H. Schumann, A.V. Lotov 207

12 Comprehensive Testing and Application of the PIP Procedure: the Verbano Project Case Study / A. Castelletti, F. Cellina, R. Soncini-Sessa, E. Weber 223

13 Social Science Contributions to the Participatory Planning of Water Systems - Results from Swiss Case Studies / B. Junker, M. Buchecker 243

14 Multi-Criterion Decision Making Approach to Assess the Performance of Reconstructed Watersheds / A. Elshorbagy, S.L. Barbour, C. Qualizza 257

V Future Directions 271

15 Outstanding Research Issues in Integration and Participation for Water Resource Planning and Management / A.J. Jakeman, R.A. Letcher, J.P. Norton et al. 273.

Notes:

Selected papers presented orally at the Workshop on Modelling and Control for Planning and Managing Water Systems, held from Sept. 29th - Oct. 1st, 2004 at the Istituto veneto di scienze lettere ed arti.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780080449678

0080449670

OCLC:

71542844