Modeling for Watershed Management : A Practitioner's Guide
Watershed management problems are usually quite diverse, and involve a wide range of biological, geological, chemical, and physical processes with complex human, social, and economic contexts. The working note seeks to show that computer modeling a...
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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ANNUAL RAINFALL AQUATIC SCIENCES AQUIFER AQUIFERS ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE BASINS CAI CANALS CATCHMENT CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGES COMPUTER SOFTWARE CONJUNCTIVE USE DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS DESALINATION DISTILLATION DOCUMENTS DRAINAGE DROUGHT ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EVAPORATION FLOOD FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD DAMAGE FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION FLOOD FORECASTING FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOODING FLOODS FRESHWATER GEOLOGY GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RECHARGE GROUNDWATER RESOURCES HYDRAULIC MODELING HYDRAULICS HYDROLOGIC CYCLE HYDROLOGISTS HYDROLOGY INDUSTRIAL WATER INFORMATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LAND USE LARGE URBAN WATER SUPPLY LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS MICROWATERSHED MODELING NATIONAL WATER POLICY NATURAL RESOURCES NAVIGATION OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT OPERATIONAL POLICIES PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY PIPE PIPE NETWORK PIPED WATER PIPED WATER DISTRIBUTION PIPELINE PRECIPITATION PUMPING STATIONS RAINFALL RAINWATER REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT REMOTE SENSING RESERVOIRS RIVER ANALYSIS RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVER MANAGEMENT RIVERS RUNOFF SANITATION SATELLITES STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION STATISTICAL SOFTWARE STREAMFLOW STREAMS SUBSURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER BODIES TRANSPARENCY TREATMENT PLANTS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY URBAN WATER SYSTEM WATER ALLOCATION WATER ANALYSIS WATER BALANCE WATER CONSERVATION WATER DEMAND WATER DEPARTMENT WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER DISTRICT WATER FLOWS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT MODEL WATER MANAGERS WATER MARKETS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY MODELING WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES PLANNING WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM WATER SYSTEM WATER SYSTEMS WATER TREATMENT WATER USE WATER USERS WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHED MODELS WATERSHED PLANNING WATERSHED SCALE WATERSHEDS |
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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ANNUAL RAINFALL AQUATIC SCIENCES AQUIFER AQUIFERS ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE BASINS CAI CANALS CATCHMENT CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGES COMPUTER SOFTWARE CONJUNCTIVE USE DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS DESALINATION DISTILLATION DOCUMENTS DRAINAGE DROUGHT ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EVAPORATION FLOOD FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD DAMAGE FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION FLOOD FORECASTING FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOODING FLOODS FRESHWATER GEOLOGY GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RECHARGE GROUNDWATER RESOURCES HYDRAULIC MODELING HYDRAULICS HYDROLOGIC CYCLE HYDROLOGISTS HYDROLOGY INDUSTRIAL WATER INFORMATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LAND USE LARGE URBAN WATER SUPPLY LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS MICROWATERSHED MODELING NATIONAL WATER POLICY NATURAL RESOURCES NAVIGATION OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT OPERATIONAL POLICIES PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY PIPE PIPE NETWORK PIPED WATER PIPED WATER DISTRIBUTION PIPELINE PRECIPITATION PUMPING STATIONS RAINFALL RAINWATER REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT REMOTE SENSING RESERVOIRS RIVER ANALYSIS RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVER MANAGEMENT RIVERS RUNOFF SANITATION SATELLITES STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION STATISTICAL SOFTWARE STREAMFLOW STREAMS SUBSURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER BODIES TRANSPARENCY TREATMENT PLANTS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY URBAN WATER SYSTEM WATER ALLOCATION WATER ANALYSIS WATER BALANCE WATER CONSERVATION WATER DEMAND WATER DEPARTMENT WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER DISTRICT WATER FLOWS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT MODEL WATER MANAGERS WATER MARKETS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY MODELING WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES PLANNING WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM WATER SYSTEM WATER SYSTEMS WATER TREATMENT WATER USE WATER USERS WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHED MODELS WATERSHED PLANNING WATERSHED SCALE WATERSHEDS Lund, Jay R. Scheierling, Susanne M. Milne, Grant Modeling for Watershed Management : A Practitioner's Guide |
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Water Working Notes;No. 27 |
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Watershed management problems are
usually quite diverse, and involve a wide range of
biological, geological, chemical, and physical processes
with complex human, social, and economic contexts. The
working note seeks to show that computer modeling allows us
to better organize, test, and refine our thinking about
watershed management problems and potential solutions.
Typically, the flow of water leads modeling to be organized
into the following areas: (i) precipitation and climate
models; (ii) precipitation-runoff models; (iii) stream and
aquifer models; (iv) infrastructure operations models; (v)
economic, agronomic, social, environmental demand and
performance models; and (vi) decision-making models.
Selecting the right model to apply to specific problems
requires that several factors be considered along with the
objectives for modeling in the context of the field decision
problem. Key factors include understandability, development
and application time, resources required, transferability
and maintenance. Good modeling is common-sense and
understanding reduced to calculation for the purposes of
gaining insights into a real problem. Modeling should aid
discussions, help thinking and provide insights to problems
where individuals and interests struggle to understand the
problem and struggle to work together to address a problem.
To aid model development and the interpretation and
communication of modeling and model results and insights,
simplicity is a great virtue. While complex problems
sometimes require complex models, shedding of unneeded
complexity is important. Local and in-house expertise is
preferred when developing and applying watershed models
because of better familiarity with the problems assessed.
Model integration is a growing trend but requires as much
expertise and resources as development of any single model component. |
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Lund, Jay R. Scheierling, Susanne M. Milne, Grant |
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Modeling for Watershed Management : A Practitioner's Guide |
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Modeling for Watershed Management : A Practitioner's Guide |
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Modeling for Watershed Management : A Practitioner's Guide |
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Modeling for Watershed Management : A Practitioner's Guide |
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Modeling for Watershed Management : A Practitioner's Guide |
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modeling for watershed management : a practitioner's guide |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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okr-10986-278412021-04-23T14:04:44Z Modeling for Watershed Management : A Practitioner's Guide Lund, Jay R. Scheierling, Susanne M. Milne, Grant AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ANNUAL RAINFALL AQUATIC SCIENCES AQUIFER AQUIFERS ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE BASINS CAI CANALS CATCHMENT CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGES COMPUTER SOFTWARE CONJUNCTIVE USE DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS DESALINATION DISTILLATION DOCUMENTS DRAINAGE DROUGHT ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EVAPORATION FLOOD FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD DAMAGE FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION FLOOD FORECASTING FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOODING FLOODS FRESHWATER GEOLOGY GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RECHARGE GROUNDWATER RESOURCES HYDRAULIC MODELING HYDRAULICS HYDROLOGIC CYCLE HYDROLOGISTS HYDROLOGY INDUSTRIAL WATER INFORMATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LAND USE LARGE URBAN WATER SUPPLY LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS MICROWATERSHED MODELING NATIONAL WATER POLICY NATURAL RESOURCES NAVIGATION OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT OPERATIONAL POLICIES PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY PIPE PIPE NETWORK PIPED WATER PIPED WATER DISTRIBUTION PIPELINE PRECIPITATION PUMPING STATIONS RAINFALL RAINWATER REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT REMOTE SENSING RESERVOIRS RIVER ANALYSIS RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVER MANAGEMENT RIVERS RUNOFF SANITATION SATELLITES STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION STATISTICAL SOFTWARE STREAMFLOW STREAMS SUBSURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER BODIES TRANSPARENCY TREATMENT PLANTS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY URBAN WATER SYSTEM WATER ALLOCATION WATER ANALYSIS WATER BALANCE WATER CONSERVATION WATER DEMAND WATER DEPARTMENT WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER DISTRICT WATER FLOWS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT MODEL WATER MANAGERS WATER MARKETS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY MODELING WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES PLANNING WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM WATER SYSTEM WATER SYSTEMS WATER TREATMENT WATER USE WATER USERS WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHED MODELS WATERSHED PLANNING WATERSHED SCALE WATERSHEDS Watershed management problems are usually quite diverse, and involve a wide range of biological, geological, chemical, and physical processes with complex human, social, and economic contexts. The working note seeks to show that computer modeling allows us to better organize, test, and refine our thinking about watershed management problems and potential solutions. Typically, the flow of water leads modeling to be organized into the following areas: (i) precipitation and climate models; (ii) precipitation-runoff models; (iii) stream and aquifer models; (iv) infrastructure operations models; (v) economic, agronomic, social, environmental demand and performance models; and (vi) decision-making models. Selecting the right model to apply to specific problems requires that several factors be considered along with the objectives for modeling in the context of the field decision problem. Key factors include understandability, development and application time, resources required, transferability and maintenance. Good modeling is common-sense and understanding reduced to calculation for the purposes of gaining insights into a real problem. Modeling should aid discussions, help thinking and provide insights to problems where individuals and interests struggle to understand the problem and struggle to work together to address a problem. To aid model development and the interpretation and communication of modeling and model results and insights, simplicity is a great virtue. While complex problems sometimes require complex models, shedding of unneeded complexity is important. Local and in-house expertise is preferred when developing and applying watershed models because of better familiarity with the problems assessed. Model integration is a growing trend but requires as much expertise and resources as development of any single model component. 2017-08-15T18:36:10Z 2017-08-15T18:36:10Z 2010-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/221531468330977191/Modeling-for-watershed-management-a-practitioners-guide http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27841 English en_US Water Working Notes;No. 27 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research |