Pluchinotta, I;
Pagano, A;
Giordano, R;
Tsoukias, A;
(2018)
A system dynamics model for supporting decision-makers in irrigation water management.
Journal of Environmental Management
, 223
pp. 815-824.
10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.06.083.
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Abstract
Water management is a controversial environmental policy issue, due to the heterogeneity of interests associated with a shared resource and the increasing level of conflict among water uses and users. Nowadays, there is a cumulative interest in enhancing multi-stakeholder decision-making processes, overtaking binding mercantile business, in water management domain. This requires the development of dynamic decision-aiding tools able to integrate the different problem frames held by the decision makers, to clarify the differences, to support the creation of collaborative decision-making processes and to provide shared platforms of interactions. In literature, these issues are faced by concepts such as Ostrom's action arena and Ostanello-Tsoukiàs’ interaction space (IS). The analysis of the interactions structure and of the different problem framing involved are fundamental premises for a successful debate for the management of a common-pool resource. Specifically, the present paper suggests a dynamic evolution of the IS, highlighting its criticalities. It develops an alternative perspective on the problem, using a System Dynamics Model (SDM), exploring how different actions can influence the decision-making processes of various stakeholders involved in the IS. The SDM has been implemented in a multi-stakeholders decision-making situation in order to support water management and groundwater protection in the agricultural systems in the Capitanata area (Apulia region, Southern Italy).
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A system dynamics model for supporting decision-makers in irrigation water management |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.06.083 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.06.083 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Water management, Participatory modelling, Decision analysis, System dynamics, Interactions space, Sustainability |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10103564 |
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