Disciplined Planning, Structured Participation, and Collaborative Modeling — Applying Shared Vision Planning to Water Resources

Palmer, Richard N.; Cardwell, Hal E.; Lorie, Mark; Werick, William

doi:10.1111/jawr.12067

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“…The generalized coupled modeling framework presented in this paper adopts many of the principles from the Shared Vision Modeling (SVM) approach (Palmer et al, 2013). To improve allocation of scarce resources across competing uses, it is crucial to understand the values placed on various water uses by stakeholders in the watershed.…”

Section: Dynamic Coupled Natural-human Systems Modelingmentioning

confidence: 99%

A coupled modeling framework for sustainable watershed management in transboundary river basins

Khan

Yang

Xie

et al. 2017

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. There is a growing recognition among water resource managers that sustainable watershed management needs to not only account for the diverse ways humans benefit from the environment, but also incorporate the impact of human actions on the natural system. Coupled naturalhuman system modeling through explicit modeling of both natural and human behavior can help reveal the reciprocal interactions and co-evolution of the natural and human systems. This study develops a spatially scalable, generalized agent-based modeling (ABM) framework consisting of a process-based semi-distributed hydrologic model (SWAT) and a decentralized water system model to simulate the impacts of water resource management decisions that affect the food-water-energy-environment (FWEE) nexus at a watershed scale. Agents within a river basin are geographically delineated based on both political and watershed boundaries and represent key stakeholders of ecosystem services. Agents decide about the priority across three primary water uses: food production, hydropower generation and ecosystem health within their geographical domains. Agents interact with the environment (streamflow) through the SWAT model and interact with other agents through a parameter representing willingness to cooperate. The innovative twoway coupling between the water system model and SWAT enables this framework to fully explore the feedback of human decisions on the environmental dynamics and vice versa. To support non-technical stakeholder interactions, a web-based user interface has been developed that allows for role-play and participatory modeling. The generalized ABM framework is also tested in two key transboundary river basins, the Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia and the Niger River basin in West Africa, where water uses for ecosystem health compete with growing human demands on food and energy resources. We present modeling results for crop production, energy generation and violation of ecohydrological indicators at both the agent and basin-wide levels to shed light on holistic FWEE management policies in these two basins.

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Section: Dynamic Coupled Natural-human Systems Modelingmentioning

confidence: 99%

A coupled modeling framework for sustainable watershed management in transboundary river basins

Khan

Yang

Xie

et al. 2017

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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“…Computer modelling has been used extensively in helping stakeholders resolve various water related conflicts [4]. A concept of Shared Vision Planning [13], which entails engaging stakeholders in developing and experimenting with interactive simulation models, has been an effective way of building consensus-a shared vision.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Palmer et al [13] define shared vision planning (SVP) as a disciplined planning approach that combines traditional water resources planning methodologies with innovations such as structured public participation and the use of collaborative modelling, resulting in a more complete understanding and an integrative decision support tool. The SVP approach was developed over the years through a number of studies focusing on water systems policy planning and evaluation [13].…”

Section: Shared Vision Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…An interesting feature of the ILE is that it allows players to analyse relationships built into the model and thus increase their understanding of the complex system. This approach is fully compatible with SVP, as it combines traditional water resources planning methodologies (a System Dynamics model) with structured public participation and the use of collaborative modelling (e.g., analysis of relationships built into the model), resulting in a more complete understanding and an integrative decision support tool [13]. The ILE provides two options: simple and advanced simulation modes, which proved useful in addressing audiences with different levels of technical expertise.…”

Section: Serious Games In Water Systems Planning and Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The SVP approach was developed over the years through a number of studies focusing on water systems policy planning and evaluation [13]. Two illustrative examples of these include the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River SVP Study [14], and the USA National Drought Study SVP Application [15].…”

Section: Shared Vision Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Water systems planning and management share the same roots with gaming, as they rely on concepts in systems analysis, operations research and decision sciences. This paper focuses on Serious Games (those used for purposes other than mere entertainment), with applications in the area of water systems planning and management. A survey of published work on gaming is carried out with particular attention given to applications of Serious Gaming to water systems planning and management. The survey is also used to identify the principal criteria for the classification of Serious Gaming for water related applications, including application areas, goals, number and type of players, user interface, type of simulation model used, realism of the game, performance feedback, progress monitoring and game portability. The review shows that game applications in the water sector can be a valuable tool for making various stakeholders aware of the socio-techno-economic issues related to managing complex water systems. However, the critical review also indicates a gap that exists in the Serious Game application area with the lack of water distribution system games. A conceptually simple, but computationally elaborate new game for water distribution system analysis, design and evaluation (SeGWADE) is presented in this paper. It has a main goal of finding a least-cost design for a well-known benchmark problem, for which the game environment takes the computational and visualisation burden away from the simulation tool and the player. The game has been evaluated in a classroom environment in which a high degree of player engagement with the game was observed, due to its basic game ingredients and activities, i.e., challenge, play and fun. In addition, a clear improvement in learning has been observed in how players attempted to identify solutions that satisfy the pressure criterion with players readily identifying the proximity of the better solutions to the starting, infeasible configuration. Through applications of Serious Gaming such as this, decision makers can learn about the complexity of the water distribution system design problem, experiment safely using a computer model of a real system, understand conflicting objectives (i.e., minimization of cost and satisfaction of minimum pressure) and develop strategies for coping with complexity without being burdened by the limitations of the ICT technology at their disposal.

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The future of water resources systems analysis: Toward a scientific framework for sustainable water management

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This paper presents a short history of water resources systems analysis from its beginnings in the Harvard Water Program, through its continuing evolution toward a general field of water resources systems science. Current systems analysis practice is widespread and addresses the most challenging water issues of our times, including water scarcity and drought, climate change, providing water for food and energy production, decision making amid competing objectives, and bringing economic incentives to bear on water use. The emergence of public recognition and concern for the state of water resources provides an opportune moment for the field to reorient to meet the complex, interdependent, interdisciplinary, and global nature of today's water challenges. At present, water resources systems analysis is limited by low scientific and academic visibility relative to its influence in practice and bridled by localized findings that are difficult to generalize. The evident success of water resource systems analysis in practice (which is set out in this paper) needs in future to be strengthened by substantiating the field as the science of water resources that seeks to predict the water resources variables and outcomes that are important to governments, industries, and the public the world over. Doing so promotes the scientific credibility of the field, provides understanding of the state of water resources and furnishes the basis for predicting the impacts of our water choices.

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Disciplined Planning, Structured Participation, and Collaborative Modeling — Applying Shared Vision Planning to Water Resources

Cited by 56 publications

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A coupled modeling framework for sustainable watershed management in transboundary river basins

A coupled modeling framework for sustainable watershed management in transboundary river basins

Serious Gaming for Water Systems Planning and Management

The future of water resources systems analysis: Toward a scientific framework for sustainable water management

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