Optimization Model for BMP Placement in a Reservoir Watershed

Ciou, Shih-Kai; Kuo, J.B.; Hsieh, Pin-Hui; Yu, Gwo-Hsing

doi:10.1061/(asce)ir.1943-4774.0000458

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“…When the modeling domain of an agent-based model is delineated following the boundaries of a sub-watershed, it has the advantage of spatial unit consistency with agent-based models. Furthermore, it has been coupled with (non-ABM) decision modeling tools to identify cost-effective solutions to basin water resource management challenges (Ciou et al, 2012;Karamouz et al, 2010). We therefore choose SWAT as the hydrologic model for this study.…”

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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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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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“…In China, this development has been accompanied by rapid industrialization and urbanization, resulting deteriorating environmental quality (Shao, Tang, Zhang, & Li, ). Therefore, it is not surprising that a number of Chinese studies sought to model water quality and pollutant transport through aquatic systems and their effects on freshwater biota (e.g., Fang, Zhang, Chen, & Xu, ; Lei, Huang, Qiao, Li, & Wang, ; Zhang, Liu, Li, & Zhao, ), as well as potential management strategies (e.g., Chen, Niu, & Zhang, ; Ciou, Kuo, Hsieh, & Yu, ; Kuo et al, ; Lin et al, ). The water‐management challenges of supporting large human populations, while encouraging economic development, were addressed in a number of Indian studies.…”

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Synthesizing models useful for ecohydrology and ecohydraulic approaches: An emphasis on integrating models to address complex research questions

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Ecohydrology combines empiricism, data analytics, and the integration of models to characterize linkages between ecological and hydrological processes. A challenge for practitioners is determining which models best generalizes heterogeneity in hydrological behaviour, including water fluxes across spatial and temporal scales, integrating environmental and socio‐economic activities to determine best watershed management practices and data requirements. We conducted a literature review and synthesis of hydrologic, hydraulic, water quality, and ecological models designed for solving interdisciplinary questions. We reviewed 1,275 papers and identified 178 models that have the capacity to answer an array of research questions about ecohydrology or ecohydraulics. Of these models, 43 were commonly applied due to their versatility, accessibility, user‐friendliness, and excellent user‐support. Forty‐one of 43 reviewed models were linked to at least 1 other model especially: Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program (linked to 21 other models), Soil and Water Assessment Tool (19), and Hydrologic Engineering Center's River Analysis System (15). However, model integration was still relatively infrequent. There was substantial variation in model applications, possibly an artefact of the regional focus of research questions, simplicity of use, quality of user‐support efforts, or a limited understanding of model applicability. Simply increasing the interoperability of model platforms, transformation of models to user‐friendly forms, increasing user‐support, defining the reliability and risk associated with model results, and increasing awareness of model applicability may promote increased use of models across subdisciplines. Nonetheless, the current availability of models allows an array of interdisciplinary questions to be addressed, and model choice relates to several factors including research objective, model complexity, ability to link to other models, and interface choice.

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“…The Niger River drains an area of over 2 million km 2 spanning nine riparian countries in West Africa, making it the ninth largest river basin globally in terms of area. The Niger River is spread across a wide range of ecosystem zones, and the basin is thus notable for its high spatial and temporal hydrologic variability on interannual and decadal scales (Ghile et al, 2014). Based on GDP, all nine countries of the Niger basin fall in the bottom quartile of national incomes (Ogilvie et al, 2010).…”

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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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Optimization Model for BMP Placement in a Reservoir Watershed

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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

Synthesizing models useful for ecohydrology and ecohydraulic approaches: An emphasis on integrating models to address complex research questions

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