System dynamics modeling for municipal water demand estimation in an urban region under uncertain economic impacts

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1628-1641

  Qi, Cheng ^a   Chang, Ni Bin ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Sustainable development; System dynamics modeling; Systems analysis; Urban infrastructure; Water demand forecast; Water supply

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DRINKING WATER; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; URBAN REGION; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPERT SYSTEM; FUZZY LOGIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROCESS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79952443264     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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