Integrated modelling of cost-effective siting and operation of flow-control infrastructure for river ecosystem conservation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Higgins, A J ^a   Bryan, B A ^a   Overton, I C ^a   Holland, K ^a   Lester, R E ^a   King, D ^a   Nolan, M ^a   Connor, J D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TASK; DECISION VARIABLES; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; ECOLOGICAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW REGIME; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; FLOOD DURATION; FLOOD PLAINS; INTEGRATED MODELLING; KEY COMPONENT; META HEURISTICS; NATURAL FLOW REGIME; NON-LINEAR INTEGER PROGRAMMING; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; OPERATION STRATEGY; OPTIMAL INVESTMENTS; PLANNING HORIZONS; REGULATED RIVER; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; RIVER MURRAY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL HETEROGENEITY; SPECIFIC AREAS; TIME-DEPENDENT;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; ECOSYSTEMS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INVESTMENTS; TABU SEARCH; WETLANDS;

RIVER CONTROL;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW CONTROL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; INFRASTRUCTURE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MAGNITUDE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY RIVER;

EID: 79957533920     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009919     Document Type: Article

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