System dynamics simulation model for assessing socio-economic impacts of different levels of environmental flow allocation in the Weihe River Basin, China

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 248-262

  Wei, Shouke ^a,d   Yang, Hong ^a   Song, Jinxi ^b,c   Abbaspour, Karim C ^a   Xu, Zongxue ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental flow; Scenario analysis; Socio economic impact; System dynamics; Vensim

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; VENSIM;

CIVIL AVIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; GROWTH RATE; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84860261907     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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