Quantifying the economic importance of irrigation water reuse in a Chilean watershed using an integrated agent-based model

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 648-668

  Arnold, R T ^a   Troost, Christian ^b   Berger, Thomas ^b  

^a Grey Bruce Centre for Agroecology   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

agent based model; irrigation efficiency; model coupling; sensitivity analysis; uncertainty assessment; water reuse

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INTERNATIONAL LAW; IRRIGATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY; MODEL COUPLING; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT; WATER REUSE;

WATER CONSERVATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PROFITABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE; WATERSHED;

CHILE;

EID: 85027924946     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015382     Document Type: Article

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