Modelling groundwater use policy

["Rida, Fadel"]

Happy new year..!.

We are working on modelling groundwater policy under uncertainty and minimum
information . Any information on or a lead to previous work in this area
would be appreciated.

Thanks.


Fadil Rida
Scientific Analyst/Programmer
Computer and Biometrics Services Unit(CBSU)
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
P.O. Box 5466
Aleppo, Syria
Tel : 963-21-2213477
Fax: 963-21-2225105
E-mail: F.Rida@cgiar.org
ICARDA is one of the 16 centers supported by the Consultative Group for
International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). http://www.icarda.cgiar.org

["John K. Blood"]

Hello!

Chapter 4 of Andrew Fords excellent book, Modeling the Environment
(ISBN:1-55963-601-7) is about the modeling of water reservoir capacity for
the city of Los Angeles, California. The model built in the chapter is
focused on the environmental dynamics as they are affected by policy
dynamics. This is a behavioral model showing the reactions of the
environment to policy decisions, but it is not a comprehensive model. It
covers surface water, and only uses subsurface water as an implied variable
in the model.

Ford refers to the thesis upon which the model is based:
Vorster, Peter. 1985. A water balance forecast model for Mono Lake,
California. Earth Resources Monograph, U.S. Forest Service, Region 5,
Western Forest Information System, Berkeley Service Center, Box 245,
Berkeley, CA 94201.

Other academic papers are cited in Fords book that focus on Mono Lake and
the policy aspects. You can also find more information on the authors
homepage: http://www.islandpress.org/ford

I hope this helps.

John

John K. Blood
Madii Institute
jblood@madii.org ** http://www.madii.org/
+1 763-498-8429 tel ** +1 763-498-8954 fax

[Tim Joy]

Ali:

I am a high school teacher in Portland, Oregon, USA (out on the Northwest
coast), using system dynamics to teach about local phenomena as well as
global changes. In August 1997, I traveled to your beautiful city for the
ISDC, met wonderful people all realizing that the education was critical for
the spread of system dynamics.

Your comments on this list interest me. In our region (much wetter and
cooler than yours), we still have water problems. Everybody wants to use
the water for something. Last year, two students (now off to University)
made a paper and wrote a paper on groundwater about our city.

I would very much like to see both the paper and the model, possibly even
use it in the classroom. Might it even be possible to connect our students
with yours at the University? This might be very interesting.

Thank you,

Tim Joy
tjoy@jps.net

["ali kerem saysel"]

Hello Fadil,
We have a system dynamics model of salinisation on arable lands which
incorporate grounwater dynamics. Actually this model is a part of an
integrated model of regional development. We have the paper but not
published yet. If you are interested in this, you may contact us personally
and we can provide you the paper and/or the model.
With my best wishes.
Ali K. Saysel, Ph.D.

Institute of Environmental Sciences,
Bogazici University, 80815, Istanbul.
saysel@boun.edu.tr

[=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jaime_Mart=EDnez_]

Hello Fadil,

I am interested in your model and I would like to see it if its possible.
I have another model (HISPAMED-Dessal) about desertification by salinitation in Almería (Spain) in which maybe you are interested. You can see a powerpoint presentation in english (or spanish) in http://www.ieg.csic.es/dinamica/ and also I can send you the complete model (made in Vensim 4.0) if you like.
Thank you,
Jaime Martínez
jaimon@ieg.csic.es