A Sustainable Decision Support Framework for Urban Water Management |
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Authors: | Leonie J Pearson Anthea Coggan Wendy Proctor Timothy F Smith |
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Affiliation: | (1) University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah |
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Abstract: | This paper develops a decision support framework that assists managers in the urban water industry to analyse a mix of water
service options, at the whole-of-city scale. The decision support framework moves decision-making in urban water systems from
traditional command and control approaches that tend to focus on an outcome at a point in time to a more sustainable, inclusive
and dynamic decision-making process driven by social learning and engagement. While available models and evaluation techniques
provide valuable input to decision-making, the complex nature of urban water systems requires more than just social and economic
criteria to be considered as part of decision support frameworks. The authors believe that current decision support frameworks
need to be presented in a way that incorporates adaptive management and integrated urban water management strengths at the
strategic and operational level. The inclusion of social learning and engagement is necessary to achieving this end. |
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