An appropriateness framework for the Dutch Meuse decision support system |
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| Affiliation: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China;2. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (retired), United States;1. Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Mickiewicza 33, 31-120 Kraków, Poland;2. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, ul. Warszawska 24, 31-155 Kraków, Poland;3. Institute of Geography, Pedagogical University of Cracow, ul. Podchorążych 2, 30-084 Kraków, Poland;1. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland;2. Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sofia “St. Kl. Okhridski”, 1, J. Bourchier Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria;3. Earth Sciences Faculty, University of Silesia, Będzińska Str. 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland |
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| Abstract: | Models are essential in a decision support system for river basin management. In a decision support system for integrated planning and management, the use of appropriate models is important to avoid models being either too simple or too complex. In this paper, appropriate models refer to models that are good-enough-but-not-more-than-that to obtain an acceptable ranking of river engineering measures under uncertainty. A systematic approach called ‘appropriateness framework’ is proposed to determine appropriate models that can be used in a decision support system. The approach is applied to a decision support system for the Dutch Meuse River. One important component of this decision support system, flood safety, is used in this paper to demonstrate how this approach works. The results show that the approach is very useful in helping to determine appropriate models. Potential applications of the approach in other decision support systems are discussed. The approach presented in this paper is designed as a tool to stimulate the communication between decision makers and modelers and to promote the use of models in decision-making for river basin management. |
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