Simulation approach to a regional resource environment conflict

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5254034

Krummel, J. R.; Klopatek, J. M.; Mankin, J. B.; O'Neill, R. V.

Present environmental legislation has forced government agencies to assess the full impact of their projects and provide citizens a forum to express their opinions on any proposed actions. This assumes, however, the existence of a rational planning and evaluation process, supported by adequate knowledge and information of the impacts under study. While site-specific analyses have received much attention, regional environmental analysis has often proceeded on an ad hoc basis. The lack of a basic design for regional environmental analysis has hindered the development of an integrative approach to large-scale problems. The development of a theoretical framework which provides the minimal description of system dynamics, sufficient to address conflicts at the regional scale, represents a basic challenge for regional analysis. In this paper we suggest such a framework in the form of a minimal set of state descriptors. We also examine a regional problem, presented as a heuristic device, to test whether the proposed framework is sufficient to address the dynamics of regional conflicts.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 5254034
• Report Number(s): CONF-800819-2
• Resource Relation: Conference: Summer computer simulation conference, Seattle, WA, USA, 25 Aug 1980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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