An Agent-Based Model to Improve Groundwater Resources Conditions with a Participatory Approach in the Shabestar-Sofian Plain, Iran

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ANBARI M.J.; ZARGHAMI M.

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Journal: IRAN-WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH Year:2019 | Volume:15 | Issue:2 Page(s): 73-87

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An Agent-Based Model to Improve Groundwater Resources Conditions with a Participatory Approach in the Shabestar-Sofian Plain, Iran

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ANBARI M.J. | ZARGHAMI M. | Issue Writer Certificate

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Agent-Based ModelingQ1

Groundwater Resources ManagementQ2

Water GovernanceQ1

Social-EcologicalQ1

Shabestar-Sofian AquiferQ1

Abstract

The reliance of a great part of the country’ s water supply on groundwater resources on the one hand, and increasing water level drop of the aquifers on the other hand, significantly increased the importance of Groundwater Resources Management. Due to the complexities in the socio-ecological systems related to the groundwater resources, there is a need for tools to model these complexities in the form of effective agents’ relations. Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) is a computer-based simulation with a comprehensive approach of stakeholders, or agents that interact with each other and with their environment based on certain behavioral principles. In this paper, farmers, effective institutional agents and aquifer behaviors and their interactions in the Shabestar-Sofian plain, Iran is modeled using ABM with stakeholder participation through interviews and semi-structured questionnaires. The results of the implementation of five sample scenarios showed that if the institutions are properly coordinated and the participation of farmers is attracted, it could be possible to reduce about 200 million cubic meters of wells extraction over 10 years, while simultaneously increasing the income of farmers and compensating about 40 percent of negative groundwater balance. Using this model, a better understanding of the sophisticated system of groundwater resources can be obtained, stakeholder participation can be attracted, and by defining scenarios in a participatory process, better solutions can be achieved in the decision-making process.

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ANBARI, M.J., & ZARGHAMI, M.. (2019). An Agent-Based Model to Improve Groundwater Resources Conditions with a Participatory Approach in the Shabestar-Sofian Plain, Iran. IRAN-WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, 15(2 ), 73-87. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/100218/en

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ANBARI M.J., ZARGHAMI M.. An Agent-Based Model to Improve Groundwater Resources Conditions with a Participatory Approach in the Shabestar-Sofian Plain, Iran. IRAN-WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH[Internet]. 2019;15(2 ):73-87. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/100218/en

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M.J. ANBARI, and M. ZARGHAMI, “An Agent-Based Model to Improve Groundwater Resources Conditions with a Participatory Approach in the Shabestar-Sofian Plain, Iran,” IRAN-WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, vol. 15, no. 2 , pp. 73–87, 2019, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/100218/en

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