Open AccessComputational modeling as a tool for water resources management: an alternative approach to problems of multiple uses
Author(s) -
Haydda Manolla Chaves da Hora,
José Henriques da Silva Tavares,
Gabriel Lima de Souza,
Jader Lugon,
Maria Inês Paes Ferreira
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
boletim do observatório ambiental alberto ribeiro lamego
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2177-4560
pISSN - 1981-6197
DOI - 10.5935/2177-4560.20110004
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , water resources , computer science , work (physics) , hydrography , resource (disambiguation) , state (computer science) , software , resource management (computing) , management science , operations research , engineering , artificial intelligence , geography , cartography , distributed computing , mechanical engineering , ecology , computer network , algorithm , biology , programming language
Today in Brazil there are many cases of incompatibility regarding use of water and its availability. Due to the increase in required variety and volume, the concept of multiple uses was created, as stated by Pinheiro et al. (2007). The use of the same resource to satisfy different needs with several restrictions (qualitative and quantitative) creates conflicts. Aiming to minimize these conflicts, this work was applied to the particular cases of Hydrographic Regions VI and VIII of Rio de Janeiro State, using computational modeling techniques (based on MOHID software – Water Modeling System) as a tool for water resources management.