eprintid: 4608 rev_number: 6 eprint_status: archive userid: 351 dir: disk0/00/00/46/08 datestamp: 2016-01-15 02:06:38 lastmod: 2021-08-27 17:36:11 status_changed: 2016-01-15 02:06:38 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 1 creators_name: Varis, O. creators_id: AL1331 title: Water quality models: Typologies for environmental impact assessment ispublished: pub internal_subjects: iis_mod internal_subjects: iis_env internal_subjects: iis_wat divisions: prog_rwp keywords: Decision analysis; Environmental impact assessment; Modelling; Project cycle; Water quality abstract: Much of the practical use of water quality models is related to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). There is a boom of released EIA guidelines from various institutions, typically with little reference to specific methodologies. This paper presents a discussion on the applicability of various water quality modelling approaches for use in different phases of an EIA protocol. The criteria used include the project cycle process, decision types, scales of impact and paradigms and cognitive styles of problem solving. Illustration is given with a selection of approaches used in a range of natural, socio-economic and institutional settings. date: 1996 date_type: published publisher: IWA Publishing id_number: 10.1016/S0273-1223(96)00859-1 iiasapubid: XJ-96-100 iiasa_bibref: Water Science and Technology; 34(12):109-117 (1996) iiasa_bibnotes: [doi:10.1016/S0273-1223(96)00859-1] creators_browse_id: 2475 full_text_status: none publication: Water Science & Technology volume: 34 number: 12 pagerange: 109-117 refereed: TRUE issn: 1996-9732 coversheets_dirty: FALSE fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article citation: Varis, O. (1996). Water quality models: Typologies for environmental impact assessment. Water Science & Technology 34 (12) 109-117. 10.1016/S0273-1223(96)00859-1 .