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Toth, F.L. (1992). Models of the Water Systems in Mauritius. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-92-071
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Criteria for sustainable development in terms of managing a nation's water resources include the availability of water in required quantity and appropriate quality. This paper presents a set of water models developed for the IIASA/UNFPA Mauritius Project for use as an integral part of a system of models including demographic, economic, and land use models. The paper identifies the most important factors determining the available freshwater resources in Mauritius (climate, geology, hydrology), and presents a simple approach to modelling water supply. Based largely on Mauritian data sources, the most important components of freshwater use are also identified and a model with appropriate linkages to demographic and economic processes is presented. Next, a dynamic model of water quality in the lagoons is discussed. Finally, possibilities to test various water management strategies with the model and the related scenario development procedures are presented.
| Item Type: | Monograph (IIASA Working Paper) |
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| Research Programs: | World Population (POP) |
| Depositing User: | IIASA Import |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jan 2016 02:01 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2021 17:14 |
| URI: | https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/3628 |
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