Using many-objective trade-off analysis to help dams promote economic development, protect the poor and enhance ecological health

•Many-objective optimisation is linked to a water resources management simulator.•Ten performance metrics are optimised representing diverse stakeholder benefits.•Trade-offs are revealed between economic, social and ecological benefits.•Impacts of selected Pareto-optimal reservoir release policies a...

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Published in:	Environmental science & policy Vol. 38; pp. 72 - 86
Main Authors:	Hurford, Anthony P., Huskova, Ivana, Harou, Julien J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2014 Elsevier
Subjects:	algorithms Animal, plant and microbial ecology Applied ecology basins Biological and medical sciences Brazil case studies Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife economic development environmental health farmers Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology irrigation issues and policy Jaguaribe basin in north-east Brazil livelihood Livelihood benefits Multi-criteria optimisation Multi-reservoir system management politics Visualising trade-offs water allocation water power Water resource security water supply South America Brazil America Multi-criteria optimisation Water resource security Visualising trade-offs Multi-reservoir system management Livelihood benefits Jaguaribe basin in north-east Brazil Multicriteria analysis Environmental policy Livelihood Reservoir Economic development Optimization Dam Environment impact Profit Water resources Environment quality
ISSN:	1462-9011, 1873-6416
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