An iterative decision or policy making process commencing with a problem statement that determines the activities required to achieve the desired objectives in a timely manner.
The application of collaborative modeling to Typical water resources problem is broad. Its principles are applicable to many types of planning challenges to support Water policy/ legislation reform, project planning, a national water strategy or allocations. Given its specific relevance to complex problems, collaborative modelling is most applicable in problem contexts characterised by their semi-structured or completely unstructured nature .These are contexts where there is little consensus among stakeholders (regarding values, norms and standards, beliefs and ambitions) and/or a lack of scientific certainty (Box: Problem Structure). Note that in those instances where divisions between stakeholders are too extreme, alternative conflict management tools and methodologies may be required.
TEXT BOX: Problem structure
Types of policy problems based on their structure:
(i) structured problems, for which a high level of scientific certainty exists and there is a high degree of consensus among stakeholders;
(ii) semi-structured problems, which can be the result of either (i) low degree of consensus (regarding values, norms and standards, beliefs and ambitions) in combination with some certainty about the scientific knowledge, or (ii) the knowledge of the system is limited in combination with consensus among stakeholders;
(iii) unstructured problems, for which a low degree of consensus exists and there is a lack of scientific certainty.
Related Projects:
Integrated river basin planning in
Pemali Comal, Indonesia
