IWRM Incorporating Water Use and Productivity Indicators of Economic Clusters Using a Hydro-Economic SDSS

IWRM should include the integration of management instruments towards intersectoral efficient water allocation. A platform linking economywide and network-based models, available from a Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS), was used to analyze allocation decisions in 4-interlinked basins Northeastern Brazil during period scarcity. The SDSS can integrate issues considering hydrologic socioeconomic aspects. In this study, we applied normalized concentration index exploratory spatial data analysis identify job hotspots economic sectors. Hydro-economic indicators were determined as weights those individual users for This innovative method simulates use instruments. Removing weights, non-economic is also simulated. transfers agriculture industry services sector compared non-economic. justified given low main sectors region: sugarcane cultivation sugar–alcohol industry. Moreover, regional transfer results show that without using criteria maintaining current distribution network, there stored drier humid regions. These support decision-making process by defining effective