Selecting Indicators and Optimizing Decision Rules for Long‐Term Water Resources Planning

Assessing the Sustainability of Groundwater Resources Using Water Exploitation and Green Water Scarcity Indicators

Sustainability of groundwater resources means ensuring the permanent availability of essential groundwater services for a long-time. This research was conducted to investigate the sustainability of groundwater resources in the prohibited plain of Behshahr- Bandar-e-Gaz by using water expoliation and green water scarcity indices. Initially, the green water deficit index was calculated based on t...

Identifying and Selecting Indicators

Sustainability Index for Water Resources Planning and Management

This paper presents a water resources sustainability index that makes it possible to evaluate and compare different water management policies with respect to their sustainability. The sustainability index identifies policies that preserve or improve the desired water management characteristics of the basin in the future. This index is based on a previous sustainability index with improvements i...

Make Decision for Selection Enterprise Resource Planning by Defines Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Analytic Network Process (ANP)

The purpose of all service institutions, including banks is to provide appropriate services for the customers' satisfaction. In fact, the key to the success of these organizations relates to the customer-orientation and focus on the quality of services. Since the organizations providing financial service, especially banks operate in an environment with indistinct products, their quality service...

Guidelines for Risk and Uncertainty Analysis in Water Resources Planning

INTRODUCTION The Heck Valley Flood Control Case Study is a hypothetical study prepared to illustrate and support the principles and selected techniques described in the Guidelines and Procedures for Risk and Uncertainty Analysis in Corps' Civil Works Planning and accompanying Appendices. It uses real data from Corps' projects wherever possible in order to represent realistic situations. The dat...