Modelling sustainability in the Riacho Fundo water basin (Brasília, Brazil)
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This paper explores the use of assumptions to build multiple models about sustainable development in a compositional way. It presents a model aiming at supporting stakeholders to improve their understanding about a water basin system under the pressure of changes in land use. Domain knowledge is approached from three perspectives: urban, semi-urban and rural. Simulations explore sustainability issues related to (a) the effects of urban drainage systems; (b) the dynamics of erosion and water infiltration in the soil; and (c) the effects of vegetation cover on soil and water conditions and agricultural production. The paper discusses the use of modelling primitives to define and implement perspectives based only in conceptual knowledge to approach ill-defined domains as sustainability.
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