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Watershed Planning within a Quantitative Scenario Analysis Framework
Published on: July 24, 2016
Environmental integrated assessment via Monte Carlo simulation with a case study of the Mid-Atlantic region, USA
Liem T Tran1, Robert V O'Neill, Elizabeth R Smith
1Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0925, USA. ltran1@utk.edu
Abstract:
Environmental integrated assessments are often carried out via the aggregation of a set of environmental indicators. Aggregated indices derived from the same data set can differ substantially depending upon how the indicators are weighted and aggregated, which is often a subjective matter. This article presents a method of generating aggregated environmental indices in an objective manner via Monte Carlo simulation. Rankings derived from the aggregated indices within and between three Monte Carlo simulations were used to evaluate the overall environmental condition of the study area. Other insights, such as the distribution of good or bad values of indicators at a watershed and/or a subregion, were observed in the study.
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