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Howard W Reeves1, Moira L Zellner
1Department of Urban Planning and Policy, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago, 412 S Peoria Street, MC 348, Chicago, IL 60607-7064, USA. hwreeves@usgs.gov
Abstract:
The U.S. Geological Survey numerical groundwater flow model, MODFLOW, was integrated with an agent-based land-use model to yield a simulator for environmental planning studies. Ultimately, this integrated simulator will be used as a means to organize information, illustrate potential system responses, and facilitate communication within a participatory modeling framework. Initial results show the potential system response to different zoning policy scenarios in terms of the spatial patterns of development, which is referred to as urban form, and consequent impacts on groundwater levels. These results illustrate how the integrated simulator is capable of representing the complexity of the system. From a groundwater modeling perspective, the most important aspect of the integration is that the simulator generates stresses on the groundwater system within the simulation in contrast to the traditional approach that requires the user to specify the stresses through time.
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