The river basin model

Alternate Titles

• Basin model: economic sector

Description

The River Basin Model is a man-machine simulation model used to delineate the interactions taking place, within a real or hypothetical area, between the local water system and the economic, social and governmental activities of that area; it is a model of an entire regional system, with water a subsystem realistically interacting with all the other major subsystems, such as housing and transportation. A gaming format is employed. The Governmental Sector (provides public services) and the model required by its bus and rail companies, and the computer printed output are described. The Governmental Sector establishes the amount of transit service, sets fares, and constructs rail lines and stations. Bus and rail companies provide the population in the simulated area with transportation service to be used for the trip to full-time work only; routes and modes of travel are assigned by the computer program. A social decision-maker assigns a dollar value for a time unit spent traveling to work by the people in his control.

Description

The River Basin Model is not primarily a water management model. It is a human interaction, computer-simulation decision-making tool, representing the entire complex economic, social, and governmental activities occurring within a specified local system. Its users represent the major economic, social, and governmental decision-makers who cause the regional system to function on a year-to-year basis. The manual contains the basic information and description of the model required by the Economic Sector. Economic teams are given the opportunity and responsibility for operating and creating any growth in the economic resources of the local system. Players in this sector have the chance to use this opportunity in such a way as to satisfy self-established goals and /or to respond to pressures brought on it by government officials, the local citizenry, and the rest of the business community.

Subjects

Series Statement

• Water pollution control research series

Other Editions

• The river basin model: economic sectorU.S. G.P.O.1971-01-01
• The river basin modelU.S. G.P.O.1971-01-01
• The river basin modelU.S. G.P.O.1972-01-01