A sustainable aquatic environment, which relates to the issues of pollution mitigation and ecological restoration, is one of the important indicators of the vitality and prosperity of a city. Traditionally, resort to engineering efforts is always the first priority in dealing with such problems. Nevertheless, treated as an integrated system, the nature of the problem should involve many aspects including economic, ecological, environmental, and engineering factors. Meanwhile, the special feature of the time-dependent state has also made such a system a dynamic and complex problem. The current research has employed the concepts of integrated assessment trying to aggregate related studies and tackling the problem as a complete system. With the aid of the system dynamic modeling tool, which is capable of dealing with dynamic and complex problems, the simulation model was formulated following the macrostructure of system behavior. Various strategies for improving the sustainability of the aquatic environment in Love River, Kaohsiung, Taiwan have been evaluated. The decision makers are therefore allowed to choose more effective strategies based on the integrated perspectives.
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January 01 2006
Strategic analysis for sustainable urban river aquatic environment using the system dynamic approach
M.T. Lee;
1Department of Marine Environment and Engineering National, Sun Yat-Sen University, 70 Lian-Hae Road, Kaohsiung, 804, Taiwan, (E-mail: changyc@mail.nsysu.edu.twr)
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Y.C. Chang
Y.C. Chang
1Department of Marine Environment and Engineering National, Sun Yat-Sen University, 70 Lian-Hae Road, Kaohsiung, 804, Taiwan, (E-mail: changyc@mail.nsysu.edu.twr)
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Water Sci Technol (2006) 53 (1): 17–24.
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M.T. Lee, Y.C. Chang; Strategic analysis for sustainable urban river aquatic environment using the system dynamic approach. Water Sci Technol 1 January 2006; 53 (1): 17–24. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2006.003
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