Water Shortage Simulation Using a System Dynamics Approach: A Case Study of the Rafsanjan City

Nasser Shahsavari-Pour, Sadegh Bahador, Azim Heydari () and Afef Fekih
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Nasser Shahsavari-Pour: Department of Industrial Management, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Rafsanjan 7718897111, Iran
Sadegh Bahador: Department of Management, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Rafsanjan 7718897111, Iran
Azim Heydari: Department of Astronautical, Electrical and Energy Engineering (DIAEE), Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, Italy
Afef Fekih: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-19

Abstract: Water shortage and its interconnected and integrated management is one of the life crises in recent years. Factors such as population growth, plurality of population needs, traditional farming methods, climate change, and water waste are among the contributing factors to this crisis. The complexity of water sources and consumption systems makes the management and decision-making related to this resource very difficult. This research aims to study the effective factors in the water sources and consumption system of Rafsanjan city and suggests a simulated model of water shortage and its causes. In this research, water shortage crises were simulated using system dynamics. Important variables of the water shortage crisis are identified and optimized using the Design of Experiments (DOE) method. Vensim software was considered to illustrate the simulations of five scenarios aiming at better managing water resources and dealing with the water shortage crisis in this city.

Keywords: water shortage crisis; system dynamics; Rafsanjan city; water resources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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