Uncertainty and precaution in environmental management: Insights from the UPEM conference
Environmental Modelling & Software
Participatory modeling and the dilemma of diffuse nitrogen management in a residential watershed
Environmental Modelling & Software
Coupled human and natural systems: A multi-agent-based approach
Environmental Modelling & Software
Environmental Modelling & Software
Bayesian Networks and participatory modelling in water resource management
Environmental Modelling & Software
Coupling real-time control and socio-economic issues in participatory river basin planning
Environmental Modelling & Software
Environmental Modelling & Software
An appropriateness framework for the Dutch Meuse decision support system
Environmental Modelling & Software
Uncertainty in the environmental modelling process - A framework and guidance
Environmental Modelling & Software
A new approach to testing an integrated water systems model using qualitative scenarios
Environmental Modelling & Software
Environmental Modelling & Software
Virtual Watersheds: Simulating the Water Balance of the Rio Grande Basin
Computing in Science and Engineering
A formal framework for scenario development in support of environmental decision-making
Environmental Modelling & Software
Environmental Modelling & Software
Service-oriented applications for environmental models: Reusable geospatial services
Environmental Modelling & Software
Environmental Modelling & Software
A companion modelling approach applied to forest management planning
Environmental Modelling & Software
Dynamic physical and economic modelling of riparian restoration options
Environmental Modelling & Software
An integrated approach to linking economic valuation and catchment modelling
Environmental Modelling & Software
Original papers: Linking models for assessing agricultural land use change
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Collaboration platforms in smarter water management
IBM Journal of Research and Development
Forage rummy: A game to support the participatory design of adapted livestock systems
Environmental Modelling & Software
Data-driven dynamic emulation modelling for the optimal management of environmental systems
Environmental Modelling & Software
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
A web-based fuzzy expert system for frost warnings in horticultural crops
Environmental Modelling & Software
Evaluating OpenMI as a model integration platform across disciplines
Environmental Modelling & Software
Modellers' roles in structuring integrative research projects
Environmental Modelling & Software
Integrated environmental modeling: A vision and roadmap for the future
Environmental Modelling & Software
Effectiveness of collaborative map-based decision support tools: Results of an experiment
Environmental Modelling & Software
Environmental Modelling & Software
Integration of agricultural and energy system models for biofuel assessment
Environmental Modelling & Software
Review: A critical review of integrated urban water modelling - Urban drainage and beyond
Environmental Modelling & Software
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The call for more effective integration of science and decision making is ubiquitous in environmental management. While scientists often complain that their input is ignored by decision makers, the latter have also expressed dissatisfaction that critical information for their decision making is often not readily available or accessible to them, or not presented in a usable form. It has been suggested that scientists need to produce more ''usable'' information with enhanced credibility, legitimacy, and saliency to ensure the adoption of research results. In basin-scale management of coupled human-water systems, water resources managers, like other decision makers, are frequently confronted with the need to make major decisions in the face of high system complexity and uncertainty. The integration of useful and relevant scientific information is necessary and critical to enable informed decision-making. This paper describes the main aspects of what has been learned in the process of supporting sustainable water resources planning and management in the semi-arid southwestern United States by means of integrated modeling. Our experience indicates that particular attention must be paid to the proper definition of focus questions, explicit conceptual modeling, a suitable modeling strategy, and a formal scenario analysis approach in order to facilitate the development of ''usable'' scientific information. We believe that these lessons and insights can be useful to other scientific efforts in the broader area of linking environmental science with decision making.