Water Resources Planning
The development and sustainable use of water and land resources requires the allocation of scarce resources among competing human activities. This implies decision making in complex situations, often with conflicting interests, taking into account the technical, as well as socio-economic and ecological aspects.
Planning is one of our core activities
At Deltares, we have ample experience in dealing with water resources planning at all levels of detail, using in-house developed software as a basis for the planning activities. Deltares developed such an approach during the preparation of the Netherlands’ national water management plans. This approach consists of a comprehensive set of analysis steps, supported by mathematical tools for the analysis of natural resource systems in a socio-economic context. Using this approach, we support water, river and floodplain managers across the globe in structuring complex decision making processes and provide technical know-how for effective evaluation of planning alternatives. Information management systems, decision support systems and simulation models are important tools in our research and consultancy.