Naslov
System Dynamic Methodology Application in Urban Water System Management

Autori
Margeta, Jure ; Rozić, Žekljko ; Knezić, Snježana

Izvornik
International journal of civil engineering and technology (0976-6308) 6 (2015); 91-110

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
urban water system; system dynamic methodology; object-oriented programming; sustainability; price of water; Mostar; Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sažetak
Urban water system management is a complex task which takes place within a number of constraints. It is particularly related to developing countries with limited amount of available data when important decisions have to be made regardless of such unfavourable situation. Therefore, for decisions regarding urban water system management it is important to know the consequences on all segments of the management system in the future period. Various methods and models of system engineering are used in order to achieve this. The work presents the application of System Dynamics (SD) methodology for analyse of the urban water system. The methodology was implemented in the water system of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The system dynamics model is a mathematical realization of the developed interactions among different system variables, quality and quantity, over time and is comprised of two physical subsystems namely water supply and wastewater and subsystem. The object-oriented programing (OOP) has been use for the SD methodology realisation. The obtained results confirm that SD methodology and OOP can be successfully applied in the management of the urban water system in developing countries. The method is very flexible and easy to adapt to system characteristics and objectives of the analysis. It has been found that application of object-oriented programming is suitable tool which cans help create policies for urban water system management.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Građevinarstvo

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