Two Level Multi-Objective Reconnaissance System Study of a Large Water Resource System

摘要

Reconnaissance study of a large water resource system involves analysis of subsystem characteristics and subsystem interlinkages in terms of total system development objectives. Linear optimization models are developed to represent, (a) aggregate temporal and spatial characteristics of the system (b) predominant policies namely irrigation and energy development and (c) the related issues and technological options, in physical terms. A large system is viewed in terms of several constituent subsystems in which Level-I study relates to irrigation and energy development. These Level-I and Level-II studies have been carried out in the context of developmental planning of Ganga basin. The basin is characterized by predominant agriculture based economy and temporal and regional heterogeneity in the resource availability and demand pattern. The study brings out relative impact of various issues on the irrigation and energy policies in planning subregions and trade-offs which would form the basis of further creative development and detailed systems analysis.