Accompanying local stakeholders in negotiation processes related to water allocation through simulation models and role-playing games : An experience from South Africa

The aim of this paper is to describe and assess the impacts of the Companion Modelling (ComMod) approach on selected aspects of the negotiation process taking place

The aim of this study is to describe, discuss and evaluate the Companion Modelling (ComMod) approach, which used a simulation model and a role-playing game related to

A Stakeholder driven process to develop a Catchment Management Plan for the Kat River Valley, project document, unpublished document, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes

And finally, the iterative nature of the ComMod process and the importance given to the aspect of learning by doing are two fundamental characteristic of Participatory

Constraints or rules for the WUA (or at the Kat watershed) include: (1) a given amount of water in the storage at the beginning of the year, (2) a given amount of water required in

a) Improve researchers’ knowledge on the local stakeholders’ decision-making and negotiation processes and practices. b) Improve local stakeholders’ knowledge on the

All steps involved in the development process (rules and players, practical use of GMABS methodology in JogoMan, UML model, implementation, scenarios and first tests), described

Three different types of uses have been identified to describe domestic uses in the Kat River catchment: river water use, collective tap water use and indwelling tap water use..