In the first project period (2001-2003) the regional economic model RIWU has been developed. It describes industrial water use in the catchment area of the upper Danube. This macroeconomic model will be accomplished by a "deep" actors model in the second project period showing the decision-making processes of the actors involved. RIWU will further on provide the framework of the macroeconomic regional development.
For the microeconomic modelling of corporate decision-making processes data from remote sensing and the results of a survey amongst industrial firms will be used. Data from remote sensing are showing the regional distribution of companies with water intensive production processes. The results of the survey shall provide information about the specific water demand of the single industries. This deep actors model will be integrated into the interdisciplinary model DANUBIA to enable the modelling of different scenarios from natural and social sciences.
Microeconomic and interdisciplinary modelling, Industry survey, integration of remote sensing data.
Remote sensing data, Data from Statistical Offices from Germany, Austria and Switzerland
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