Developing CLEWs Modelling Tools to Support Sustainable Development (2)

The Climate, Land, Energy and Water systems (CLEWs) model allows for representation of the Nexus interactions between different sectors. Applied in Sustainable Development contexts, the CLEWs model enhances policy coherence and supports effective decision making. This project will enhance and build on the existing CLEWs tools to make them more robust, enhance the ability of the model to represent more aspects of the Nexus, and streamline analysis.

The specific goals of the project include enhancing existing open source modelling tools to represent a wider variety of Nexus challenges. Examples of challenges not well represented in current CLEWs models include the detailed representation of grazing lands, enhancing the representation of surface and groundwater, and enhancing the ability of the model to represent sub-annual crop productivity. An additional goal is to work on geographic information systems (GIS) tools for both pre-processing and post-processing data for CLEWs models.The student will then apply the enhanced CLEWs model to the analysis of land use and water use implications for a developing country case study.

Faculty Supervisor:

Taco Niet

Student:

Partner:

Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Sustainability & the Environment; Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Green/Alternative Energy

University:

Simon Fraser University

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