PhD Oral Defense: Development of a group built coupled physical-socio-economic modelling framework for soil salinity management in agricultural watersheds in developing countries

PhD Oral Defense of Muhammad Azhar Inam Baig, Department of Bioresource Engineering

Stakeholder involvement in environmental modeling has gained considerable importance over the past twenty years. However, many water resource planning and management frameworks encounter significant challenges when trying to develop tools that do not require significant funding, time, or expertise and that facilitate stakeholder engagement in developing countries. This study aims to address such challenges by developing a stepwise participatory modeling framework to link physically-based models with stakeholder-assisted socio-economic models in the context of developing countries, using the Rechna Doab region of Pakistan as a case study area. 

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