Browsing BC3 Journal Articles by Author "Neumann, M.B."
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Accounting for economic factors in socio-hydrology: Optimization under uncertainty and climate change
Abadie, Luis María; Markandya, A.; Neumann, M.B. (MDPI, 2019)This paper reframes the socio-hydrology analysis as an optimization problem. To achieve this, we first develop a valuation scheme to estimate net benefits of development in a flood plain, consisting of benefits obtained ... -
Accounting for erroneous model structures in biokinetic process models
Villez, k.; Del Giudice, D.; Neumann, M.B.; Rieckermann, J. (Elsevier, 2020)In engineering practice, model-based design requires not only a good process-based model, but also a good description of stochastic disturbances and measurement errors to learn credible parameter values from observations. ... -
Emergence of new knowledge for climate change adaptation
Olazabal, M.; Chiabai, A.; Foudi, S.; Neumann, M.B. (Elsevier, 2018)Decision-making for climate change adaptation requires an integrated and cross-sectoral approach to adequately capture the complexity of interconnected systems. More meaningful decisions can be taken in an arena where ... -
Multiple perspectives of resilience: A holistic approach to resilience assessment using cognitive maps in practitioner engagement
Tepes, A.; Neumann, M.B. (Elsevier, 2020)Resilience has become a regulatory concept influencing investment decisions in the water and wastewater sector. However, current assessments predominantly focus on technical resilience and on engineering solutions. Here ... -
Responses of sub-Saharan smallholders to climate change: Strategies and drivers of adaptation
García de Jalón, S.; Iglesias, A.; Neumann, M.B. (Elsevier, 2018)Rural farm households in sub-Saharan Africa are vulnerable to climate variability due to their limited adaptive capacity. This paper explores how adaptation strategies are adopted by small-holders in sub-Saharan Africa as ... -
Stochastic diffusion models to describe the evolution of annual heatwave statistics: A three-factor model with risk calculations
Abadie, Luis María; Chiabai, A.; Neumann, M.B. (Elsevier, 2019)In view of risk assessments this paper proposes a stochastic diffusion model to characterise statistics of extreme events when climate- or environmental variables surpass critical thresholds. The proposed three-factor model ... -
Transparency and Reproducibility in Participatory Systems Modelling: the Case of Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping
Olazabal, M.; Neumann, M.B.; Foudi, S.; Chiabai, A. (John Wiley and Sons, 2018)By aggregating semi-quantitative mind maps from multiple agents, fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) allows developing an integrated, cross-sectoral understanding of complex systems. However, and especially for FCM based on ... -
Valuing deaths or years of life lost? Economic benefits of avoided mortality from early heat warning systems
Chiabai, A.; Spadaro, Joseph V.; Neumann, M.B. (Springer, 2018)The study aims to explore the main drivers influencing the economic appraisal of heat warning systems by integrating epidemiological modelling and benefit-cost analysis. To shed insights on heat wave mortality valuation, ...