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A SYSTEMS DYNAMICS APPROACH TO CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN WATER RESOURCES: THE MODEL OF THE LERMA-CHAPALA WATERSHED

A System Dynamics simulation model of the Lerma-Chapala watershed, in Mexico, was built to develop an improved Surface Water Distribution Agreement among five states of the Mexican Republic and the national water authorities. The model, the main analytical tool in a politically charged and confrontational water resources allocation, has proven to be very useful for conflict resolution because: ▪ it presents an objective vision of the complex reality being analyzed that enables its user to focus on the watershed behavior; ▪ it allows the stakeholders of this process to test the policies that they deemed most important to their own states.