Dissertation abstract: Research on development of hydro-economic model for optimizing water allocation in Ba river basin

This research aims to address the difficult situation of water allocation problem in Ba river basin by analyzing the relationship between relative water availability and economic benefit from key-water using sectors. Four following steps were taken to meet the research objective: establishing the water allocation problem for Ba river basin; developing a hydro-economic model applied for Ba river basin; applying the developed model to assess potential.