To support a broad dialogue among stakeholders of the Auckland Council with regard to the interlinkages between the 4 aspects of well-being (social, cultural, economic and environmental) in the context of spatial planning in Auckland.
The Auckland Region Mediated Modelling (MM) provided an opportunity for 9 - 15 representative stakeholders to come together over a period of three workshops (September, November 2011 & March 2012) to interactively build a scoping model to link social, cultural, economic and environmental issues in one framework.
Stakeholders identified and built their understanding and mutual appreciation of the key stocks and flows in the model (such as ethnic density, land use, healthcare, employment and education) and the dynamic interaction between these variables. The scoping model with linkages and feedbacks can be run over-time to illustrate long-term intended and unintended consequences of decisions.
This model has been developed by Ecological Economics Research New Zealand (EERNZ) and was mainly used for policy formulation in the Auckland Region. This model describes some interlinkages between population growth, education, health, natural capital and economics. It represents a summary of a dialogue among stakeholders where the focus was on the dialogue and the model building was used to help structure the dialogue.
| Latest Version | Not versioned |
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| State of Development | Released and final |
| Current Development Activity | Part of the SP2 project (2009 – 2015) |
| Outcome Areas | Economic, Environmental, Social |
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| Management Domains | Urban Systems |
| Subdomains | Education, Health, Land Use |
| Intended End Users | The Auckland Regional Council |
| Temporal Resolutions | Years |
| Temporal Extents | Decades |
| Steady State or Dynamic | Dynamic |
| Level of Integration | Economic, Environmental, Social |
| Key Input Data | Macro-economic data, Land Use, Land Cover, Population cohorts, Migration, Fertility Education, Health, Ethnicity |
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| Input Data Formats | Stella file-type |
| Key Output Data | Regional Attractiveness, Education, Health, Ethnicity |
| Output Data Formats | Stella file-type |
| Open/Closed Source | Open Source |
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| Licence Type | No Licence |
| Licence Cost (Non Commercial) |
$0 |
| Licence Cost (Commercial) |
$0 |
| Operating Systems | MS Windows |
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| Software Needed | Stella/Ithink |
| User Interface | Graphical desktop |
| Ease of Use | Easy The graphical interface allows you to set parameter values and allows you to ren en reset the model. Ther is even a web-accessible version of the model through Forio. |
| Use in Policy Process | Plan (Policy Formulation) |
| Documentation | van den Belt, M., Forgie, V., Stouten, H., Cooper, G., McDonald, G. (2011) Auckland Region Mediated Modelling: Post report supporting Action Research and Integrated Assessments. Report, Ecological Economics Research New Zealand, Palmerston North, 66p. van den Belt, M., Forgie, V., Stouten, H., Solomon, R., McDonald, G. (2012) Auckland Region Mediated Modelling: Post report supporting Action Research and Integrated Assessments. Report, Ecological Economics Research New Zealand, Palmerston North. |
| Support | Marjan van den Belt |
| Users Forum | Not Available |
| Methods included for calibration and validation | The model was callibrated against historical data trends. |
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| Methods included for managing uncertainty | This model does not deal with uncertainty |
| Analytical Techniques | Mediated Modeling |
| Model Structure |
The Auckland regional model is currently composed of nine interlinked sectors. The nine interlinked sectors are: 1) Population and Ethnic Groups, 2) Employment Economics Attractiveness and Funding, 3) Education, 4) Health, 5) Land Use and Natural Capital, 6) Transport, 7) Social, 8) Government or Policy solutions, and 9) External Factors. |
| Keywords | Auckland Region, Mediated Modelling, Regional Planning, Regional Attractiveness, Ethnicity, the four well-beings, System Dynamics |
| Links | Auckland Region Mediated Modelling http://forio.com/simulate/m.vandenbelt/the-auckland-regional-model (to run the model straight from the web) |
| Key References | van den Belt, M., Forgie, V., Stouten, H., Cooper, G., McDonald, G. (2011) Auckland Region Mediated Modelling: Post report supporting Action Research and Integrated Assessments. Report, Ecological Economics Research New Zealand, Palmerston North, 66p. van den Belt, M., Forgie, V., Stouten, H., Solomon, R., McDonald, G. (2012) Auckland Region Mediated Modelling: Post report supporting Action Research and Integrated Assessments. Report, Ecological Economics Research New Zealand, Palmerston North. |