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Random forest is in many fields of research a common method for data driven predictions. Within economics and prediction of poverty, random forest is rarely used. Comparing out-of-sample predictions in surveys for same year in six countries shows that random forest is often more accurate than current common practice (multiple imputations with variables selected by stepwise and Lasso), suggesting that this method could contribute to better poverty predictions. However, none of the methods consistently provides accurate predictions of poverty over time, highlighting that technical model fitting by any method within a single year is not always, by itself, sufficient for accurate predictions of poverty over time.

Linear Regression Models. --- Machine Learning. --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth. --- Poverty Monitoring and Analysis. --- Poverty Reduction. --- Poverty. --- Prediction Methods. --- Random Forest. --- Rural Poverty Reduction. --- Science and Technology Development. --- Statistical and Mathematical Sciences. --- Tracking Poverty.

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Over the past few decades, global warming and climate change have impacted the hydrologic cycle. Many models have been developed to simulate hydrologic processes. Obtaining accurate climatic data on local/meso, and global scales is essential for the realistic simulation of hydrologic processes. However, the limited availability of climatic data often poses a challenge to hydrologic modeling efforts. Hydrologic science is currently undergoing a revolution in which the field is being transformed by the multitude of newly available data streams. Historically, hydrologic models that have been developed to answer basic questions about the rainfall–runoff relationship, surface water, and groundwater storage/fluxes, land–atmosphere interactions, have been optimized for previously data-limited conditions. With the advent of remote sensing technologies and increased computational resources, the environment for water cycle researchers has fundamentally changed to one where there is now a flood of spatially distributed and time-dependent data. The bias in the climatic data is propagated through models and can yield estimation errors. Therefore, the bias in climatic data should be removed before their use in hydrologic models. Climatic data have been a core component of the science of hydrology. Their intrinsic role in understanding and managing water resources and developing sound water policies dictates their vital importance. This book aims to present recent advances concerning climatic data and their applications in hydrologic models.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- statistical weather generator --- stochastic process --- Diyala River basin --- Wilks’ technique --- hydrological models --- rainfall --- surface runoff --- linear regression models --- curve number --- SCS.CN model --- mulching --- wildfire --- prescribed fire --- n/a --- CHIRPS --- GPM-IMERG --- rainfall data scarcity --- agro-hydrology --- Rift Valley Lake Basin --- hydrological research basin --- precipitation --- temperature --- long-term trends --- climate change --- evapotranspiration --- groundwater recharge --- thresholds --- seasonality --- spatiotemporal variations --- regional-scale --- long-term --- HydroBudget model --- cold and humid climates --- Quebec (Canada) --- tank cascade system --- dry zone --- water governance --- flood control --- traditional knowledge --- community participation --- Sri Lanka --- Wilks' technique

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This book is a compilation of original research articles that apply a variety of techniques to identify and evaluate water resource management policies. These papers cover a wide range of topics and methodologies applied across the world, from a local to a continental scope. They illustrate open challenges in water resource management, such as the quantitative assessment of policy impacts, trade-off analyses, understanding the water–energy–food–environment nexus, collaborative model development, stakeholder engagement, formalizing social interactions, or improving the theoretical understanding of complex adaptive systems. Therefore, this book is a representation of research areas that have emerged from the origins of water resource systems analysis, seeking to improve the way in which water policy is formulated and implemented.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- climate change --- water resources --- water availability --- uncertainty --- WAAPA model --- Western Europe --- water quality --- background pollutants --- export coefficient model --- chemical oxygen demand --- ammonia nitrogen --- water resource accessibility --- spatial pattern --- coupling coordination degree --- water resource management --- Southwest China --- pump efficiency --- water distribution systems --- water supply systems --- optimization --- design policies --- design --- BMPs --- Revised GWLF --- NSGAII --- hydrological dam safety --- initial reservoir level --- maximum conservation level --- water conservation volume --- flood control volume --- yield reliability --- regular operation --- stochastic methodology --- water management --- resources --- system dynamics --- drought management --- drought impacts --- urban public services --- inter-administrative cooperation --- border studies --- internal borders --- river municipalities --- freshwater health --- river chief system --- ecological integrity --- social services --- water governance --- national standard --- risk assessment --- water-saving --- set pair analysis --- China --- fluvial ecosystems --- hydropeaking --- InSTHAn tool --- short-term flow regimes --- subdaily flows --- sustainable river management --- droughts --- hydrological risk --- agri-food sector --- event study --- financial markets --- BOVESPA --- stormwater --- industrial facilities --- run off --- self-reported data --- multifunctional water source area --- ecotourism, people with different stakeholders --- balanced decision-making --- sponge city --- fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method --- water resource carrying capacity --- gray correlation analysis --- multiple linear regression models --- water environment capacity --- reservoir performance --- water resources systems --- participatory modeling --- river basin planning --- watershed management --- water scarcity --- water conflicts --- Robust Decision Support --- WEAP --- Integrated Water Resources Management --- Bolivia --- n/a

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This book is a compilation of original research articles that apply a variety of techniques to identify and evaluate water resource management policies. These papers cover a wide range of topics and methodologies applied across the world, from a local to a continental scope. They illustrate open challenges in water resource management, such as the quantitative assessment of policy impacts, trade-off analyses, understanding the water–energy–food–environment nexus, collaborative model development, stakeholder engagement, formalizing social interactions, or improving the theoretical understanding of complex adaptive systems. Therefore, this book is a representation of research areas that have emerged from the origins of water resource systems analysis, seeking to improve the way in which water policy is formulated and implemented.

climate change --- water resources --- water availability --- uncertainty --- WAAPA model --- Western Europe --- water quality --- background pollutants --- export coefficient model --- chemical oxygen demand --- ammonia nitrogen --- water resource accessibility --- spatial pattern --- coupling coordination degree --- water resource management --- Southwest China --- pump efficiency --- water distribution systems --- water supply systems --- optimization --- design policies --- design --- BMPs --- Revised GWLF --- NSGAII --- hydrological dam safety --- initial reservoir level --- maximum conservation level --- water conservation volume --- flood control volume --- yield reliability --- regular operation --- stochastic methodology --- water management --- resources --- system dynamics --- drought management --- drought impacts --- urban public services --- inter-administrative cooperation --- border studies --- internal borders --- river municipalities --- freshwater health --- river chief system --- ecological integrity --- social services --- water governance --- national standard --- risk assessment --- water-saving --- set pair analysis --- China --- fluvial ecosystems --- hydropeaking --- InSTHAn tool --- short-term flow regimes --- subdaily flows --- sustainable river management --- droughts --- hydrological risk --- agri-food sector --- event study --- financial markets --- BOVESPA --- stormwater --- industrial facilities --- run off --- self-reported data --- multifunctional water source area --- ecotourism, people with different stakeholders --- balanced decision-making --- sponge city --- fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method --- water resource carrying capacity --- gray correlation analysis --- multiple linear regression models --- water environment capacity --- reservoir performance --- water resources systems --- participatory modeling --- river basin planning --- watershed management --- water scarcity --- water conflicts --- Robust Decision Support --- WEAP --- Integrated Water Resources Management --- Bolivia --- n/a