Working with RIBASIM means applying a structured approach to river basin planning and management. This structured approach forms the basis for the working environment. In the design of this working environment, the user and the simulation process play a key role.  Various tools from the Delft Tools library are used:

• Case Management Tool (CMT) is an excellent tool to shape the structured approach. The working environment is a visualisation of the workflow diagram.

• Delft-GIS (Netter) software providing the user with essential features for a basin analysis which are not available in conventional GIS.

• Ods_View is a flexible tool for the presentation and export of time series results.

• The Case Analysis Tool (CAT) is a flexible tool to compare and evaluate the simulation cases.

• Scenarios for agriculture, population, land-use and climate change can be defined and selected in the interface.

• Measures and management actions (strategies, combination of measures) can be easily defined and selected in the interface.

Case Management Tool: workflow diagram

Delft GIS (Netter): interactive design of network schematization for Meuse River basin (Europe)

Overview of the RIBASIM/Delwaq modelling system