Abstract
The following System — Dynamics model simulates the effects of a development aid to a certain project on social and economic sectors in a development country.
The project, which has been started in 1980, treats the damming up of the Mahaweli — Ganga in Sri Lanka. The advantages of this great project can’t be assessed applying only classical measures of yield.
Using System — Dynamics it is possible to analyse the effects of the project on sectors like the labour market, agriculture and the budget of Sri Lanka and to discuss changes of the values in this fields.
An improvement of the values of the 4.5 billion US$ project would create the foundation for further investments.
Moreover, the effects from the building of hotels and possible direct investments of foreign enterprises in Sri Lanka are to consider.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1989 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Lehmann, F., Lehner, T., Beckmann, J. (1989). A System — Dynamics Examination of the Effects of the Mahaweli — Project in Sri Lanka. In: Milling, P.M., Zahn, E.O.K. (eds) Computer-Based Management of Complex Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74946-9_44
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74946-9_44
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-51447-3
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-74946-9
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive