The intensity and impact of anthropogenic climate change are uncertain, as are the costs and benefits of various policies to reduce 'greenhouse' gas emissions. The actors live in a world which can either fit or disagree with their perspective. This model use a heterogenous group of agents who make decisions based upon theory from social-psychology.
Agents differ in their needs and abilities.
The model is of farmer land-use decisions that impact a lake's water quality. Dependent on assumptions about the lake, and the farmers, the farmers use of phosphorus will behave differently. The farmers can choose between intensive of conservative practices. For most farmers, the intensive practises lead to more returns, but the resulting phosphorus will lead to an increase of phosphorus in water, mud and soils, which can lead to extreme conditions of eutrophication. Download Page Managing Malaria by Marco Janssen Malaria is a deadly mosquito transmitted disease that kills.