Tag: Kaveh Madani
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UC Davis Alumnus Kaveh Madani wins the 2026 Stockholm Water Prize
By Jay Lund . . . Professor Kaveh Madani of United Nations University has won this year’s Stockholm Water Prize, often known as the “Nobel Prize for Water”. (The official announcement is here.) “The Stockholm Water Foundation and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences recognise Professor Kaveh Madani for his groundbreaking research and global leadership…
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Using Game Theory To Encourage Cooperation in Levee System Planning
By Rui Hui, Jay Lund and Kaveh Madani Levees protect land from floods, but not perfectly. Different levees on a river often are controlled by different agencies or groups. A landowner on one riverbank sees the levee system differently from a landowner on the opposite bank or downstream. Each landowner, or elected levee board, is…