SIMPLE-G-US Model and Database for Local Groundwater Sustainability Policies and Global Spillovers
Recent computational advances have enabled economic analysis at fine spatial resolutions, known as gridded economic analysis. This approach incorporates numerous spatially heterogeneous locations, each with distinct economic and biophysical...
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Introduction
The SIMPLE Model, the Simplified International Model of agricultural Prices, Land use and the Environment, was developed for global analysis of sustainability and food security. Its gridded version, SIMPLE-G, is a model designed for multi-scale gridded economic analysis with focus on land, water, labor, and the environment. As detailed in the SIMPLE-G Book, the model captures interactions across regions, providing insights into resource use and policy impacts at fine spatial resolutions.
Acknowledgments
The model introduced here is a product of long-term collaborations. The idea behind the SIMPLE-G model is from Tom Hertel and Uris Baldos. Mark Horridge created the first pilot code in TABLO. His suggestions and guidance were invaluable in the computation of the model. Uris Baldos, Jing Liu, and Iman Haqiqi initiated the first SIMPLE-G models and databases. Multiple grants supported the development of the model introduced here. I acknowledge support from the United States Department of Energy, Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research Program, Earth and Environmental Systems Modelling, MultiSector Dynamics Contract DE-SC0022141; the National Science Foundation HDR award # 2118329: “NSF Institute for Geospatial Understanding through an Integrative Discovery Environment (I-GUIDE); and the United States Department of Agriculture AFRI Grant #2019-67023-29679: “Economic Foundations of Long Run Agricultural Sustainability”; and the National Science Foundation INFEWS award #1855937: “Identifying Sustainability Solutions through Global-Local-Global Analysis of a Coupled Water-Agriculture-Bioenergy System”.
References:
Haqiqi, Iman and Thomas W. Hertel (eds.) SIMPLE-G: A Gridded Economic Approach to Analysis of Sustainability of the Earth’s Land and Water Resources, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68054-0
Hertel, Thomas W. and Uris Lantz C. Baldos. Global change and the challenges of sustainably feeding a growing planet. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2016. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22662-0
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Model codes and database for Chapter 12 of the SIMPLE-G Book.