Résumé en anglais

Due to the disparity of interests associated with a shared resource, the political dimension of contemporary water management is an important factor in conflicts among stakeholders. In this sense, environmental decision-making takes place in a highly interconnected system, in which neither the decisional ramifications nor the complexity of its impacts, can be neglected. The Mediterranean Region is characterized by water scarcity. This problem is increasingly challenging human and more-than-human communities, developing the need of a dynamic support in complex decision-making processes. A Multi-Agent System approach and System Dynamics modelling can introduce unconventional alternatives that can combine physical and economical components, with the consequences of individual behaviors in the management of a common resource, namely water. The paper works on analysis carried out in the irrigation water management in the Apulia region and a case-based modelling approach is suggested.