TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to present a new plan approach for optimal allocation water resources in social‐economic‐environmental complex system in order to achieve human and nature coordinated development.Design/methodology/approach– By integrating the system dynamics (SD) and multi‐objective programming (MOP), the new approach which is termed SD‐MOP model is proposed. The model is characterized by fully reflecting the initial trends of the system development, accurately explaining both of the structure and function of the system, objectively finding the sensible points of the system, and achieving the optimum solutions of the model, the according the solutions the optimal plan can be designed according practical situation.Findings– By applying SD‐MOP integrated model, the designed planning proposal can be guaranteed operable, available, and optimal level.Practical implications– SD‐MOP integrated model is a very useful support tool in optimal decision making.Originality/value– The new planning approach of SD‐MOP integrated model can be used in regional resources planning, especially in formulating sustainable development strategies. In addition, the model can be used to estimate the trends of the system development when the planning program has been implemented. VL - 39 IS - 8 SN - 0368-492X DO - 10.1108/03684921011063691 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/03684921011063691 AU - Zhang XueHua AU - Zhang Hongwei AU - Zhang Baoan AU - Liu Hongbo ED - Hejing Xiong ED - Mianyun Chen ED - Yi Lin PY - 2010 Y1 - 2010/01/01 TI - SD‐MOP integrate model and its application in water resources plan: a case study of Qinhuangdao T2 - Kybernetes PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 1384 EP - 1391 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -