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The concepts and development of a participatory regional integrated assessment tool

The concepts and development of a participatory regional integrated assessment tool
The concepts and development of a participatory regional integrated assessment tool
This paper provides an overview of the development of the ‘Regional Impact Simulator’ – a user friendly software tool designed to allow stakeholders to perform integrated assessments of the effects of climate and/or socio-economic change on the important sectors and resources of two contrasting UK regions. This includes the assessment of agriculture, water resources, biodiversity and coastal and river flooding. The tool arose from the need to further develop the methods applied in the earlier RegIS project, which was the first local to regional integrated assessment in the UK. The limitations of RegIS included very long run times, a limited number of simulations, incomplete linkages between models and no allowance for scenario uncertainty. Based upon the stakeholder needs identified within RegIS, a series of guiding principles were developed with Steering Committee stakeholders, which informed the concept of the ‘Regional Impact Simulator’ including functionality, appearance and complexity. An Integrated Assessment Methodology based upon the Drivers-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework facilitated the integration of multiple models, scenarios and datasets within the software interface. The development of the ‘Regional Impact Simulator’ provides a test-bed for further studies of stakeholder-led, regional, integrated assessment, and provides an opportunity to learn the many lessons in undertaking such studies
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Holman, I.P., Rounsevell, M.D.A., Cojacaru, G., Shackley, S., McLachlan, C., Audsley, E., Berry, P.M., Fontaine, C., Harrison, P.A., Henriques, C., Mokrech, M., Nicholls, R. J., Pearn, K.R. and Richards, J. A. (2008) The concepts and development of a participatory regional integrated assessment tool. Climatic Change, 90 (1-2), 5-30. (doi:10.1007/s10584-008-9453-6).

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This paper provides an overview of the development of the ‘Regional Impact Simulator’ – a user friendly software tool designed to allow stakeholders to perform integrated assessments of the effects of climate and/or socio-economic change on the important sectors and resources of two contrasting UK regions. This includes the assessment of agriculture, water resources, biodiversity and coastal and river flooding. The tool arose from the need to further develop the methods applied in the earlier RegIS project, which was the first local to regional integrated assessment in the UK. The limitations of RegIS included very long run times, a limited number of simulations, incomplete linkages between models and no allowance for scenario uncertainty. Based upon the stakeholder needs identified within RegIS, a series of guiding principles were developed with Steering Committee stakeholders, which informed the concept of the ‘Regional Impact Simulator’ including functionality, appearance and complexity. An Integrated Assessment Methodology based upon the Drivers-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework facilitated the integration of multiple models, scenarios and datasets within the software interface. The development of the ‘Regional Impact Simulator’ provides a test-bed for further studies of stakeholder-led, regional, integrated assessment, and provides an opportunity to learn the many lessons in undertaking such studies

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Published date: September 2008

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Local EPrints ID: 75402
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/75402
ISSN: 0165-0009
PURE UUID: fc2ef5e7-5831-4708-b8e4-2b528819883d
ORCID for R. J. Nicholls: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9715-1109

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Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:48

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Author: I.P. Holman
Author: M.D.A. Rounsevell
Author: G. Cojacaru
Author: S. Shackley
Author: C. McLachlan
Author: E. Audsley
Author: P.M. Berry
Author: C. Fontaine
Author: P.A. Harrison
Author: C. Henriques
Author: M. Mokrech
Author: R. J. Nicholls ORCID iD
Author: K.R. Pearn
Author: J. A. Richards

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