The concepts and development of a participatory regional integrated assessment tool
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
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0165-0009 (print) |
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| Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Civil Engineering and the Environment |
| Item ID: | 75402 |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Mar 2010 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jun 2013 01:01 |
| Contributors: | Holman, I.P. (Author) Rounsevell, M.D.A. (Author) Cojacaru, G. (Author) Shackley, S. (Author) McLachlan, C. (Author) Audsley, E. (Author) Berry, P.M. (Author) Fontaine, C. (Author) Harrison, P.A. (Author) Henriques, C. (Author) Mokrech, M. (Author) Nicholls, R. J. (Author) Pearn, K.R. (Author) Richards, J. A. (Author) |
| Date: | September 2008 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/75402 |
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