Transcript Bridging Perspectives by Coupling Data for Environmental Decision

www.climateconcerns.org
Voicing Concerns about
Regional Climate Change
and Community Vulnerability
along the Oregon Coast
Tim Nyerges, University of Washington
Dawn Wright, Oregon State University
Robert Aguirre, Robert W. Aguirre, PLLC
Tanya Haddad, Oregon Ocean and Coastal Management Program
Jeff Weber, Oregon Ocean and Coastal Management Program
Coastal Zone ‘09
Boston MA
Vulnerability Mapping
Project funded by NOAA-CPO-SARP:
• Phase 1. On-line elicitation of stakeholder
concern-indicators about climate change and
variability along the Oregon Coast
• Phase 2. Data compilation from Oregon
Coastal Atlas (www.coastalatlas.org) used for
vulnerability mapping of concern-indicators
• Phase 3. On-line deliberative mapping of
stakeholder vulnerability concerns-indicators
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From H-M Füssel and R. J.T. Klein (2006), “Climate change vulnerability
assessments: An evolution of conceptual thinking.” Climatic Change 75: 301-329.
Phase 1
From valued-concerns to indicators, creating…
stakeholder-driven database design
1. climate concern
-> keyword/phrase
2. keyphrase
-> category
3. category
hierarchy
-> path
4. concernindicator path
-> data unit
5. report
From concerns to indicators
Knowledge,
information,
& data
coupling
1. climate
concern ->
keyword
2. keyword
-> category
3. category
hierarchy
-> path
Stakeholder-driven database design
4. concernindicator
path -> data
Phase 2.
Database compilation in…
Phase 3. Deliberative Mapping
of Vulnerability Scenarios
Web interface for MapChat 2…to be integrated
Stakeholder created report
Regional Climate Change
and
Community Vulnerability
along the Oregon Coast
Compiled from all previous input
Conclusions
• Implementing online structured participation techniques
fosters shared understanding of complex problems such as
climate change indicator (database) design
(NRC 1996, 2005, 2009)
• Access to relevant data will undoubtedly be a major
challenge; but identifying data for stakeholder-elicited
indicators is a step toward operationalizing public concerns.
• Deliberative mapping tools show potential for…
“getting the right science, and getting the science right”
to support mitigation and adaptation policy making.
(NRC 1996)
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Thank you for listening!
Acknowledgement:
Research funded by the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, Climate
Program Office, Sectoral Applications
Research Program #NA07OAR4310410.
Project personnel are responsible for the
content and claims.