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Assessing the Usefulness of Vulnerability Assessments and Other Science-based Tools in Climate Adaptation

Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation in the Great Basin: A Policy Perspective on Resource Managers and the Use of Science in Decision Making (Funded Jointly by the Northwest CSC and Southwest CSC)
Principal Investigator
Eric Lindquist

Dates

Start Date
2014-07-01
End Date
2017-03-17
Release Date
2014

Summary

This project aimed to contribute to effective decision making in the region for the scientific community and general public. Resource managers in the Great Basin are dealing with significant questions regarding how best to make decisions in the natural and human systems in response to climate change. Vulnerability assessments and other tools are used for climate change adaptation, but their effectiveness is not widely understood or examined. Assessing these tools for their utility and for their ability to translate science into accessible and available information for users, including the general public, is critical for the future viability and sustainability of the Great Basin. This project applied social and policy methods to these [...]

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Contacts

Principal Investigator :
Eric Lindquist
Funding Agency :
Northwest CSC, Southwest CSC
Co-Investigator :
Shawn Benner
Cooperator/Partner :
Mark Brunson, Matt Germino, Todd Hopkins, Richard Klein, Denise Lach, Stephanie Witt, Tamara Wall
CMS Group :
Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASC) Program

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NW-SW-2014-1_SunflowerFlats_Wildflowers_GreatBasin_ShanellOwen_FWS.jpg
“Sunflower Flats wildflowers, Great Basin - Credit: Shanell Owen, USFWS” 		thumbnail 155.56 KB image/jpeg

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typeTechnical Summary
valueThe availability and use of climate science for decision making involves a complex dynamic between science provider and potential user. This research will focus on the Great Basin region of the Western United States and develop a comprehensive understanding of the use of climate science in the region, the availability and utility of vulnerability assessments (VAs) for decision makers, and the science and information gaps that continue to exist. This proposal directly addresses the North West Climate Science Center Agenda Theme 4: Vulnerability and Adaptation. The availability of VAs and similar tools are growing and range in type from general and conceptual frameworks, scenario planning, to more advanced index based tools. The increased availability of tools and problems with their use makes the research proposed here timely. Social and policy science perspectives and methods (interviews, surveys, case studies) are applied on the use and understanding of science in this region in regard to climate change and non-climate change stressors. Annual reports, white papers and professional publications will be produced and methods and results will be generalizable beyond the study area. An extensive array of collaborators have agreed to provide contacts and insights into the study area and issues.
typeGrant Award Number
valueG14AP00097
projectStatusCompleted

Budget Extension

annualBudgets
year2014
fundingSources
amount42470.0
sourceNW CSC
amount20000.0
sourceSW CSC
totalFunds62470.0
year2015
fundingSources
amount28041.0
sourceNW CSC
amount20000.0
sourceSW CSC
totalFunds48041.0
totalFunds110511.0

Sunflower Flats wildflowers, Great Basin - Credit: Shanell Owen, USFWS
Sunflower Flats wildflowers, Great Basin - Credit: Shanell Owen, USFWS

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Type Scheme Key
RegistrationUUID NCCWSC 98602879-8ac6-4334-9963-12f2652c185a
StampID NCCWSC NW13-LE748

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nameResponse of Physical Systems to Climate Change
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nameResponse of Biological Systems to Climate Change
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nameVulnerability and Adaptation
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number5
nameMonitoring and Observation Systems
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nameData, Infrastructure, Analysis, and Modeling
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number7
nameCommunication of Science Findings
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nameNorthwest CSC Agenda
urlhttp://www.doi.gov/csc/northwest/upload/NW-CSC-Science-Agenda-2012-2015.pdf

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