Integrated assessment and modelling: Overview and synthesis of salient dimensions |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Integrated Catchment Assessment and Management Centre, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, The Australian National University, Building 48A, Linnaeus Way, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia;2. Centre for Planning, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup WA 6027, Australia;3. Water & Development Research Group (WDRG), Aalto University, Tietotie 1E, 02150 Espoo, Finland;4. School of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, Northcott Drive, Campbell, 2612 Canberra, Australia;5. Environmental Science Institute, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, USA;1. UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia;2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13699, USA;1. School of Science, Systems Analysis Laboratory, Aalto University, P.O. Box 11100, 00076, Espoo, Finland.;1. Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52f, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria;2. Center for Methods and Institute for Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany;3. Center for Economics and Innovation Research, Joanneum Research, Graz, Austria;4. MCI Management Center, Innsbruck, Austria;5. Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change, University of Graz, Austria;1. Andalusian Centre for the Assessment and Monitoring of Global Change, University of Almería, Ctra. Sacramento s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain;2. Oklahoma Biological Survey, University of Oklahoma, 111 E Chesapeake Street, Norman, OK 73019, USA;3. Department of Biology and Geology, University of Almería, Ctra. Sacramento s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain |
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| Abstract: | Integrated assessment and its inherent platform, integrated modelling, present an opportunity to synthesize diverse knowledge, data, methods and perspectives into an overarching framework to address complex environmental problems. However to be successful for assessment or decision making purposes, all salient dimensions of integrated modelling must be addressed with respect to its purpose and context. The key dimensions include: issues of concern; management options and governance arrangements; stakeholders; natural systems; human systems; spatial scales; temporal scales; disciplines; methods, models, tools and data; and sources and types of uncertainty. This paper aims to shed light on these ten dimensions, and how integration of the dimensions fits in the four main phases in the integrated assessment process: scoping, problem framing and formulation, assessing options, and communicating findings. We provide examples of participatory processes and modelling tools that can be used to achieve integration. |
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| Keywords: | Integration Integrated assessment Dimensions Integrated models Environmental modelling Integrated modeling |
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