Exploring and Evaluating Scenarios for a River Catchment in Northern Australia Using Scenario Development,Multi-criteria Analysis and a Deliberative Process as a Tool for Water Planning |
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Authors: | Anna T Straton Sue Jackson Oswald Marinoni Wendy Proctor Emma Woodward |
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Affiliation: | 1.CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems,Parkville,Australia;2.CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems,Darwin,Australia;3.CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems,St. Lucia,Australia;4.CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems,Canberra,Australia |
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Abstract: | Water catchments worldwide are experiencing increasing pressure on the quantity and quality of ground and surface water resources.
Water managers are increasingly consulting community and stakeholder groups to ensure their decisions reflect the values and
preferences of water users. Growing tensions between different water users require the use of techniques that can enable stakeholders
to learn about each others’ positions and deliberate about the costs and benefits of alternative water allocation scenarios.
This paper describes the use of scenario development, a small group deliberative process (citizens’ jury) and multi-criteria
analysis to assist in water planning for the Howard River catchment in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia. Water planning
processes in the NT are in their infancy. As such, this research provides information about stakeholder preferences where
none was previously available and demonstrates the use of a new water planning tool. The research found that the process in
this case was most useful in providing information to stakeholders, dispelling some unhelpful myths about water use in the
catchment, and coalescing opinion about important criteria for assessing future options. |
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