Best practices for conceptual modelling in environmental planning and management |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia;2. Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA;3. Universita'' Ca'' Foscari di Venezia and Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, Venezia, Italy;4. International Water Centre, Brisbane, Australia;5. University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands;6. University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia;1. Instituto Plan Agropecuario, Br Artigas 3802, Montevideo 11700, Uruguay;2. Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de la República, Julio Herrera y Reissig 565, Montevideo 11300, Uruguay;3. CIRAD, UPR Green, Montpellier, France & PUC-Rio, LES Laboratory, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;1. Faculty of Architecture La Cambre Horta, Université libre de Bruxelles, Place Eugène Flagey 19, 1050 Brussels, Belgium;2. Department of Civil Engineering and Management, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands;1. Graduate Program in Ecology & Evolution, and Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA;2. Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA;1. Environmental Hydraulics Institute “IH Cantabria”, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain;2. Griffith Centre for Coastal Management, Griffith University, Australia;1. IESEG School of Management, Paris, France;2. University of Lille, Lille, France;3. CIRAD, Umr SELMET Livestock Systems in Tropical and Mediterranean Areas, Montpellier, France;4. CIRAD, Group on Agro-Environmental Impacts and Services, Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, France;5. PPZS, Group on Pastoral Systems and Dry Lands, Dakar, Senegal;6. CNRS-LEM, Lille Economie et Management, Lille, France;1. CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Australia;2. Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Australia;3. School of Earth and Geographical Sciences at the University of Western Australia, Australia;4. Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute, Australia;5. CSIRO Digital Productivity, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Conceptual modelling is used in many fields with a varying degree of formality. In environmental applications, conceptual models are used to express relationships, explore and test ideas, check inference and causality, identify knowledge and data gaps, synchronize mental models and build consensus, and to highlight key or dominant processes. Due to their sometimes apparent simplicity, development and use of a conceptual model is often an attractive option when tackling an environmental problem situation. However, we have experienced many examples where conceptual modelling has failed to effectively assist in the resolution of environmental problems. This paper explores development and application of conceptual modelling to environmental problems, and identifies a range of best practices for environmental scientists and managers that include considerations of stakeholder participation and trust, model development and representation, integration of different and disparate conceptual models, model maturation, testing, and transition to application within the problem situation. |
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| Keywords: | Conceptual modelling Participatory modelling Model formalism Model representation |
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