(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999-03)
Coffin, Sarah; Fath, Brian; Beck, M. B.; Norton, Bryan G.; Steinemann, Anne
This work focuses on the role of stakeholder involvement in water resources decision making. It builds upon a methodology developed for integrating stakeholder beliefs and preferences with scientific modeling of lake ecosystem processes, and is part of a larger study involving the application of integrated assessment models to water resource management. We identify four different management practices - means, ends, scenarios, and targeted scenarios -- and examine their strengths and weaknesses. This element of the project studies types of lake management at Lake Sidney Lanier. It also explores the benefits of stakeholder involvement in management of an impounded water source facing rapid development pressures. Inclusion of local community values into this modeling framework allows for a more place-based approach in the decision-making process.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999-03)
Fath, Brian; Beck, M. B.; Coffin, Sarah; Norton, Bryan G.; Steinemann, Anne
In this project, we develop a novel methodology for integrating stakeholder knowledge and preferences with a set of constituent hypotheses regarding basic biological, hydrological, and chemical ecosystem processes. Our approach, an extension of regionalized sensitivity analysis (RSA) - a method to determine the sensitivity of model parameters within a bounded rangelinks qualitative community values with quantitative scientific models. The result will be a general prototype mechanism for integrated assessment, which can inform policy recommendations for improving water quality in the case study, Lake Sidney Lanier.