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An Introduction to Tools for Climate
Adaptation Planning and Management
John Rozum EBM Tools Network
NatureServe
NOAA Coastal Services Center
What are tools?
Developed: 48.2%
Grassland: 5.0%
Agriculture: 0.8%
Forested: 2.6%
Scrub/Shrub:25.4%
Wetland: 1.3%
Barren: 0.6%
Open Water: 16.1%
Why bother
with tools?
• Tools don’t eliminate complexity but they can help deal with it
• Tools can: ▫ Help incorporate science into
decision making
▫ Help explore range of management scenarios and social and ecological outcomes
▫ Help you do things faster
Inventory
A Simplified Planning Process
Analysis Implementation Stakeholder
Input
Plan Development
Inventory
A Simplified Planning Process
Analysis Implementation Stakeholder
Input
Plan Development
Data acquisition &
management tools
Modeling &
analysis tools Monitoring &
assessment tools
Decision support
tools
Stakeholder
engagement
tools
But they can look like alphabet soup…
Our theory of geospatial tools:
The Simpson Scale*
Visualization
Tools
Web-based
Tools
GIS-based
DSTs Models Toolkits
*Apologies to:
Connecticut NEMO Program
Matt Groening
An Example of a Google
“My Maps” Application...
Starting Simple: Online Mapping and “Mashups”
Disclaimer: No real data was used in the creation of this
map. It is NOT for planning purposes, or really any purpose
whatsoever…
Starting Simple: Online Mapping and “Mashups”
Simulation Tools: CanViz
• Easy-to-use photo simulation
software
• Use local photos, with provided
tools and “objects”
• Best of all: ITS FREE!!!
• Online Training available: •Nov 16, 2011
•Dec 21, 2011 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EST)
www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast
Web-based Tools
SLR and Coastal Flooding Impact Viewer (NOAA CSC)
Geographic Focus: National
Coastal Resilience (The Nature Conservancy & Partners)
Geographic Focus: Regional/Local
(LIS, GOM, Florida Keys, Ventura
area in CA)
MarineMap (UCSB, TNC, EcoTrust)
Geographic Focus:
West Coast (CA, OR, WA)
For the Serious DIY: Toolkits
• Planning projects have diverse needs
and issues
• Generally not a single, one-size-fits-all
tool available
• Still, there are many tools that can
address parts of your needs, SO….
I built my toolkit in just
one weekend!
Linking groups of tools through an interactive process
gives the flexibility to address an almost unlimited
number of issues, with existing tools.
Toolkit Structure
Integration
Tool (Vista, CommViz)
Development
Tools -Planning
-Energy
-Infrastructure
-Forestry
Data and
Modeling
Tools -Geophysical Processes
-Ecosystem Processes
-Socioeconomic models
-Biodiversity
-Ecosystem Svcs
Conservation Planning Tools -Mitigation
-Land Allocation/Optimization
Planning Process/Stakeholder
Engagement
Integrated Planning for Resilient Communities
Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester, SC
Function:
Supports integrated hazard- and ecosystem-
based land use planning
Integrated Land-Sea Toolkit
Mission-Aransas NERR, TX
Function:
DST to assess the effects of urbanization on
water quality and biodiversity
Refuge Vulnerability Assessment Toolkit
VA, NV, CA
Function:
Cumulative effects assessment for wildlife
refuges and evaluate management
scenarios
Things to consider...
• Know what kind of analyses you need to guide
you in the planning process.
• Make sure the tool is integrated into your
planning process.
• Know the tools limitations.
• Understand data and technical needs of the
tools.
• Assess staff capacity to run and maintain.
• Do you need an external service provider?
• Ask lots of questions first. Seek out advice from
those with experience using tool.
• Maintain a healthy skepticism.
LiDAR + Aerial Imagery:
• Coastline inland to the 10m contour (and beyond where data is available) , inc. bays and estuaries
• OPC funded, collected by Fugro, contracted by NOAA CSC
2012:
• Create seamless onshore/offshore DEM with bathymetry data
• Offshore to the 3 mile state boundary
Data access:
• Feb 3 = All data will be served through NOAA’s Digital Coast http://www.csc.noaa.gov/
•Project contact: Sheila Semans [email protected]
CA Coastal Mapping Project
All Data Available through Digital Coast Feb. 3, 2012
Resources
•Visit www.ebmtools.org
•EBM Tools Online Database www.ebmtoolsdatabase.org
•NOAA CSC Digital Coast
•Tool Webinars
•Sign up for monthly updates and listserve
•Contact us about your interest in tools: [email protected]
Funding provided by the Packard Foundation