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A Set of Web-based Tools for Integrating Scientific Research and Decision-Making through Systems Thinking
Citation:
YEE, S. H., P. BRADLEY, E. D. JOHNSON, A. M. VEGA, J. BOUSQUIN, P. SHUBA, AND W. J. BERRY. A Set of Web-based Tools for Integrating Scientific Research and Decision-Making through Systems Thinking. Presented at Ecological Society of America 97th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, August 05 - 10, 2012.
Impact/Purpose:
To present a set of web-based tools for integrating scientific research and decision-making through the use of the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DSPIR) framework. By thinking about the whole system within a systems framework, scientists, stakeholders, and decision-makers can better anticipate how elements in the system are linked together.
Description:
Currently, many policy and management decisions are made without considering the goods and services humans derive from ecosystems and the costs associated with protecting them. This approach is unlikely to be sustainable. Conceptual frameworks provide a tool for capturing, visualizing, and organizing the connections among human decisions, the pressures that socio-economic factors create on the environment, and the potential consequences for provisioning of ecosystem goods and services. By thinking about the whole system within a systems framework, scientists, stakeholders, and decision-makers can better anticipate how elements in the system are linked together. We present a set of web-based tools for integrating scientific research and decision-making through use of the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework.