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REVA CLIENT PARTNERSHIPS
Citation:
Smith, E R. REVA CLIENT PARTNERSHIPS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 2003.
Impact/Purpose:
Provide regional-scale, spatially explicit information on the extent and distribution of both stressors and sensitive resources.
Develop and evaluate techniques to integrate information on exposure and effects so that relative risk can be assessed and management actions can be prioritized.
Predict consequences of potential environmental changes under alternative future scenarios.
Effectively communicate economic and quality of life trade-offs associated with alternative environmental policies.
Develop techniques to prioritize areas for ecological restoration.
Identify information gaps and recommend actions to improve monitoring and focus research.
There are two task objectives that reflect the work done by LCB in support of the ReVA Program objectives:
Provide information management, spatial analysis support, and data and information accessibility for the ReVA Program
Provide program management support, technology transfer, and outreach.
Description:
EPA's Regional Vulnerability Assessment (ReVA) program is an applied research program that is focused on the synthesis and presentation of existing environmental data and model results to inform multicriteria environmental decision-making through a comprehensive analysis of information on resource condition, sensitivity, and current and projected stressor distributions. To facillitate development of tools and information that can be used directly by decision-makers at levels ranging from regional EPA offices to local communities. ReVA has established a number of client partnerships. These partnerships provide feedback to the ReVA scientists developing tools, demonstrate the application of ReVA approaches and information in real-life decision-making, and start the process of technology transfer to the users.