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This paper describes the use of a Decision Space Visualization (DSV) that condenses model results to tackle complex water management challenges, drawing on case studies in Bolivia and California.
Each actor evaluating potential management strategies brings her/his own distinct set of objectives to a complex decision space of system uncertainties. The diversity of these objectives and uncertainties requires detailed and rigorous analyses that respond to multifaceted challenges. The utility of this information depends on the accessibility of scientific information to decision makers.
This paper demonstrates data visualization tools for presenting scientific results to decision makers in two case studies, La Paz/El Alto, Bolivia, and Yuba County, California. Visualization output from the case studies combines spatiotemporal, multivariate and multirun/multiscenario information to produce information corresponding to the objectives and uncertainties described by key actors. These tools can manage complex data and distill scientific information into accessible formats.
Using the visualizations, scientists and decision-makers can navigate the decision space and potential objective trade-offs to facilitate discussion and consensus-building. These efforts can help identify stable negotiated agreements between different stakeholders.
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Journal article / The authors explore early classical writing from Plato and Aristotle to find a new approach to water resource planning and decision-making.
Project / SEI is developing the Shasta River Water Allocation Model to help evaluate potential management actions in the watershed under the California Water Action Plan.
Perspective / Research from SEI and ACTO shows how a new declaration can be strengthened to protect this tropical rainforest, in South America and beyond.
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