1.
Voicing Concerns about Regional Climate Change and Community Vulnerability along the Oregon Coast
Tim Nyerges, University of Washington
Dawn Wright, Oregon State University
Robert Aguirre, Robert W. Aguirre, PLLC
Tanya Haddad, Oregon Ocean and Coastal Management Program
Jeff Weber, Oregon Ocean and Coastal Management Program
Coastal Zone ‘09
Boston MA

2. Vulnerability Mapping
Project funded by NOAA-CPO-SARP:
Phase 1. On-line elicitation of stakeholder concern-indicators about climate change and variability along the Oregon Coast
Phase 2. Data compilation from Oregon Coastal Atlas ( used for vulnerability mapping of concern-indicators
Phase 3. On-line deliberative mapping of stakeholder vulnerability concerns-indicators

3.
From H-M Füssel and R. J.T. Klein (2006), “Climate change vulnerability assessments: An evolution of conceptual thinking.” Climatic Change 75:

4. Phase 1

5. From valued-concerns to indicators, creating… stakeholder-driven database design
1. climate concern -> keyword/phrase 2. keyphrase -> category 3. category hierarchy -> path 4. concern- indicator path -> data unit 5. report

6. From concerns to indicators
Knowledge, information, & data coupling 1. climate concern -> keyword 2. keyword -> category 3. category hierarchy -> path 4. concern- indicator path -> data
Stakeholder-driven database design

7. Database compilation in…
Phase 2.
Database compilation in…

8. Phase 3. Deliberative Mapping of Vulnerability Scenarios

9. Web interface for MapChat 2…to be integrated

10. Stakeholder created report
Regional Climate Change
and
Community Vulnerability
along the Oregon Coast
Compiled from all previous input

11. Conclusions
Implementing online structured participation techniques fosters shared understanding of complex problems such as climate change indicator (database) design
(NRC 1996, 2005, 2009)
Access to relevant data will undoubtedly be a major challenge; but identifying data for stakeholder-elicited indicators is a step toward operationalizing public concerns.
Deliberative mapping tools show potential for…
“getting the right science, and getting the science right”
to support mitigation and adaptation policy making.
(NRC 1996)

12. Thank you for listening!
Thank you for listening!
Acknowledgement:
Research funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Climate Program Office, Sectoral Applications Research Program #NA07OAR
Project personnel are responsible for the content and claims.