NDLI: Climate change risk management: a Mental Modeling application

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Author	Bridges, Todd S. Kovacs, Daniel Wood, Matthew D. Baker, Kelsie Butte, Gordon Thorne, Sarah Linkov, Igor
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	The potential impacts of climate change are varied and highly uncertain, and pose a significant challenge to agencies charged with managing environmental risks. This paper presents a comprehensive and structured Mental Modeling approach to elicit, organize and present relevant information from experts and stakeholders about the factors influencing environmental risk management in the face of climate change. We present and review an initiative undertaken by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to characterize climate change challenges to USACE environmental risk management activities, and to identify gaps with respect to science, engineering, and organizational processes for addressing these challenges. By employing Mental Modeling, the research has characterized the influences of climate change on USACE environmental risk management, and aggregating recommendations from 28 experts. In addition, the study identifies the most important opportunities to improve organizational response to climate change, ranging from focused research and development of technical capabilities to broad paradigm shifts and systemic organizational improvements within the USACE environmental risk management programs. This study demonstrates that Mental Modeling is a useful tool for understanding complex problems, identifying gaps, and formulating strategies, and can be used by a multitude of organizations and agencies.
Starting Page	376
Ending Page	390
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	21945403
Journal	Environmentalist
Volume Number	33
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	21945411
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2013-09-03
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Climate change Mental Modeling Expert Model Environmental assessment US Army Corps of Engineers Risk management Risk communication Environment Environmental Management Sustainable Development Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology Environmental Economics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Environmental Science

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