Guided Tour
Those involved in environmental and resource management will
always be confronted by more problems than there are time and
resources to address. Consequently, setting priorities and
allocating resources will remain one of the most difficult tasks
facing decision-makers.
- How can we do a better job of allocating scarce resources?
- How can we use the vast array of available data and
information to make the best choices with respect to priorities
and resources?
Regional Vulnerability Assessment (ReVA) is one way to pull
together the best available scientific information for use in
decision-making. This Environmental Decision Toolkit (EDT) is
designed to help people explore and understand the diverse
information available for a region and to provide them with some
insights into what can be done to protect or improve environmental
conditions.
A regional vulnerability assessment involves a number of steps.
This chart shows how the pieces fit together.
This guided tour:
- shows the different variables that can be used to assess
vulnerability ("Variables Used");
- shows some of the capabilities of the EDT for exploring
assessment questions ("Assessment Questions"); and
- illustrates how trade-offs can be evaluated
("Decision-making").
This guided tour will show you how
the ReVA tools can be used to:
- locate sensitive environmental resources;
- identify the stressors that threaten them; and
- envision how their spatial distributions might change over
time.
All of this information helps target risk management
activities.
After the guided tour, you can view the tutorial to learn more
about the different types of analyses that are possible. |