TY - GEN
T1 - Linking catchment environmental planning to on-ground investment
T2 - 4th Biennial Meeting of International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software: Integrating Sciences and Information Technology for Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, iEMSs 2008
AU - Herron, N. F.
AU - Barrett, T. W.
AU - Cuddy, S. M.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The Site and Catchment Resource Planning and Assessment (SCaRPA) decision support system (DSS) has been developed for use by Catchment Management Authorities (CMA) in New South Wales, Australia to assist with catchment planning and environmental investment decision-making. The catchment planning module can be used to set targets for environmental outcomes and broad priorities for investment, using multicriteria assessment and prioritisation tools, scenario building functions and environmental assessment models. Outputs from catchment planning can then be used to set the criteria for environmental incentives funding programs in the site-scale module, and the targeting of investment to key areas. Site-scale models are run to evaluate landholder proposals to undertake environmental works, and the results ranked by benefit-cost ratio to maximise environmental return on investment. When coupled with a well-planned monitoring and evaluation program, the SCaRPA DSS can contribute significantly to an adaptive management framework, in which site-scale investment decisions are informed by a catchment plan, which in turn is informed by progress towards management outcomes and resource condition targets through time via investment in environmental works. This paper describes the SCaRPA DSS and its intended use.
AB - The Site and Catchment Resource Planning and Assessment (SCaRPA) decision support system (DSS) has been developed for use by Catchment Management Authorities (CMA) in New South Wales, Australia to assist with catchment planning and environmental investment decision-making. The catchment planning module can be used to set targets for environmental outcomes and broad priorities for investment, using multicriteria assessment and prioritisation tools, scenario building functions and environmental assessment models. Outputs from catchment planning can then be used to set the criteria for environmental incentives funding programs in the site-scale module, and the targeting of investment to key areas. Site-scale models are run to evaluate landholder proposals to undertake environmental works, and the results ranked by benefit-cost ratio to maximise environmental return on investment. When coupled with a well-planned monitoring and evaluation program, the SCaRPA DSS can contribute significantly to an adaptive management framework, in which site-scale investment decisions are informed by a catchment plan, which in turn is informed by progress towards management outcomes and resource condition targets through time via investment in environmental works. This paper describes the SCaRPA DSS and its intended use.
KW - Catchment planning
KW - Decision support tool (DSS)
KW - Environmental investment
KW - Integrated assessment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84858314685&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9788476530740
T3 - Proc. iEMSs 4th Biennial Meeting - Int. Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software: Integrating Sciences and Information Technology for Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, iEMSs 2008
SP - 560
EP - 567
BT - Proc. iEMSs 4th Biennial Meeting - Int. Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
Y2 - 7 July 2008 through 10 July 2008
ER -