Adapting to climate change: A risk assessment and decision making framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems with declining water levels: Guidelines for use

Authors

• Jane Chambers
• Gaia Nugent
• Beate Sommer, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
• Peter Speldewinde
• Simon Neville
• Stephen Beatty
• Stacey Chilcott
• Stefan Eberhard
• Nicola Mitchell
• Frances D'Souza
• Olga Barron
• Don McFarlane
• Michael Braimbridge
• Belinda Robson
• Paul Close
• David Morgan
• Adrian Pinder
• Raymond H. Froend, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
• Pierre Horwitz, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
• Barbara Cook
• Peter Davies

Document Type

Book

Keywords

Australia, Western Australia, Swan Coastal Plain, Australian, Groundwater, Groundwater ecology, Environmental aspects, Environmental policy

Publisher

National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility

Faculty

Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School

School of Natural Sciences / Centre for Ecosystem Management

RAS ID

16905

Comments

Chambers, J., Nugent, G., Sommer, B. , Speldewinde, P., Neville, S., Beatty, S., Chilcott, S., Eberhard, S., Mitchell, N., D'Souza, F., Barron, O., McFarlane, D., Braimbridge, M., Robson, B., Close, P., Morgan, D., Pinder, A., Froend, R. H., Horwitz, P. , Cook, B., & Davies, P. (2013). Adapting to climate change: A risk assessment and decision making framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems with declining water levels. Guidelines for use. Gold Coast, Australia: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. Original book available here

Abstract

This document provides guidance on how to use a risk assessment and decision making framework (referred to hereafter as ‘the framework’) to manage groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs) with declining groundwater levels due to climate change, anthropogenic extraction, land use and land management.