Paper Info
Title
Adapting To Climate Change - An Open Data Platform For Cumulative Environmental Analysis And Management
Abstract
The frequency of extreme weather events has accelerated, an apparent outcome of progressive climate change. Excess water is a significant consequence of these events and is now the leading cause of insurance claims for infrastructure and property damage.Governments recognize that plans for growth must reflect communities' needs, strengths and opportunities while balancing the cumulative effects of economic growth with environmental concerns. Legislation must incorporate the cumulative effects of economic growth with adaptation to weather events to protect the environment and citizens, while ensuring that products of growth such as buildings and infrastructure are resilient. For such a process to be effective it will be necessary for the private sector to develop and operate cumulative effect decision support software (CEDSS) tools and to work closely with all levels of government including watershed management authorities (WMAs) that supply environmental data. Such cooperation and sharing will require a new Open Data information-sharing platform managed by the private sector. This paper outlines that platform, its operation and possible governance model.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1007/978-3-319-21404-7_1
COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AND ITS APPLICATIONS - ICCSA 2015, PT I
Keywords
Field
DocType
Climate change, Open data, Environmental analysis, Cumulative effects, Software platform
Open data,Mathematical optimization,Climate change,Environmental resource management,Computer security,Computer science,Extreme weather,Environmental analysis,Cumulative effects
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
9155
0302-9743
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.35
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Donald D. Cowan158190.75
Paulo S. C. Alencar239345.89
F. M. McGarry3113.05
R. Mark Palmer410.68