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Full-Text Articles in Engineering
Choosing A Fishery's Governance Structure Using Data Poor Methods, Cathy Dichmont, S Pascoe, Edward Jebreem, R Pears, Kate Brooks, Pascal Perez
Choosing A Fishery's Governance Structure Using Data Poor Methods, Cathy Dichmont, S Pascoe, Edward Jebreem, R Pears, Kate Brooks, Pascal Perez
Professor Pascal Perez
No abstract provided.
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: The Use Of Simple Agent-Based Models And Role-Play Games To Communicate Key Messages To Community Groups, Deborah Cleland, Rollan Geronimo, A Dray, Pascal Perez, Abigail Trinidad
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: The Use Of Simple Agent-Based Models And Role-Play Games To Communicate Key Messages To Community Groups, Deborah Cleland, Rollan Geronimo, A Dray, Pascal Perez, Abigail Trinidad
Professor Pascal Perez
The principal anthropogenic factors driving reef degradation have been known for years, if not decades. Overfishing, sedimentation and nutrient loads are just some of the key impacts of human activities in and around reef communities. Therefore, the future of reefs does not rely on generating new knowledge, but rather on implementing and integrating the knowledge we already have. This will require creating effective links between researchers, managers and communities to promote mutual learning, negotiation and collaborative action for reef management. Combining agent-based models and role-play games, through a technique known as Companion Modelling (ComMod), creates a dynamic and interactive setting …
Coupling Biophysical And Socioeconomic Models For Coral Reef Systems In Quintana Roo, Mexican Caribbean, Deborah Cleland, Jess Melbourne-Thomas, Craig Johnson, Pascal Perez, Jeremy Eustache, Elizabeth Fulton
Coupling Biophysical And Socioeconomic Models For Coral Reef Systems In Quintana Roo, Mexican Caribbean, Deborah Cleland, Jess Melbourne-Thomas, Craig Johnson, Pascal Perez, Jeremy Eustache, Elizabeth Fulton
Professor Pascal Perez
No abstract provided.
Providing Social Science Objectives And Indicators To Compare Management Options In The Queensland Trawl Planning Process, Cathy Dichmont, S Pascoe, E Jebreen, R Pears, Kate Brooks, Pascal Perez
Providing Social Science Objectives And Indicators To Compare Management Options In The Queensland Trawl Planning Process, Cathy Dichmont, S Pascoe, E Jebreen, R Pears, Kate Brooks, Pascal Perez
Professor Pascal Perez
No abstract provided.
Simkat: A Virtual Laboratory To Explore The Impact Of Climate Change Scenarios On The Western Australian Wheat-Belt, A Dray, S Asseng, Pascal Perez, S Charles, B Bates
Simkat: A Virtual Laboratory To Explore The Impact Of Climate Change Scenarios On The Western Australian Wheat-Belt, A Dray, S Asseng, Pascal Perez, S Charles, B Bates
Professor Pascal Perez
The northernmost part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef (MBR) runs along the eastern Yucatan peninsula (Mexico). Over two decades, sprawling coastal tourism development and over-exploitation of marine resources have considerably reduced fringing reef's ecological functions. SimReef is an interactive model designed to better understand the interactions between regional and local drivers strongly influencing the health of coral reefs. SimReef's development follows a collective design approach and an inductive process whereby dynamics are represented by data-driven relationships. Experts and stakeholders participate to the designing phase in order to help calibrating the model and to support a consensual validation of the results.
Simamph: An Agent-Based Simulation Model For Exploring The Use Of Psychostimulants And Related Harm Amongst Young Australians, Pascal Perez, Anne Dray, David Moore, Paul Dietze, Gabriele Bammer, Rebecca Jenkinson, Christine Siokou, Rachael Green, Susan Hudson, Lisa Maher
Simamph: An Agent-Based Simulation Model For Exploring The Use Of Psychostimulants And Related Harm Amongst Young Australians, Pascal Perez, Anne Dray, David Moore, Paul Dietze, Gabriele Bammer, Rebecca Jenkinson, Christine Siokou, Rachael Green, Susan Hudson, Lisa Maher
Professor Pascal Perez
Background: Computer simulations provide a useful tool for bringing together diverse sources of information in order to increase understanding of the complex aetiology of drug use and related harm, and to inform the development of effective policies. In this paper, we describe SimAmph, an agent-based simulation model for exploring how individual perceptions, peer influences and subcultural settings shape the use of psychostimulants and related harm amongst young Australians. Methods: We present the conceptual architecture underpinning SimAmph, the assumptions we made in building it, the outcomes of sensitivity analysis of key model parameters and the results obtained when we modelled a …
Small Town Water Governance In Developing Countries: The Uncertainty Curse, Magnus Moglia, Pascal Perez, Stewart Burn
Small Town Water Governance In Developing Countries: The Uncertainty Curse, Magnus Moglia, Pascal Perez, Stewart Burn
Professor Pascal Perez
lack of consideration of local circumstances and process requirements, and in particular inadequate involvement of affected stakeholders as well as inadequate cross-sectorial coordination. This is not surprising given poor organizational memory combined with decisions being made under time pressure and strict deadlines combined with little adaptive capacity. Additionally, information about the importance of process requirements and engagement is qualitative and as such is unfortunately often given secondary importance. To address this, we suggest a Risk assessment component as part of the project design phase based on Bayesian Networks (BNs) utilizing expert and local knowledge. This not only improves organizational memory …
Simreef: An Agent-Based Model To Address Coastal Management Issues In The Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Pascal Perez, A Dray, Deborah Cleland, Jesus Ernesto Arias-Gonzalez
Simreef: An Agent-Based Model To Address Coastal Management Issues In The Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Pascal Perez, A Dray, Deborah Cleland, Jesus Ernesto Arias-Gonzalez
Professor Pascal Perez
The northernmost part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef (MBR) runs along the eastern Yucatan peninsula (Mexico). Over two decades, sprawling coastal tourism development and over-exploitation of marine resources have considerably reduced fringing reef’s ecological functions. SimReef is an interactive model designed to better understand the interactions between regional and local drivers strongly influencing the health of coral reefs. SimReef’s development follows a collective design approach and an inductive process whereby dynamics are represented by data-driven relationships. Experts and stakeholders participate to the designing phase in order to help calibrating the model and to support a consensual validation of the results.
Participatory Risk Management Approaches For Water Planning And Management: Insights From Australia And Bulgaria, Katherine Daniell, Peter Coad, Irina Ribarova, Ian White, Nils Ferrand, Jean-Emmanuel Rougier, Alexis Tsoukias, Philip Haines, Natalie Jones, Albena Popova, Stewart Burn, Pascal Perez
Participatory Risk Management Approaches For Water Planning And Management: Insights From Australia And Bulgaria, Katherine Daniell, Peter Coad, Irina Ribarova, Ian White, Nils Ferrand, Jean-Emmanuel Rougier, Alexis Tsoukias, Philip Haines, Natalie Jones, Albena Popova, Stewart Burn, Pascal Perez
Professor Pascal Perez
Throughout the world, water management and planning issues are becoming increasingly difficult to handle, and there have been calls for more adapted approaches to aid the decision-making processes required for water planning and management. Participatory risk management approaches appear appropriate for such situations as they can be designed to increase collaboration and manage conflict, explicit uncertainties, andstructure complexity in more understandable forms. This paper will outline some insights and lessons learnt from the design and implementation of two different participatory risk management processes for water governance: avalues-based method based on the Australian and New Zealand Standard for Risk Management for …
Taking Participatory In Participatory Modelling Seriously, Y Maru, K Alexandridis, Pascal Perez
Taking Participatory In Participatory Modelling Seriously, Y Maru, K Alexandridis, Pascal Perez
Professor Pascal Perez
Over the last three decades participatory research processes have informed much international development and conservation work in developing countries. Public participation is also a growing legislative requirement in natural resource and environmental management in developed countries. So far, multiple participatory approaches have been formulated and applied in different contexts, including so-called participatory modelling methods. The latter have developed alongside a growing unease and fundamental critique of the participatory approaches and their theoretical underpinnings. One of the central themes running through the critique is the naivete with which complexities of power relations are assumed to be understood and addressed in participatory …
Participatory Assessment Of Water Developments In An Atoll Town, Magnus Moglia, Pascal Perez
Participatory Assessment Of Water Developments In An Atoll Town, Magnus Moglia, Pascal Perez
Professor Pascal Perez
Water development projects often fail, which represents a poor outcome given the limited progress against the Millennium Development Goals in providing people with adequate water and sanitation services. This may not be surprising given that water management has been identified as being in the complex system domain. According to the Cynefin framework, many traditional approaches are not suitable; but it suggests an approach based on the methods of probe, sense and respond. In line with this general framework, a participatory assessment methodology has been used to explore experiences in the atoll town of Tarawa in the Republic of Kiribati. After …
Are Drug Detection Dogs And Mass-Media Campaigns Likely To Be Effective Policy Responses To Psychostimulant Use And Related Harm? Results From An Agent-Based Simulation Model, David Moore, Lisa Maher, Christine Siokou, Rachael Green, Anne Dray, Rebecca Jenkinson, Susan Hudson, Gabriele Bammer, Pascal Perez, Paul Dietze
Are Drug Detection Dogs And Mass-Media Campaigns Likely To Be Effective Policy Responses To Psychostimulant Use And Related Harm? Results From An Agent-Based Simulation Model, David Moore, Lisa Maher, Christine Siokou, Rachael Green, Anne Dray, Rebecca Jenkinson, Susan Hudson, Gabriele Bammer, Pascal Perez, Paul Dietze
Professor Pascal Perez
Background Agent-based simulation models can be used to explore the impact of policy and practice on drug use and related consequences. In a linked paper (Perez et al., 2011), we described SimAmph, an agent-based simulation model for exploring the use of psychostimulants and related harm amongst young Australians. Methods In this paper, we use the model to simulate the impact of two policy scenarios on engagement in drug use and experience of drug-related harm: (i) the use of passive-alert detection (PAD) dogs by police at public venues and (ii) the introduction of a mass-media drug prevention campaign. Results The findings …
Climatic And Human Influences On Water Resources In Low Atolls, Ian White, Tony Falkland, Taboia Metutera, Eita Metai, Pascal Perez, Anne Dray, Marc Overmars
Climatic And Human Influences On Water Resources In Low Atolls, Ian White, Tony Falkland, Taboia Metutera, Eita Metai, Pascal Perez, Anne Dray, Marc Overmars
Professor Pascal Perez
Low, small islands have water supply problems amongst the most critical in the world. Fresh groundwater, the major source of water in many atolls, is vulnerable to natural and human-induced changes. Storm surges, droughts and over-extraction cause seawater intrusion. Settlements and agricultural activities can rapidly pollute shallow groundwaters. Limited land areas restrict freshwater quantities, which are especially vulnerable during frequent ENSO-related droughts. Demand for freshwater is increasing due to population growth and urbanisation. Water use for traditional crops often competes with water supplies for communities. This paper analyses the impact of frequent severe droughts on the quality and quantity of …