A Participatory Approach for Assessing Alternative Climate Change Adaptation Responses to Cope with Flooding Risk in the Upper Brahmaputra and Danube River Basins

25 Pages Posted: 19 Sep 2009

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Lucia Ceccato

School for Advanced Studies in Venice Foundation

Valentina Giannini

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)

Carlo Giupponi

Ca Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia; Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)

Date Written: September 17, 2009

Abstract

This work illustrates the preliminary findings of a participatory research process aimed at identifying responses for sustainable water management in a climate change perspective, in two river basins in Europe and Asia. The paper describes the methodology implemented through local workshops, aimed at eliciting and evaluating possible responses to flooding risk. Participatory workshops allowed for the identification of four categories of possible responses and a set of nine evaluation criteria, three for each of the three pillars of sustainable development. The main result of such activities consists in the ranking of broad response categories, to contribute to the orientation of the Brahmatwinn research project towards the identification of Integrated Water Resource Management Strategies (IWRMS) well grounded upon the issues and preferences elicited from local experts. The mDSS tool was used to facilitate transparent and robust management of the information collected through Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) and the communication of the outputs.

Keywords: Participatory process, Climate Change, Flooding Risk, Decision Support System, MCDA

JEL Classification: C61, Q01, Q54, Q56, Q58

Suggested Citation

Ceccato, Lucia and Giannini, Valentina and Giupponi, Carlo, A Participatory Approach for Assessing Alternative Climate Change Adaptation Responses to Cope with Flooding Risk in the Upper Brahmaputra and Danube River Basins (September 17, 2009). University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. 18_09, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1474608 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1474608

Lucia Ceccato (Contact Author)

School for Advanced Studies in Venice Foundation ( email )

Island of San Servolo
Venice, 30100
Italy

Valentina Giannini

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) ( email )

Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore
Venice, 30124
Italy

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Carlo Giupponi

Ca Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia ( email )

Cannaregio 873
Venice, 30121
Italy

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) ( email )

Corso Magenta 63
20123 Milan
Italy

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