Mapping the “worlds” – Organising
information for analysis.
SPICOSA WP13 – pilot training course: Gdansk 7th – 8th October, 2008
Science and Policy Integration for COastal Systems Assessment
Structure:
• Basic steps in SPICOSA approach.
• The SPICOSA DPSIR framework.
• The SPICOSA CATWOE model.
• The workshop case studies.
SPICOSA WP13 – pilot training course: Gdansk 7th – 8th October, 2008
Science and Policy Integration for COastal Systems Assessment
Basic steps in SPICOSA approach:
To understand the coast system we need to
seperate « bits » of the coast into different types
of categories (« worlds »).
Then we need to see what makes up a certain
world.
Then we need to look at the groupings or
interlinkages in the world.
Then we need to reassemble worlds; this should
give us a systems structure for the Gdansk
coast.
SPICOSA WP13 – pilot training course: Gdansk 7th – 8th October, 2008
Science and Policy Integration for COastal Systems Assessment
The coast is no different to a cuckoo
clock:
What is it the clock and mechanism
made of and how does it work?
Is the wood from sustainable forests,
is it recyclable?
The cuckoo is noisy in the night, and
wakes me up – can I switch him off?
How can we market it better so we sell
more and make more profit?
SPICOSA WP13 – pilot training course: Gdansk 7th – 8th October, 2008
Science and Policy Integration for COastal Systems Assessment
The coast is no different to a cuckoo
clock:
PHYSICAL: What is it the clock and
mechanism made of and how does it work?
ISSUE: Is the wood from sustainable forests, is it
recyclable?
USERS: The cuckoo is noisy in the night, and
wakes me up – can I switch him off?
INSTITUTIONAL: How can we market it
better so we sell more and make more profit?
SPICOSA WP13 – pilot training course: Gdansk 7th – 8th October, 2008
Science and Policy Integration for COastal Systems Assessment
Gdansk SSA is no different to a
cuckoo clock:
PHYSICAL: …..
ISSUE: ……..
USERS: …….
INSTITUTIONAL: ………
How can these categories be organised so that the information and
understanding can flow between them in a way so that the whole
system can be managed?
SPICOSA WP13 – pilot training course: Gdansk 7th – 8th October, 2008
Science and Policy Integration for COastal Systems Assessment
Exercises have identified issues
and some of the pieces that relate
to each issue. Some of the pieces
will be better known than others
– shape and content.
Can we identify the
links that will allow
the puzzle be built?
SPICOSA WP13 – pilot training course: Gdansk 7th – 8th October, 2008
Science and Policy Integration for COastal Systems Assessment
Pieces have
different sizes
and colours –
with different
influences and
importance.
SPICOSA WP13 – pilot training course: Gdansk 7th – 8th October, 2008
Science and Policy Integration for COastal Systems Assessment
Gdansk SSA is a complicated place with lots of
different people doing lots of different things.
Who are these people and
how are they linked to the
physical and issue bits?
• Can people be grouped?
• Which are linked to issue?
• What rules apply?
• How are rules applied?
SPICOSA WP13 – pilot training course: Gdansk 7th – 8th October, 2008
Science and Policy Integration for COastal Systems Assessment
One way to do this is a modification of the DPSIR method:
DPSIR
SPICOSA
Driver: An increase in salmon farming,
Human Activity: Fish farming is an HA and is an
human intervention in the function and structure of
natural systems.
Results in a …….
giving rise to.....
Pressure: from increasing loading with nutrients,
resulting in a shift in the …..
State: ecosystem (increasing nutrients,
phytoplankton, primary production),
Forcing: Nutrient loading implies an increase over
a ‘normal’ level,
which acts on ……
which may be diagnosed as an …..
System State: the situation at a specific time.
to bring about a …..
Response: a forced rate of change in the
ecosystem.
perhaps causing an …..
Impact: the ‘undesirable disturbance’ (e.g. harmful
algal blooms),
causing a …..
Impact: end-result in a cause-effect chain, with
direct consequences for users,
perhaps requiring a …..
Response: measures to mitigate the Driver and
Pressure
Policy Change: scenarios that policy makers could
use to make informed judgements on likely
outcomes of management choices.
SPICOSA WP13 – pilot training course: Gdansk 7th – 8th October, 2008
Science and Policy Integration for COastal Systems Assessment
CATWOE
– mnemonic of 6 characters needed to
explore functional relationship between stakeholders for
an issue.
C = Customers
stakeholders affected by a
transformation but not its control.
A = Actors
carry out transformations (policy &
decision makers).
T = Transformations
conversion of input to output to change
a system (policy to alter behaviour).
W = Weltanschauungh worldview giving context/justification
to T (future scenario of policy).
0 = Owners
stakeholders with power ad influence
to facilitate or block T.
E = Environment
features outside of human system.
SPICOSA WP13 – pilot training course: Gdansk 7th – 8th October, 2008
Science and Policy Integration for COastal Systems Assessment
• Previous meetings of the Gdansk SSA
have identified many of the pieces.
• The workshop will take 2 key issues that
have been identified:
• Regional development vs. Port development
• Tourism capacity
and explore if the SPICOSA DPSIR and
CATWOE can help to organise
information to discuss these issues.
SPICOSA WP13 – pilot training course: Gdansk 7th – 8th October, 2008
Science and Policy Integration for COastal Systems Assessment