PA53B:
Valuing Tradeoffs in Natural Resources Using Geospatial Information I


Session ID#: 7978

Session Description:
The production and accessibility of geospatial information is changing from both technological advances and broader human participation.  New approaches are being developed to address the valuation and impacts of natural resources. These include the identification, design and measurement of indicators for natural resource changes and methodologies for interpreting and comparing indicators. This session will address the creation and monitoring of environmental indices and related methods of impact/benefit assessments.  This will include for example "stacking" indicators on top of one another and the identification, design, and measurement of a set of indicators overlaid on a unit of a natural resource. This session welcomes detailed discussion of the value of information in examples of decision support in which multiple sources of satellite and other geospatial data products are blended to produce actionable information. Examples include drought monitoring, weather forecasts, agricultural productivity projections, water and air quality monitoring, or forestry conservation and management.
Primary Convener:  Francoise Pearlman, FourBridges, Port Angeles, WA, United States
Conveners:  Molly Macauley, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, United States, Richard Bernknopf, University of New Mexico Main Campus, Albuquerque, NM, United States and Lawrence Friedl, NASA Headquarters, Earth Science Division, Washington, DC, United States
Chairs:  Richard Bernknopf, University of New Mexico Main Campus, Albuquerque, NM, United States and Molly Macauley, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Francoise Pearlman, Retired, Washington, DC, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • IN - Earth and Space Science Informatics
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

0480 Remote sensing [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0485 Science policy [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
6304 Benefit-cost analysis [POLICY SCIENCES]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

The Value of Information from a GRACE-Enhanced Drought Severity Index (Invited) (60947)
Yusuke Kuwayama1, Richard Bernknopf2, David Brookshire2, Molly Macauley3, Benjamin F Zaitchik4, Matthew Rodell5, Peter Vail3 and Alexandra Thompson3, (1)Resources for the Future, Washington, United States, (2)University of New Mexico Main Campus, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (3)Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, United States, (4)Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, (5)NASA GSFC HSL, Greenbelt, United States
Designing the Monitoring of Water-Related Sustainable Development Goals Based on Value of Information (85863)
Robert S Chen, Marc A Levy, Alexander M de Sherbinin and Alex Fischer, Columbia University, CIESIN, Palisades, NY, United States
The Value of High Resolution Forest Canopy Maps for Implementing Carbon Sequestration Programs in Maryland (Invited) (60899)
Molly Elizabeth Brown1, Phillip C Abbott2, Rachel Hittich2 and Ralph Dubayah3, (1)University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (2)Purdue University, Agricultural Economics, West Lafayette, IN, United States, (3)University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States
Net Resource Assessment (NetRA): A Collaborative Effort Between USGS Science and Decisions Center, the Science Impact Laboratory for Policy and Economics (University of New Mexico) and Sandia National Laboratory (Invited) (61057)
David Brookshire1, Richard Bernknopf1, Dadhi Ram Adhikari1, Christopher Babis1, Craig David Broadbent2 and Vincent Carroll Tidwell3, (1)University of New Mexico Main Campus, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (2)Brigham Young University – Idaho, Economics, Rexburg, ID, United States, (3)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Visualizing and Understanding Socio-Environmental Dynamics in Baltimore (73716)
Benjamin F Zaitchik1, Katie Omeara2, Seth Guikema3, Anna Scott4, Akane Bessho2 and Tom M Logan3, (1)Johns Hopkins University, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, MD, United States, (2)Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, United States, (3)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (4)Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
Utilizing Use Cases for Valuation of Geospatial Information  (82909)
Jamie Brown Kruse, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
Extending Value of Information Methods to Include the Co-Net Benefits of Earth Observations (82270)
Molly Macauley, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, United States
Enhancing Public Participation to Improve Natural Resources Science and its Use in Decision Making (83622)
Carl D Shapiro, USGS Headquarters, Reston, VA, United States, Pierre David Glynn, USGS, Reston, VA, United States and Sophia B Liu, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States

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