A Driver Pressure State Impact Response (DPSIR) framework applied to an interdisciplinary coastal zone management workshop along the eastern Gulf of Thailand.

Ellen Hines1, Claudia Baldwin2, Christian Jones3, Rebecca L Lewison4, Scott Lieske2 and Murray Rudd5, (1)Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University, Tiburon, CA, United States, (2)University of the Sunshine Coast, Regional and Urban Planning, Maroochydore, Australia, (3)University of the Sunshine Coast, Faculty of Arts and Business, Maroochydore, Australia, (4)San Diego State University, Biology, San Diego, CA, United States, (5)Emory University, Environmental Sciences, Atlanta, GA, United States
Abstract:
The flexibility of the Driver Pressure State Impact Response (DPSIR) framework is demonstrated through application to the coastal zone of east Gulf of Thailand during an inter-disciplinary multi-cultural workshop comprised of participants (including practitioners) from south-east Asian coastal countries, North America and Australia in January 2015. The benefits of the framework as identified by participants included systematic and critical thinking, and identification of data gaps and other needs, such as capacity building. We use four case studies that highlight cross-border social-ecological challenges in Thailand and Cambodia to demonstrate: a) participant learning, b) individuality and flexibility of approaches (e.g. scales considered), c) participants’ feedback on its application, and d) its potential use to identify both data-gaps and low-hanging-fruit type actions.
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