Making sense of changing coastal systems: overcoming barriers to climate change adaptation using fuzzy cognitive mapping

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dc.contributor.advisorHickey, Kieranen
dc.contributor.authorGray, Stefan
dc.contributor.funderEnvironmental Protection Agencyen
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-21T11:45:22Z
dc.date.available2020-09-21T11:45:22Z
dc.date.issued2019-07
dc.date.submitted2019-07
dc.description.abstractThis thesis describes the role and value of Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping (FCM) in undertaking coastal climate change adaptation at the local scale, comparing FCM against existing, scenario-based adaptation methods in overcoming known barriers to adaptation. It describes the attributes and limitations of FCM as a modelling tool, exploring what must be accounted for in considering the use of FCM in mixed stakeholder settings where individual and group knowledge must be integrated to form a view of the system under study, discussing in some detail the facilitation strengths and weaknesses inherent to the method. These issues are then described via reference to case-studies in Ireland and Scotland, drawing inferences regarding the ease with which an FCM-based approach to adaptation might be substituted for orthodox, scenario-based adaptation. This is found to not only be feasible, but preferable, provided there is sufficient facilitation capacity on hand to manage the added complexity that FCM carries over simple narrative scenario development. Adding to the value that FCM offers in adaptation contexts, the thesis also explores its value as both a diagnostic tool for establishing what additional capacity building or data may be required by adaptation decision makers, and also as a tool for gauging the extent to which resilience gains (or losses) might be measured. Although FCM cannot be claimed to provide a robust objective measure of resilience gains or losses, it can nevertheless usefully illustrate to decision makers the strengths and limitations of their own understanding of the systems which they must manage. This is perhaps where the future of FCM-based systems analysis in support of adaptation may ultimately lie.en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationGray, S. 2019. Making sense of changing coastal systems: overcoming barriers to climate change adaptation using fuzzy cognitive mapping. PhD Thesis, University College Cork.en
dc.identifier.endpage255en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/10560
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity College Corken
dc.rights© 2019, Stefan Gray.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectClimate change adaptationen
dc.subjectModellingen
dc.subjectScenario analysisen
dc.subjectFuzzy cognitive mappingen
dc.titleMaking sense of changing coastal systems: overcoming barriers to climate change adaptation using fuzzy cognitive mappingen
dc.typeDoctoral thesisen
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD - Doctor of Philosophyen
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