Scaling in Integrated Assessment

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ISBN: 9789026519475 | 9026519478
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Containing a collection of papers prepared for inspired by the European Forum on Integrated Environmental Assessment's (EFIFEA) Policy Workshop on Scaling Issues in Integrated Assessment, held from 12 - 19 July 2000, this volume presents the broad range of scaling issues relevant in Integrated Evironmental Assessment. As such, it lays the foundation of further work in this important area of Integrated Assessement.

Acknowledgements	p. X
The Editors	p. X
The Contributors	p. XI
Foreword	p. XIII
List of Figures	p. XV
List of Tables	p. XVII
Introduction	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Setting the Stage	p. 1
About this Book	p. 2
Geographic Scaling Issues in Integrated Assessments of Climate Change	p. 5
How Scale Matters	p. 5
Basic Concepts	p. 6
Findings to Date	p. 8
Elements of a Coherent Story Line About How Scale Matters	p. 13
Operational Issues	p. 18
The Principal Alternatives	p. 18
The Principal Challenges	p. 21
Directions for Improving our Capabilities	p. 27
References	p. 29
Micro/Macro and Soft/Hard: Diverging and Converging Issues in the Physical and Social Sciences	p. 35
Abstract	p. 35
Acknowledgements	p. 35
Introduction and Overview	p. 36
Scales in the Social Sciences: Mixing Levels or What is the Difference?	p. 37
Scales in the Physical Sciences: the Climate System	p. 40
There is Nothing as Practical as a Good Theory	p. 43
The Differences that Make a Difference: Scales in Climate Change and Climate Impact Research	p. 45
Conclusions	p. 46
References	p. 47
Scale and Scope in Integrated Assessment: Lessons from Ten Years with ICAM	p. 51
Abstract	p. 51
Acknowledgements	p. 51
Introduction	p. 52
Lessons from Developing ICAM	p. 54
Questions, Scope and Scale	p. 56
Perceptions, Impacts and Adaptation	p. 62
Sea Level Rise Revisited	p. 65
Energy Markets and Technological Progress	p. 67
Scale, the Study of Climate Policy and its Evolution	p. 69
Conclusions on Scope and Scale	p. 71
References	p. 72
Scaling Issues in the Social Sciences	p. 75
Abstract	p. 75
Acknowledgements	p. 75
Introduction	p. 76
Scaling Terminology	p. 77
Context of Scale Issues in Social Research	p. 79
Scale Issues in Social Science Disciplines	p. 82
Scale Issues in Geography	p. 83
Scale Issues in Economics	p. 85
Scale Issues in Ecological Economics	p. 86
Scale Issues in Urban Studies	p. 87
Scale Issues in Sociology	p. 87
Scale Issues in Political Science and Political Economy	p. 89
Scale, Social Science Data Collection, Representation and Analysis	p. 93
Social Sciences Methods Addressing Scale	p. 96
Contextual Analysis	p. 96
Multi-Level Modeling	p. 97
Hierarchy Theory	p. 97
Modifiable Areal Unit Problem	p. 97
Scale, Social Science and Integrated Assessment Modeling	p. 98
Conclusion	p. 100
References	p. 101
Sustainability and Economics: A Matter of Scale?	p. 107
Abstract	p. 107
Acknowledgements	p. 107
Introduction	p. 108
Returns to Scale	p. 111
Industrial Districts in the World Economy	p. 114
Back to the Future	p. 116
Conclusion	p. 121
References	p. 122
Scales in Economic Theory	p. 125
Introduction	p. 125
Scales and Aggregation	p. 126
Space and Aggregation in Ecology	p. 128
Space and Aggregation in Economics	p. 129
Spatial Resolution and Emerging Patterns of Location Behaviour	p. 131
Does Spatial Resolution Matter in Scientific Disciplines that Deal with Space?	p. 131
Geography	p. 132
Regional Economics	p. 133
Conclusion	p. 136
References	p. 136
Scaling Methods in Regional Integrated Assessments: from Points Upward and from Global Models Downwards	p. 139
Acknowledgements	p. 140
Introduction	p. 140
Scaling Up Impacts	p. 141
Site-Driven Approaches	p. 141
Uniform Grid Approach	p. 145
Spatially Combined: Uniform Grids with Relational Soils	p. 148
Spatial Interpolation Approach	p. 154
Stochastic Space Approach	p. 158
Downscaling	p. 162
Overview of Methods	p. 162
Issues in Scaling Methods	p. 167
Input Data	p. 167
Technical Expertise	p. 167
Validation	p. 168
Uncertainty and Risk	p. 168
Stakeholder Participation	p. 169
Scaling Agents	p. 169
Conclusions	p. 170
References	p. 170
Strategic Cyclical Scaling: Bridging Five Orders of Magnitude Scale Gaps in Climatic and Ecological Studies	p. 179
Scaling Paradigms in Modeling Coupled Systems	p. 179
Ecological Responses to Climate Changes as Scaling Examples	p. 183
Scaling Analysis of Ecological Responses	p. 187
Integrated Assessment via Coupled Socio-Natural Systems Models	p. 193
Conclusions	p. 197
References	p. 198
The Syndromes Approach to Scaling	p. 205
Abstract	p. 205
Dealing with Global Change--The Scaling Problem as One Crucial Aspect of Complexity and Uncertainty	p. 205
Idealistic Deduction Versus Realistic Induction	p. 207
Syndromes II: Modelling, Spatial and Functional Scale of Validity	p. 216
Qualitative Differential Equations--Formalizing Coarse Functional Scales	p. 216
General Hazardous Functional Patterns and Detailed Local Case Studies	p. 221
The Extended Sahel HFP and Spatial Distribution of Time Behaviours	p. 227
Concluding Remarks	p. 230
Important Terms of the Syndrome Concept	p. 232
Symbols Used for the Graphical Representation of Qualitative Models	p. 232
References	p. 234
Polycentric Integrated Assessment	p. 237
Abstract	p. 237
Introduction	p. 238
The Decision Perspective	p. 238
Novel Approaches to Decision Making	p. 240
The Importance of Scales	p. 243
Environment Human Interactions Across Scales	p. 243
Climate Change and Water Resource Management from a Scaling Perspective in Time and Space	p. 245
Climate Change and Beyond	p. 248
Sustainable Management of Water Resources	p. 252
Societal Transitions and Lock-in Effects	p. 253
Market Based Institutions from Local to Global Scales	p. 255
Summary and Challenges for Integrated Assessment	p. 257
References	p. 259
Emergent Properties of Scale in Global Environmental Modeling--are There Any?	p. 263
Abstract	p. 263
Scales in Climate Change Impact Assessment	p. 264
Human-Environment Systems as Complex and Hierarchical	p. 267
Emergence: Real or Imagined?	p. 269
Hierarchical Emergence	p. 271
Self-Organization as a Dynamical Theoretical Basis for Scale-Related Emergence	p. 275
An Application to the Problem of the Vulnerability of the USA Agricultural Production System to Climate Change	p. 278
Emergent Properties, Vulnerability and Resilience of Land Use Systems with Environmental Forcing: the Case of Hurricane Mitch and Honduran Agriculture	p. 282
Are Issues of Scale and Surprise Connected?	p. 285
Conclusion	p. 286
References	p. 287
Complexity and Scales: the Challenge for Integrated Assessment	p. 293
Abstract	p. 293
Acknowledgments	p. 293
Introduction--The Epistemological Dimension of Complexity	p. 293
Holarchies, Non-Equivalent Descriptive Domains, and Non-Reducible Assessments	p. 296
Self-Organizing Systems are made of Nested Hierarchies and Therefore Entail Non-Equivalent Descriptive Domains	p. 296
Holons, Holarchies and Near-Decomposability of Hierarchical Systems	p. 300
The Epistemological Predicaments Implied by the Ambiguous Identity of Holarchies	p. 304
Bifurcation, Emergence and Scientific Ignorance	p. 307
Non-Reducibility (Multiple Causality) and Incommensurability	p. 312
Implications of Complexity and Scales on Integrated Assessment	p. 319
The Epistemological Predicament of Sustainability Analysis	p. 319
A New Conceptualization of "Sustainable Development": Moving from "Substantial" to "Procedural" Rationality	p. 321
Conclusion	p. 323
References	p. 324
Scaling in Integrated Assessment: Problem or Challenge?	p. 329
Introduction	p. 329
What is the Problem?	p. 330
Scaling in IA-Models	p. 331
Grid-Cell Based Modelling	p. 332
Cellular Automata Modelling	p. 333
Multiple-Scale Regression Modelling	p. 333
Scaling in IA-Scenarios	p. 334
Agents and Scale	p. 339
Uncertainty and Scale	p. 343
Is There a Solution?	p. 346
Conclusions and Recommendations	p. 350
References	p. 352
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