MEDIATION Project Briefing Notes 1-9: Methods Overview; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Robust Decision Making; Real Options Analysis; Portfolio Analysis; Multi-Criteria Analysis; Analytic Hierarchy Process; Social Network Analysis; and Adaptation Turning

The FP7 MEDIATION project has undertaken a detailed review of decision support tools, and has tested them in a series of case studies. It has assessed their applicability for adaptation and analysed how they consider uncertainty.

Author names:

MEDIATION-Project Team

Year:

2013

Publisher:

Mediation

Reference:

MEDIATION-Project Team. 2013. MEDIATION Project, Briefing Notes 1-9.

Geographical area:

Worldwide

Scale:

Worldwide

Policy areas considered:

General

Climate risks considered:

Sea level rise

Increased storminess

Higher average temperature

Heatwaves

Flooding & Precipitation

Water scarcity & droughts

Decision-Support Tools:

Cost-benefit assessment

Cost-effectiveness assessment

Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA)

Real Option Analysis (ROA)

Portfolio Analysis (PA)

Robust Decision Making (RDM)

Adaptive Management (Iterative Risk Management)