Mapping Scenario Narratives: A Technique to Enhance Landscape-scale Biodiversity Planning

• Published in: Conservation and Society
• Main Authors: Carter, Oberon, Mitchell, Michael, Porfirio, Luciana, Hugh, Sonia, Lockwood, Michael, Gilfedder, Louise, Lefroy, E.C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Medknow Publications
• Subjects: spatial planning; alternative futures; scenario visualisation; landscape change; private land conservation; Tasmanian Midlands; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Griffith; Murdoch; Antarc*; Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/242801; https://doi.org/10.4103/cs.cs_15_121; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/242801/3/01_Carter_Mapping_Scenario_Narratives%253A_A_2017.pdf.jpg

Developing regional scenarios enables planners to engage land managers in discussions about the future, especially in contexts that are complex, uncertain and difficult to control. Richly-crafted qualitative narratives are an effective way to document future scenarios that integrate social, economic...