Under increasing environmental and financial constraints, ecologists are faced with making
decisions about dynamic and uncertain biological systems. To do so, stochastic dynamic …

Sea level rise and an increased frequency and severity of storm surge events due to climate
change are likely to increase the susceptibility of low lying coastal areas to seawater …

The challenges currently facing resource managers are large-scale and complex, and
demand new approaches to balance development and conservation goals. One approach …

Sea-level rise poses major challenges to coastal land uses, and therefore to urban planning
processes. In theory, if done well, urban planning can lead to responses to sea-level rise …

As natural resource management agencies and conservation organizations seek guidance
on responding to climate change, myriad potential actions and strategies have been …

Adaptive management is an approach for simultaneously managing and learning about
natural resources, by acknowledging uncertainty and seeking to reduce it through the …

Scenario planning is a technique used to inform decision-making under uncertainty, and is
increasingly applied in the field of climate change adaptation and policy. This paper …

Managing resources under climate change is a high-stakes and daunting task, especially
because climate change and associated complex biophysical responses engender …

Determining the best management actions is challenging when critical information is
missing. However, urgency and limited resources require that decisions must be made …

This paper introduces and summarizes a series of articles on the potential impacts of sea
level rise on Florida's natural and human communities and what might be done to reduce …