Credit: Ayushi Kachhara NIWA 2018

Academic publication

Dilemmas of modelling and decision-making in environmental research

Allison AEF, Dickson ME, Fisher KT and Thrush SF (2018) Environmental Modelling & Software 99(Supplement C):147

Highlights

Critical analysis of two dilemmas that confound social-ecological modelling.
Wicked problems cannot be adequately addressed in disciplinary silos.
Simple inter- and transdisciplinary models can confront the two dilemmas.

Keywords

Wicked problems, Agent-based modelling, Post-normal science, Social-ecological systems, Shallow coastal systems

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