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This page gives information on, and materials resulting from completed workshops organized and run by the Aberdeen GLP Nodal Office on Integration and Modelling.
2008
Workshop 1 - February 28th to March 2nd
Workshop 2 - July 17th to 19th
FRESH Workshop October 27th - 29th
FRESH 'Framing Ecosystem Services and Human Well being'
FRESH are a series of seminars funded by NERC which discuss ecosystem services and human well-being. The GLP are supporting this seminar series. The Aberdeen FRESH workshop was held at Douneside House in Tarland from the 27th - 29th October 2008. The topic of the event was 'Ecosystem services and sustainable communities'. During the workshop participants visited two communities in NE Scotland. Tarland and Finzean. We are very grateful to The MacRobert Trust and Birse Community Trust for hosting the trips for us.
For more information about the FRESH seminar series, visit the FRESH homepage at the University of Nottingham.
Outputs
Presentations
| Presenter | File size |
|---|---|
| Simon Langan | Langan_3,314KB |
| Dick Birnie | Binie_388KB |
| Richard Aspinall | Aspinall_5,224KB |
| Jake Morris and Liz O'Brien | Morris_&_O'Brien_1,731KB |
Post Workshop Report
Coming soon
Workshop 1. 'The design of integrative models of natural and social systems in land change science'
BackgroundThis workshop was held from February 28th to March 2nd 2008 at The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, UK. The workshop was organised in recognition of the increasing need to model the coupled human environment for example for climate and global change initiatives that require projections that account for the biophysical and human dimensions of land change and their associated interactions.
The workshop brought together researchers who have designed and are working with, integrative models, and natural and social system modellers who are interested in taking an integrative approach in the future. The aim was to take a broad overview of where the land change community is today in terms of integrative models of natural and social systems and to provide an opportunity for land use modellers working at different scales with different remits and approaches to discuss commonalities and differences.
Field Trip
The first day of the workshop involved a field trip to the Royal Deeside area entitled 'Connecting land use in Scotland to the rest of the world through a glass of whisky'. The field trip was led by Dick Birnie of the Macaulay Institute and introduced some local land use issues in NE Scotland in terms of their global and local connections. Stewart Adamson and Donald Renwick from the Royal Lochnagar Distillery
Sessions
The workshop was divided into 3 sessions
- What are we trying to model?
- Which modelling approaches should we take and why?
- What should the design of an effective integrated model include?
Outputs
Pre-workshop booklet (CLICK HERE to download 1,148KB)
Post-Workshop report (CLICK HERE)
Abstracts and Presentations
| Presenter | Abstract (pdf) | Power Point (pdf) | Video |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session 1. | |||
| Richard Aspinall | Aspinall_15KB | Aspinall_510KB | Video |
| Dan Brown | Brown_15KB | Brown_820KB | Video |
| Elena Irwin | Irwin_15KB | Irwin_2114KB | Video |
| Pete Smith | Smith_16KB | Smith_1709KB | Video |
| Session 2. | |||
| Dawn Parker | Parker_15KB | Parker_676KB | Video |
| Thomas Berger | Berger_16KB | Berger_1485KB | Video |
| Session 3. | |||
| Helmut Haberl | Haberl_18KB | Video | |
| Rüdiger Schaldach | Schaldach_14KB | Schaldach_582KB | Video |
Workshop 2. 'Data and model integration for coupled models of land use change'
Background
The Global Land Project Nodal Office on Integration and Modelling held its second workshop on July 17th – 19th 2008 at The Burn House, Glenesk, Aberdeenshire. Integrated models of land systems require a variety of data to drive them. Data can be for different spatial and temporal scales (from the global to the local) and record different aspects of the land system (socio-economic, biophysical etc.). This workshop explored some of the issues that arise when using different data types and sources in integrated models of land systems. The workshop was attended by 15 scientists from 9 different countries. For more information, see the workshop pre- and post-reports and the power points and videos below.
Sessions
The workshop was divided into 5 sessions
- Data sources and issues
- Using data sets of different scales, merging, scaling and aggregation issues
- Collecting data for modelling
- Data infrastructures and architecture
- Ethical issues and data protection, environmental data and socio-economic data
Outputs
Pre-workshop booklet (CLICK HERE)
Post-Workshop report (CLICK HERE)
Abstracts and Presentations
| Presenter | Power Point (pdf) | Video |
| Session 1. | ||
| Heiko Balzter | Balzter_2,016KB | Video |
| Shawn Bucholtz | Bucholtz _2,274KB | Video |
| Session 2. | ||
| Nicolas Dendonker | Dendonker_1,721KB | Video |
| Tom Veldkamp | Veldkamp_2,257KB | Video |
| Randall Boone | Boone_2,998KB | Video |
| Session 3. | ||
| Suzi Kerr | Kerr_192KB | Video |
| Odunuga Shakirundeen | Shakirundeen_726KB | Video |
| Kees Klein Goldewijk | Video | |
| Session 4. | ||
| Karlheinz Erb | Erb_2,024KB | Video |
| Richard Aspinall | ||
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