Adaptation Pathways: Planning for our uncertain WaterFutures

This last Tuesday 13th of August, a group of professional practioners with a responsibility for managing the future impacts of extreme weather events whilst balancing with the availability of water for everyday living got together to discuss the consequences of juggling multiple scenarios.

The event was held at at the new Education Precinct at QUT Kelvin where we were introduced to the recently installed digital sphere and adjacent data wall and appreciated first hand the role of visualisation as a way to better explore complex issues and spatial information arrays.

We learned and put into practice the Adaptation Pathways approach developed by Deltares that can enable a smart look into the future.  This approach supports  decision making under uncertainty using Adaptation Tipping Points and Adaptation Pathways in policy analysis.

The mix of participants allowed to focus on the Brisbane River and the recently explored the Strategic Floodplain Management Plan, the Oxley Creek and the Gold Coast Waterways.