Evaluating scenarios for the Howard catchment: summary report for workshop participants and stakeholders

This section of the larger project sought to trial social research and socio-economic decision support tools that can help explore and settle trade-offs between competing outcomes, an area about which little is said in the Water Act 1992 (NT).

A combination of methods was used to build understanding of the values, uses and issues for the Howard River catchment, explore the conflicts and potential trade-offs, and evaluate several scenarios for the future.

This report is primarily for the participants of the workshops and for stakeholders who were contacted throughout the workshop process. It is not a complete report of the project and does not cover a substantial amount of the findings from the literature reviews and stakeholder consultations. The full report is available for download (see below). 

Acknowledgements 

1. Executive summary 
2. Introduction
3. Summary of stakeholder consultations: values and issues for the Howard catchment
4. Workshop 1: Setting up the evaluation 
5. Workshop 2: Scenario evaluation
6. Findings and discussion
7. Where to from here?

References

Appendix A – Scenario narratives

Read the full report: Water resources of the Howard River region, Northern Territory: a report on the social and cultural values and a stakeholder assessment of water use scenarios.

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