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Compendium on methods and tools to evaluate impacts of, and vulnerability and adaptation to, climate
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DIVA and DINAS-COAST
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Description
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Dynamic Interactive Vulnerability Assessment (DIVA) is a tool for integrated assessment of coastal
zones produced by the EU-funded DINAS-Coast consortium in 2004.
It is specifically designed to explore the vulnerability of coastal areas to sea-level rise. It
comprises a global database of natural system and socioeconomic factors, relevant scenarios, a set
of impact-adaptation algorithms and a customized graphical-user interface. Factors that are
considered include erosion, flooding salinisation and wetland loss.
DIVA is inspired by the paper-based Global Vulnerability Assessment (Hoozemans et al., 1993), but
it represents a fundamental improvement in terms of data, factors considered (which include
adaptation) and use of PC technology.
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Appropriate Use
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DIVA is designed for national, regional and global scale analysis of coastal vulnerability, including
consideration of broad adaptation issues.
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Scale
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DIVA covers all 180+ coastal nations in 12,148 coastal segments at national, regional, and global
scales.
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Key Output
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The impacts of sea-level rise under a range of different user-defined scenarios, including some
adaptation options. For each SRES the program produces a table, a map and chart.
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Key Input
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The user’s chosen scenarios.
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Ease of Use
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The software is explicitly intended to be easy to use, and draws on extensive experience in graphical
user interfaces.
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Training Required
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Designed to be used without significant training, an interested user should be able to explore this
tool without any training.
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Training Available
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If required, contact DINAS-COAST consortium, see contacts.
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Computer Requirements
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Windows 2000/XP, 2 GHz Pentium, 512 MB memory, 5 GB free hard drive.
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Documentation
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Included with the DIVA tool.
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International studies
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DIVA has been used to develop assessments of wetland loss and the effects of mitigation. Examples
of studies are;
Hoozemans et al. (1993), Nicholls (2002), Hinkel and Klein. (2003), Vafeidis et al. (2003, 2004a,
2004b).
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Contacts for Framework, Documentation, Technical Assistance
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Jochen Hinkel
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany; e-mail: hinkel@pik-potsdam.de or http://diva.demis.nl/.
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Cost
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Free download from http://diva.demis.nl/.
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Validity
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DINAS-Coast database contains limited segments for many areas.
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