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Workshop structure

Case study

Discipline

Skills

Details

1

Introductory workshop:

case study

Cyclone Winston impacts on Ba, Fiji (focus on impacts to mangroves)

Mangrove dieback in the Gulf of Carpentaria (focus on fisheries)

Climatic impacts to coastal environments and livelihoods

Learning objectives:

•  Define/describe coastal disasters and climate extremes
• Understand climate impacts on humans and coastal / marine environment across space and time

2

Skills workshop I

(e.g. physical sciences methods)

Remote sensing/marine studies

Intro video / Guest speaker: Fisheries in the Gulf of Carpentaria (Austral Fisheries)

Mangrove dieback and impact on fisheries in the Gulf of Carpentaria

• Develop an understanding of the importance of mangroves in the Gulf of Carpentaria for fisheries
• Develop an understanding of how satellite images can be used to monitor coastal vegetation and marine conditions
• Develop skills in analysing and visualising satellite images using Google Earth Engine’s JavaScript API
• Use satellite images to map marine heatwaves and subsequent mangrove dieback in the Gulf of Carpentaria

3

Skills workshop II

(e.g. social sciences methods)

Social sciences/Remote sensing and environmental monitoring

Intro video / Guest speaker: Researchers from Fiji and mangrove users from Ba.

Basics of remote sensing and coding in Google Earth Engine / social science method

The importance of social sciences in understanding the geographical dimensions of cyclone impacts

Learning objectives:

• Develop an understanding of the importance of mangrove ecosystem services for coastal livelihoods
• Develop an understanding of how satellite images can be used to monitor change vegetation condition
• Develop skills in analysing and visualising satellite images using Google Earth Engine’s JavaScript API
• Use satellite images to visualise change in mangrove condition following Tropical Cyclone Winston
• Discussion of how cyclone impacts to mangroves affects livelihoods
• Apply a commonly used social science research method (stakeholder analysis) for understanding hazard impacts – causal loop diagrams?

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Workshop structure

Case study

Discipline

Skills

Details

1a

Introduction:

Case study 1

Cyclone Seroja impacts on the WA coast (focus on infrastructure in Kalbarri)

Geography, Remote Sensing, Spatial Sciences

Geographic dimensions of climate related meteorological hazards

Learning objectives:

• Define/describe disasters and in particular cyclones and association with climate change
• Understand cyclone impacts on humans and the environment across space and time and how this is changing with climate

1b

Skills workshop I

(spatial methods and link with policy)

Remote sensing/emergency management

–   Include guest speaker from Department of Fire and Emergency Services or Maps-WA Volunteer mapping service

Basics of geospatial impact assessment with focus on remote sensing techniques and coding in Google Earth Engine

The importance of policy in mitigating cyclone impacts

Learning objectives:

• Have a basic understanding of approaches to cyclone impact mapping and identification
• To use JavaScript in a free open-access platform to map impacts in the built environment (Kalbarri)
• Relate felt damage to current building codes to propose mitigation/adaptation strategies

2a

Introduction:

Case study 2

Cyclone Winston impacts on Ba, Fiji (focus on impacts to mangroves)

Geography, Social Science

Renata and Paulini to report from the Ba mangroves

Climate change, impacts on natural resources and associated livelihoods

Learning objectives:

• Define/describe livelihoods
• Understand cyclone impacts on natural resources and associated links with livelihoods

2b

Skills workshop II

(e.g. social sciences methods)

Social sciences

Causal loop diagrams

The importance of social sciences in understanding impacts on natural resources

Learning objectives:

• Have a basic understanding of the development of causal loop diagrams
• Develop causal loop diagram(s) of climate/hazard related impacts on the Ba Mangroves
• Identify appropriate mitigation/adaptation approaches