Welcome to the Carpe Diem West Academy Discussion Forum. This feature allows Academy users to share information, thoughts, questions and suggestions with each other creating virtual conversations between water manager on water-climate issues in the American West. We hope this feature facilitates the richessness of peer-to-peer learning and interaction and creates a venue to build relationships and connections.
STAGE 3: Assess risk
The primary goals of the risk assessment are fourfold:
- Characterize the nature of risk
- Provide qualitative or quantitative estimates of risk
- Assess consequences of uncertainty for decision options
- Compare sources of risk, not limited to climate
This is the first of three stages (Stages 3, 4, & 5) organized by tiers. The tiered approach accommodates the different levels of specificity needed for different types of decisions. Once the appropriate tier is identified, the user will generally loop through the next two stages (Stages 4 & 5). Then, if appropriate, advance to the next tier back at Stage 3 and start the loop again. In this stage, the first tier is a risk screening; the second tier is a mixed (qualitative and quantitative) generic risk assessment; the third tier is a specific quantitative risk assessment.
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