What is it about?
In this paper, we develop and discuss a procedure for interactive landscape change based upon the combined effects of climate change, land use choices and policy decisions. The future may unfold in various different ways therefore we investigate the use of scenarios in combining togther the various change factors, faciliated by the use of GIS to reference spatial data. The interactive element features the use of a virtual landscape theatre to encourage audience participation with the scenarios and to elicit their preferred responses. We discuss further opportunities for the technology in the context of the Digital Earth initiative.
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Why is it important?
Landscape visualisation can show the issues associated with a changing climate in a realistic context, showing the implications for local areas. By developing a participatory visualisation approach linked to different scenarios, we show how the process can also made more inclusive and engage local people or visitors with the choices for that area.
Perspectives
The Digital Earth iniitiative provides an exciting opportunity to engage people with the future of the planet. In this contribution, we take the axiom ' think global, act local' and explore how new developments in participatory visualisation can bring home to people the challenges and choices that they face at the scale of a local landscape.
Iain Brown
University of Dundee
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This page is a summary of: Visualisation techniques to support public interpretation of future climate change and land-use choices: a case study from N-E Scotland, International Journal of Digital Earth, November 2015, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2015.1111949.
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