Vulnerability, Consequences, and Adaptation Planning Scenarios

Publications and Resources

Articles and Book Chapters

Tuler, S. Dow, K., and Webler, T. 2020. Assessment of adaptation, policy, and capacity building outcomes from 14 VCAPS processes. Environmental Science and Policy (December 2020) 114:275-282.

Tuler, S., Dow, K., Webler, T., Whitehead, J. 2017. Learning through participatory modeling: Reflections on what it means and how it is measured. In: S. Grey and M. Paolisso, R. Jordan, S. Grey (eds.), Including Stakeholders in Environmental Modeling. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

Webler, T., Stancioff, E., Goble, R. and Whitehead, J. 2017. Participatory Modeling and Community Dialog about Vulnerability of Lobster Fishing to Climate Change. In: S. Gray, M. Paolisso, R. Jordan, and S. Gray (eds.), Including Stakeholders in Environmental Modeling. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

Tuler, S., Webler, T., and Rhoades, J. 2016. Stormwater Management in a Time of Climate Change: Insights from a Series of Scenario-Building Dialogues, Weather, Climate, and Society 8:163–175.

Kettle, N., Dow, K., Tuler, S., Webler, T., Whitehead, J., and Miller, K. 2014. Integrating scientific and local knowledge to inform risk-based management approaches for climate adaptation, Climate Risk Management 4-5:17-31.

Webler, T., Tuler, S. Dow, K. Whitehead, J., and Kettle, N. 2014. Design and evaluation of a local analytic-deliberative process for climate adaptation planning, Local Environment 18:1-23.

Case Reports

Beaufort, SC. View Final Report (PDF). View Executive Summary (PDF).

Boston, MA, VCAPS Report. View PDF.

Carbondale, CO, VCAPS Report. View PDF.

Cortez, CO, VCAPS Report. View PDF.

Dauphin Island, SC, VCAPS Report. View PDF.

McClellanvile, SC, VCAPS Report. View PDF.

New Bedford and Fairhaven, MA, VCAPS Report. View PDF.

Orange Beach, AL, VCAPS Report. View PDF.

Plymouth, MA, VCAPS Report. View PDF.

Plymouth, NC, Report. View PDF

South Thomaston, ME, VCAPS Report. View PDF.

Sullivans Island, SC, VCAPS Report. View PDF.

Wellfleet, MA, VCAPS Report. View PDF.

West Kaua'i, Hawaii, VCAPS Report. Access report and supplemental materials.

Guides and Resources

VCAPS Process and Diagramming User Guide. View PDF.

The VCAPS Diagramming Tool: Overview. View PDF.

New article about VCAPS process in Sullivan’s Island, SC, published in Climate Risk Management.

VCAPS Process and Diagramming User Guide.

Plymouth Prepares for the Future: Flooding Threats in a Changing Climate. SERI's work in Plymouth, North Carolina, was featured in Coastwatch, the magazine of North Carolina Sea Grant, in Spring 2012.

The Causal Structure of Hazards. View PDF.

Building Blocks of VCAPS Diagrams. View PDF.

Fact Sheets

Stormwater in a Time of Climate Change.

Hazard Mitigation Planning in a Time of Climate Change.

A fact sheet about VCAPS.

Vulnerability, Consequences, and Adaptation Planning Scenarios, 2 pages. View PDF.