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Visioning Assessment for the KCAP Climate Adaptation Project Consent to Participate in a Questionnaire Project Investigators: CALP invite your consent to participate in a research study, as follows: Consent: You agree to participate in a research project conducted by CALP The project is part of a postdoctoral research project that examines how interactive landscape visualization tools such as GoogleEarth can improve communication and understanding of climate change impacts and strategies. The research will also help to refine the visualizations used in local community climate change projects in the future. Your participation would take place within the KCAP Climate Adaptation Project Working Group meeting on June 9. Your participation in the research, which includes completing 2 questionnaires (before and after the visualization presentation), will take approximately 20 minutes in total (not including viewing the presentations which will take approximately one hour, plus time for questions) . The research project part of the meeting will include: 1. An overview summary of the research study and its aims as part of the Kimberely project; 2. A Powerpoint presentation by the CALP team during which you will be asked to view and, if you wish, discuss images of possible future scenarios that illustrate different adaptation and mitigation measures for your local community; 3. An open session where you can, if you wish, read the prepared posters and explore interactive visualizations of climate change impacts and possible future scenarios in GoogleEarth at a computer station. The research depends upon the following questionnaires. Each questionnaire takes about 5-10 minutes to fill out. The research results will be presented in a summary document that will be made available to you upon project completion over the summer. Your participation in the research project is subject to the following conditions: • Your participation in the project is entirely voluntary. If you are a member of the Kimberly Climate Adaptation Working Group, it does not in any way affect your standing within the working group. You may refuse to participate or withdraw from the questionnaire at any time without jeopardy or repercussions of any nature. • While the Working Group meeting occurs as an open forum where participant identities are known, your anonymity and right to privacy will be protected in any publicly accessible reports, papers, and presentations resulting from this research. No personal identification is attached to any of the questionnaires.
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Visioning Assessment for the KCAP Climate Adaptation Project
Consent to Participate in a Questionnaire
Project Investigators: CALP invite your consent to participate in a research study, as follows:
Consent: You agree to participate in a research project conducted by CALP The project is part of a postdoctoral research project that examines how interactive landscape visualization tools such as GoogleEarth can improve communication and understanding of climate change impacts and strategies. The research will also help to refine the visualizations used in local community climate change projects in the future.
Your participation would take place within the KCAP Climate Adaptation Project Working Group meeting on June 9. Your participation in the research, which includes completing 2 questionnaires (before and after the visualization presentation), will take approximately 20 minutes in total (not including viewing the presentations which will take approximately one hour, plus time for questions) . The research project part of the meeting will include:
1. An overview summary of the research study and its aims as part of the Kimberely project;
2. A Powerpoint presentation by the CALP team during which you will be asked to view and, if you wish, discuss images of possible future scenarios that illustrate different adaptation and mitigation measures for your local community;
3. An open session where you can, if you wish, read the prepared posters and explore interactive visualizations of climate change impacts and possible future scenarios in GoogleEarth at a computer station.
The research depends upon the following questionnaires. Each questionnaire takes about 5-10 minutes to fill out. The research results will be presented in a summary document that will be made available to you upon project completion over the summer.
Your participation in the research project is subject to the following conditions:
• Your participation in the project is entirely voluntary. If you are a member of the Kimberly Climate Adaptation Working Group, it does not in any way affect your standing within the working group. You may refuse to participate or withdraw from the questionnaire at any time without jeopardy or repercussions of any nature.
• While the Working Group meeting occurs as an open forum where participant identities are known, your anonymity and right to privacy will be protected in any publicly accessible reports, papers, and presentations resulting from this research. No personal identification is attached to any of the questionnaires.
• The investigators guarantee access to all recorded data will be limited to the project investigators and will be kept secure in a locked faculty office.
If you have any questions or concerns about the procedures used in this research, CALP have agreed to address these and any other inquiries that you may have.
We would be pleased to explain the methods employed in the study in greater detail after you have participated today, or you may contact --------. If you have any questions or concerns about your rights or treatment as participants in a research project, you may contact the Research Subject Information Line in -------.
With these questionnaires, you have also received a copy of this consent form for your own records. By filling in the questionnaire, you consent to participate in this study pursuant to the above conditions.
Initial Questionnaire – Version 3, June 8, 2009 1
INITIAL QUESTIONNAIRE
This section asks you for your current knowledge and opinions on climate change and should be filled out before you see the presentation and posters or explore the visualization stations.
1. Please respond to the following statement: “I expect climate in and around KCAP to change significantly over the next couple of decades”
o 1. Strongly disagree
o 2. Somewhat disagree
o 3. Neutral
o 4. Somewhat agree
o 5. Strongly agree Tick one box only
2. How concerned are you about the effects of climate change/global warming? (Please circle the number corresponding to your level of concern, from 1-‐5)
Not concerned at all
Not very concerned Neutral
Somewhat concerned Very concerned
a) Globally? 1 2 3 4 5
b) On your local community?
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c) On local ecosystems?
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d) On you and your immediate family?
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e) On future generations of your family?
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3. How knowledgeable do you feel about the effects of climate change in the KCAP area?
o 1. Very ignorant
o 2. Somewhat ignorant
o 3. Neither ignorant nor knowledgeable
o 4. Somewhat knowledgeable
o 5. Very knowledgeable
Tick one box only
4. How knowledgeable do you feel about the possible ways to adapt to climate change in the KCAP area?
o 1. Very ignorant
o 2. Somewhat ignorant
o 3. Neither ignorant nor knowledgeable
o 4. Somewhat knowledgeable
o 5. Very knowledgeable
Tick one box only
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5. In your opinion, how strong is the link between climate change and future land use development?
o 1. Very weak
o 2. Somewhat weak
o 3. Neither weak nor strong
o 4. Somewhat strong
o 5. Very strong Tick one box only Please Explain Briefly: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
End of Initial Questionnaire.
Thank you! Please return completed questionnaire to the research team.
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Final Questionnaire – Version 3, June 8, 2009 1
FINAL QUESTIONNAIRE
This questionnaire asks you for your opinions and feedback, after experiencing the visualizations in the workshop.
1. Please respond to the following statement: “I expect climate in and around KCAP to change significantly over the next couple of decades.”
o 1. Strongly disagree
o 2. Somewhat disagree
o 3. Neutral
o 4. Somewhat agree
o 5. Strongly agree Tick one box only
2. How concerned are you about the effects of climate change/global warming? (Please circle the number corresponding to your level of concern, from 1-‐5)
Not concerned at all
Not very concerned
Neutral Somewhat concerned
Very concerned
a) Globally? 1 2 3 4 5
b) On your local community?
1
2
3
4
5
c) On local ecosystems?
1
2
3
4
5
d) On you and your immediate family?
1
2
3
4
5
e) On future generations of your family?
1
2
3
4
5
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3. How knowledgeable do you feel about the effects of climate change in the KCAP area?
o 1. Very ignorant
o 2. Somewhat ignorant
o 3. Neither ignorant nor knowledgeable
o 4. Somewhat knowledgeable
o 5. Very knowledgeable
Tick one box only
4. How knowledgeable do you feel about the possible ways to adapt to climate change in the KCAP area?
o 1. Very ignorant
o 2. Somewhat ignorant
o 3. Neither ignorant nor knowledgeable
o 4. Somewhat knowledgeable
o 5. Very knowledgeable
Tick one box only
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5. In your opinion, how strong is the link between climate change and future land use development?
o 1. Very weak
o 2. Somewhat weak
o 3. Neither weak nor strong
o 4. Somewhat strong
o 5. Very strong Tick one box only Please Explain Briefly: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. Overall, how helpful was the visual presentation material in increasing your understanding of climate change adaptation and mitigation options in the KCAP area?
o 1. Very unhelpful
o 2. Somewhat unhelpful
o 3. Neither helpful, nor unhelpful
o 4. Somewhat helpful
o 5. Very helpful
7. Please rank the various types of visualizations, in order of their helpfulness to you in understanding climate change adaptation and mitigation in the KCAP area?
• Scientific posters • 2D maps in the slide presentation • Still 3D images in the slide presentation • Interactive imagery, including GoogleEarth
fly-throughs
Enter 1 for the most helpful type of visualisation; 2 for the next most helpful, and so on for all four types. If you haven’t seen a particular type of visualisation, please cross it out and do not rank it.
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8. In GoogleEarth, you had the opportunity to use various interactive features. Please rank the features in order of their helpfulness to you in understanding climate change adaptation and mitigation in the KCAP area.
1. Fly-through movement
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2. Viewing different layers
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3. Future timelines
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4. Pop-up information
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Enter 1 for the most important feature; 2 for the next most important feature and so on for all four features
7. Please provide other comments, any concerns about the visualizations or research process, and other feedback you may have.
____________________________________________________________________
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Section C: About you.
Finally, we need to ask you a few basic questions about yourself. These are purely for statistical purposes to help us with our analysis.
1. What is your gender?
o 1. Male
o 2. Female Tick one box only
2. What age group are you in?
o 1. Under 20 yrs
o 2. 20 to 29 yrs
o 3. 30 to 39 yrs
o 4. 40 to 49 yrs
o 5. 50 to 59 yrs
o 6. 60 yrs and over Tick one box only
3. Which community do you live in?
____________________________________________________________________
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State the name of the nearest village, town, or city to where your main residence is located. We do not need your address.
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4. Before today, how much experience have you had seeing computer visualizations?
o 1. None at all
o 2. Very little
o 3. Some but not much
o 4. Quite a lot
o 5. Very experienced Tick one box only
5. Which category best represents your interest in today’s workshop?
o 1. Local inhabitant
o 2. Recreational user
o 3. Landowner
o 4. Resource-industry related
o 5. Farmer
o 6. Representative of an interest group (please specify type)____________________________
o 7. Professional expert in planning
o 8. Other (please specify):___________________________ More than one response can be selected.
End of Final Questionnaire.
Thank you! Please return completed questionnaire to the research team.
