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Detailed overall EVCC methods:

Materials:

  1. EVCC1 (sea level rise)
  2. EVCC2 (ecosystem geometry)
  3. EVCC3 (climatic space)
  4. EVCC4 (species sensitivity)

Steps:

  • Due to the reliability and pertinence of data and certainty in our construction of each individual EVCC(1,2,3,4), the following table expresses how we justified the weights given to the individual EVCC values. If a number is italicized, it is the more important factor in determining its domain's overall weight.
Domain Pertinence to climate change Reliability of data Overall weight Scale
sea level rise
3
4
3
0-14
ecosystem geometry
1
2
2
1-10
climatic space
4
3
4
0-19
species sensitivity
2
1
1
1-5

Therefore, the scales have been applied according to these weights, and overall EVCC equals EVCC1 + EVCC2 + EVCC3 + EVCC4

    

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Detailed overall EVCC methods
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