DPSIR

DPSIR (drivers, pressures, state, impact, and response model of intervention) is a causal framework used to describe the interactions between society and the environment.[1] It seeks to analyze and assess environmental problems by bringing together various scientific disciplines, environmental managers, and stakeholders, and solve them by incorporating sustainable development. First, the indicators are categorized into "drivers" which put "pressures" in the "state" of the system, which in turn results in certain "impacts" that will lead to various "responses" to maintain or recover the system under consideration.[2] It is followed by the organization of available data, and suggestion of procedures to collect missing data for future analysis.[3] Since its formulation in the late 1990s, it has been widely adopted by international organizations for ecosystem-based study in various fields like biodiversity, soil erosion, and groundwater depletion and contamination. In recent times, the framework has been used in combination with other analytical methods and models, to compensate for its shortcomings. It is employed to evaluate environmental changes in ecosystems, identify the social and economic pressures on a system, predict potential challenges and improve management practices.[4] The flexibility and general applicability of the framework make it a resilient tool that can be applied in social, economic, and institutional domains as well.[3]

The Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response Framework
  1. ^ Maxim, Laura; Spangenberg, Joachim H.; O'Connor, Martin (November 2009). "An analysis of risks for biodiversity under the DPSIR framework". Ecological Economics. 69 (1): 12–23. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.03.017.
  2. ^ Ness, Barry; Anderberg, Stefan; Olsson, Lennart (2010-05-01). "Structuring problems in sustainability science: The multi-level DPSIR framework". Geoforum. 41 (3): 479–488. doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.12.005. ISSN 0016-7185.
  3. ^ a b Martins, Joana H.; Camanho, Ana S.; Gaspar, Miguel B. (December 2012). "A review of the application of driving forces – Pressure – State – Impact – Response framework to fisheries management". Ocean & Coastal Management. 69: 273–281. doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2012.07.029.
  4. ^ Malmir, Mahsa; Javadi, Saman; Moridi, Ali; Neshat, Aminreza; Razdar, Babak (July 2021). "A new combined framework for sustainable development using the DPSIR approach and numerical modeling". Geoscience Frontiers. 12 (4): 101169. doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2021.101169. S2CID 233543312.