DPSIR Keyword Table

The DPSIR Keyword Table provides a list of DPSIR concepts, spanning a number of ecological systems and management concerns. 

Keywords are listed for each of the five DPSIR categories, with additional sub-categories to aid in organizing concepts.

In a series of separate worksheets, the table also provides downhill links between DPSIR concepts:

• Drivers to Pressures – socio-economic sectors and the pressures they create through their activities
• Pressures to State – effects of given pressures on the biological and abiotic state of the ecosystem
• State to Impact – impacts to beneficial services provided by components of the ecosystem
• Impact to Driver – socio-economic sectors which benefit from ecosystem services
• Response to Drivers, Pressures, or State  - decision options and the factors they target

The table serves as a starting point for creating a new, problem-specific DPSIR, with the user adding specific details, or additional keywords, for their particular system.  It is intended to aid decision-makers or scientists to think outside of their specific area of expertise.

This file is available on the DPSIR Tutorial Homepage    (DPSIR_Words_List.xls 179 KB, MS Excel)