Table 1.

Comparison of setting and planning context for testing the Adaptation Design Tool

Location Characteristics	Guánica Bay Watershed, Puerto Rico	West Maui, Hawaiʻi
Geographic setting	Single, highly modified watershed and adjacent bay and off-shore coral reefs	Multiple watersheds and adjacent exposed reef area
Key non-climate threats	• Upland erosion in the coffee growing regions • Reservoir sedimentation and transport • In-stream channel erosion • Loss of historic Guánica Lagoon • Legacy contaminants • Sewage treatment • Overexploitation of fishesa	• Upland erosion from former agricultural lands • Nutrient influx to coastal waters from waste-water injection wells • Runoff of urban district pollutants • Legacy ground water pollutants • Stream diversions • Illegal take of herbivores in the fishery restoration area • Unsustainable harvest outside the fishery restoration area
Planning framework	The Watershed Management Plan undergoing revision	Conservation Action Plan and three Watershed Management Plans undergoing expansion to two additional watersheds
Availability of information on vulnerability to climate change	Information on climate change and vulnerability summarized from multiple information sources including an island-wide vulnerability assessment for Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Climate Change Council (PRCCC) 2013).	Information on climate change and vulnerability summarized from multiple information sources including the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (Keener et al. 2012).

^aStressor not addressed in Center for Watershed Protection (CWP) (2008); being addressed in the updated watershed management plan