b'BIOWATER systems attribute survey: Modelling Agricultural Land Management Scenarios in the Nordic Countries in the Year 2050Collentine D1, Kyllmar K1, Lyche Solheim A2, Blicher-Mathiesen G3, Tolvanen A and Rakovic J1 1Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden2Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo, Norway3Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkThis paper describes the development use and application of a survey conducted by theBIOWATER Centre of Excellence, a project financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers toexamine the combined impacts of bioeconomy development and climate change on land use and freshwater quality and quantity. Assessment of the opportunities and limitations of bioeconomy development in the four Nordic countries is based on expected outcomes in the year 2050 of five Nordic Bioeconomy Pathways (NBPs). In the survey, qualitative descriptions (storylines) of the NBPs were presented and stakeholders were asked to link the NBPs to a set of land management attributes. The purpose of the survey was to allow stakeholders to share their views and expert opinions on how alternative bioeconomy pathways may influence land use and land management in the Nordic countries according to their knowledge about regional and sectoral constraints.The input from stakeholders serves as a guide for quantification of potential land use and land management changes in the BIOWATER study catchments. This methodology is easy to use, flexible, allows stakeholders to be involved in scenario development and provides support for researchers analysing impacts on the environment of events far into the future with uncertain impacts such as climate change.35'