Assessing the societal benefits of river restoration using the
ecosystem services approach

J 2016

Assessing the societal benefits of river restoration using the ecosystem services approach

VERMAAT, Jan E., Alfred J. WAGTENDONK, Roy BROUWER, Oleg SHEREMET, Erik ANSINK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Assessing the societal benefits of river restoration using the ecosystem services approach

Authors

VERMAAT, Jan E. (528 Netherlands), Alfred J. WAGTENDONK (528 Netherlands), Roy BROUWER (528 Netherlands), Oleg SHEREMET (528 Netherlands), Erik ANSINK (528 Netherlands), Tim BROCKHOFF (528 Netherlands), Maarten PLUG (528 Netherlands), Seppo HELLSTEN (246 Finland), Jukka AROVIITA (528 Netherlands), Luiza TYLEC (616 Poland), Marek GIELCZEWSKI (616 Poland), Lukáš KOHÚT (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Karel BRABEC (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Jantine HAVERKAMP (40 Austria), Michaela POPPE (40 Austria), Kerstin BOCK (40 Austria), Matthijs COERSSEN (752 Sweden), Joel SEGERSTEN (752 Sweden) and Daniel HERING (276 Germany)

Edition

Hydrobiologia, DORDRECHT, Springer, 2016, 0018-8158

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10000 1. Natural Sciences

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.056

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00093506

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-015-2482-z

UT WoS

000371632800010

Keywords in English

Nutrient retention; River corridor; Wetlands; Flood control; Biodiversity; Economic valuation

Abstract

V originále

The success of river restoration was estimated using the ecosystem services approach. In eight pairs of restored-unrestored reaches and floodplains across Europe, we quantified provisioning (agricultural products, wood, reed for thatching, infiltrated drinking water), regulating (flooding and drainage, nutrient retention, carbon sequestration) and cultural (recreational hunting and fishing, kayaking, biodiversity conservation, appreciation of scenic landscapes) services for separate habitats within each reach, and summed these to annual economic value normalized per reach area. We used locally available data and literature, did surveys among inhabitants and visitors, and used a range of economic methods (market value, shadow price, replacement cost, avoided damage, willingness-to-pay survey, choice experiment) to provide final monetary service estimates. Total ecosystem service value was significantly increased in the restored reaches (difference 1400 +/- A 600 a,not signA ha(-1) year(-1); 2500 - 1100, p = 0.03, paired t test). Removal of one extreme case did not affect this outcome. We analysed the relation between services delivered and with floodplain and catchment characteristics after reducing these 23 variables to four principal components explaining 80% of the variance. Cultural and regulating services correlated positively with human population density, cattle density and agricultural N surplus in the catchment, but not with the fraction of arable land or forest, floodplain slope, mean river discharge or GDP. Our interpretation is that landscape appreciation and flood risk alleviation are a function of human population density, but not wealth, in areas where dairy farming is the prime form of agriculture.

Links

7E12071, research and development project

Name: Restoring rivers for effective catchment management (Acronym: REFORM)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

Citovat

VERMAAT, Jan E., Alfred J. WAGTENDONK, Roy BROUWER, Oleg SHEREMET, Erik ANSINK, Tim BROCKHOFF, Maarten PLUG, Seppo HELLSTEN, Jukka AROVIITA, Luiza TYLEC, Marek GIELCZEWSKI, Lukáš KOHÚT, Karel BRABEC, Jantine HAVERKAMP, Michaela POPPE, Kerstin BOCK, Matthijs COERSSEN, Joel SEGERSTEN and Daniel HERING. Assessing the societal benefits of river restoration using the ecosystem services approach. Hydrobiologia. DORDRECHT: Springer, 2016, vol. 769, No 1, p. 121-135. ISSN 0018-8158. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-015-2482-z.

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VERMAAT, Jan E., Alfred J. WAGTENDONK, Roy BROUWER, Oleg SHEREMET, Erik ANSINK, Tim BROCKHOFF, Maarten PLUG, Seppo HELLSTEN, Jukka AROVIITA, Luiza TYLEC, Marek GIELCZEWSKI, Lukáš KOHÚT, Karel BRABEC, Jantine HAVERKAMP, Michaela POPPE, Kerstin BOCK, Matthijs COERSSEN, Joel SEGERSTEN and Daniel HERING. Assessing the societal benefits of river restoration using the ecosystem services approach. \textit{Hydrobiologia}. DORDRECHT: Springer, 2016, vol.~769, No~1, p.~121-135. ISSN~0018-8158. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-015-2482-z.

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