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dc.contributor.authorVermaat, Jan E.
dc.contributor.authorWagtendonk, Alfred J.
dc.contributor.authorBrouwer, Roy
dc.contributor.authorSheremet, Oleg
dc.contributor.authorAnsink, Erik
dc.contributor.authorBrockhoff, Tim
dc.contributor.authorPlug, Maarten
dc.contributor.authorHellsten, Seppo
dc.contributor.authorAroviita, Jukka
dc.contributor.authorTylec, Luiza
dc.contributor.authorGiełczewski, Marek
dc.contributor.authorKohut, Lukas
dc.contributor.authorBrabec, Karel
dc.contributor.authorHaverkamp, Jantine
dc.contributor.authorPoppe, Michaela
dc.contributor.authorBöck, Kerstin
dc.contributor.authorCoerssen, Matthijs
dc.contributor.authorSegersten, Joel
dc.contributor.authorHering, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-17T23:34:19Z
dc.date.available2016-09-17T23:34:19Z
dc.date.issued2016-04
dc.identifier.citationVermaat , J E , Wagtendonk , A J , Brouwer , R , Sheremet , O , Ansink , E , Brockhoff , T , Plug , M , Hellsten , S , Aroviita , J , Tylec , L , Giełczewski , M , Kohut , L , Brabec , K , Haverkamp , J , Poppe , M , Böck , K , Coerssen , M , Segersten , J & Hering , D 2016 , ' Assessing the societal benefits of river restoration using the ecosystem services approach ' , Hydrobiologia , vol. 769 , no. 1 , pp. 121-135 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-015-2482-zen
dc.identifier.issn0018-8158
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 240387336
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 385ad44b-6f69-445d-82e9-ffa0d58b7881
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84959535231
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/9521
dc.descriptionThis paper is a contribution from the EU seventh framework funded research project REFORM (Grant Agreement 282656).en
dc.description.abstractThe 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 ± 600 € 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.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofHydrobiologiaen
dc.rights© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-015-2482-zen
dc.subjectBiodiversityen
dc.subjectEconomic valuationen
dc.subjectFlood controlen
dc.subjectNutrient retentionen
dc.subjectRiver corridoren
dc.subjectWetlandsen
dc.subjectGE Environmental Sciencesen
dc.subjectAquatic Scienceen
dc.subject3rd-DASen
dc.subjectSDG 15 - Life on Landen
dc.subject.lccGEen
dc.titleAssessing the societal benefits of river restoration using the ecosystem services approachen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Geography & Sustainable Developmenten
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-015-2482-z
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2016-09-17
dc.identifier.urlhttps://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1007%2Fs10750-015-2482-z/MediaObjects/10750_2015_2482_MOESM1_ESM.pdfen


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