Cost-effective improvement of river morphology

Arbeitspapier

The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) calls for cost-effective measures to achieve a good status in all European ground, surface and coastal waters. Besides eutrophication, the degradation of hydro-morphology is the main reason for failing the WFD's objectives in Germany. In this paper , we conceptualize the interactive decision support process BASINFORM-M for finding proper locations for river restora tion. The method combines the recently proposed stepping stone concept from aquatic ecology with elements from cost-effectiveness analysis, multi-criteria analysis and participatory approaches. BASINFORM-M exemplifies a shift away from the isolated resto ration of single river reaches to wards a consideration of functional relationships within the whole river network. In doing so, it satisfies the WFD's requirement of considering cost-effectiveness without neglecting other important evaluation criteria.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: UFZ Discussion Paper ; No. 9/2014

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: cost-effectiveness analysis ; decision support ; EU Water Framework Directive ; river hydro-morphology ; ecological networks ; stepping stone concept ; BASINFORM ; spatial allocation of restoration actions ; participatory decisionmaking

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Klauer, Bernd ; Schiller, Johannes ; Bathe, Frauke
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ)
• (where): Leipzig
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/95933
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