Cost-effective improvement of river morphology

Bernd Klauer, Johannes Schiller and Frauke Bathe

No 9/2014, UFZ Discussion Papers from Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Division of Social Sciences (ÖKUS)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: 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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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