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DOI 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110976
Volltext Autorenversion
Titel (primär) Nutrient mitigation under the impact of climate and land-use changes: A hydro-economic approach to participatory catchment management
Autor Carolus, J.F.; Bartosova, A.; Olsen, S.B.; Jomaa, S.; Veinbergs, A.; Zīlāns, A.; Pedersen, S.M.; Schwarz, G.; Rode, M.; Tonderski, K.
Quelle Journal of Environmental Management
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
Department ASAM
Band/Volume 271
Seite von art. 110976
Sprache englisch
Keywords Nutrient mitigation; Baltic sea region; Water quality; Cost-effectiveness; HYPE Catchment model; Participatory approach
UFZ Querschnittsthemen TERENO;
Abstract Excessive nutrient loadings into rivers are a well-known ecological problem. Implemented mitigation measures should ideally be cost-effective, but perfectly ranking alternative nutrient mitigation measures according to cost-effectiveness is a difficult methodological challenge. Furthermore, a particularly practical challenge is that cost-effective measures are not necessarily favoured by local stakeholders, and this may impede their successful implementation in practice. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of mitigation measures using a methodology that includes a participatory process and social learning to ensure their successful implementation. By combining cost data, hydrological modelling and a bottom-up approach for three different European catchment areas (the Latvian Berze, the Swedish Helge and the German Selke rivers), the cost-effectiveness of 16 nutrient mitigation measures were analysed under current conditions as well as under selected scenarios for future climate and land-use changes. Fertiliser reduction, wetlands, contour ploughing and municipal wastewater treatment plants are the measures that remove nutrients with the highest cost-effectiveness in the respective case study context. However, the results suggest that the cost-effectiveness of measures not only depends on their design, specific location and the conditions of the surrounding area, but is also affected by the future changes the area may be exposed to. Climate and land-use changes do not only affect the cost-effectiveness of measures, but also shape the overall nutrient loads and potential target levels in a catchment.
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Carolus, J.F., Bartosova, A., Olsen, S.B., Jomaa, S., Veinbergs, A., Zīlāns, A., Pedersen, S.M., Schwarz, G., Rode, M., Tonderski, K. (2020):
Nutrient mitigation under the impact of climate and land-use changes: A hydro-economic approach to participatory catchment management
J. Environ. Manage. 271 , art. 110976 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110976