A spatial analysis of integrated risk: vulnerability of ecosystem services provisioning to different hazards in the Czech Republic

Pártl, Adam; Vačkář, David; Loučková, Blanka; Lorencová, Eliška Krkoška

doi:10.1007/s11069-017-3015-z

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“…To implement NbS for climate change adaptation, integrating current and future climate conditions and NCP indicators into spatial planning tools is essential for avoiding maladaptation (Lavorel et al 2015;Pártl et al 2017;Hurlimann et al 2021). Moreover, they need to be combined with local decision contexts to offer effective solutions (Kruse and Pütz 2014).…”

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Nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation are not located where they are most needed across the Alps

et al. 2022

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Climate change impacts mountains socio-ecosystems by increasing certain natural disasters and changing Nature's Contributions to People (NCP). Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are increasingly implemented to help local communities adapt to climatic hazards. However, the relevance of their location in relation to those hazards and local NCP has hardly been addressed. In the PORTAL project (Pathways of Transformation in the Alps), we identified and mapped a portfolio of 97 NbS for climate change adaptation in the European Alps. Most NbS addressed drought or soil instability, and aimed to provide multiple NCP simultaneously such as wood production and protective function against landslides. We analysed whether NbS are located where they are the most needed, according to both current and future intensity of the hazards they aim to address and to supply-flow-demand indicators of the NCP they aim to provide. We found that the location of NbS is overall not related to current supply-flow-demand indicators of most NCP, nor to intensity of hazards. Nevertheless, NbS addressing droughts and floods are located in areas where these hazards are more intense, but do not match higher values for NCP indicators. Conversely, NbS aiming to produce wood and to provide protective function against landslides are located in areas with greater levels of these NCP, regardless of the intensity of hazards. These results suggest that hazards and NCP indicators are not the main drivers of NbS implementation. We argue that integrating local climate conditions and current NCP flows is needed to underpin a macro-regional strategy for planning NbS implementation.

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Section: Recommendations For Outscaling Nature-based Solutionsmentioning

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Nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation are not located where they are most needed across the Alps

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“…Lastly, ESRA faces challenges such as data availability (Cabral et al, 2015;Caro et al, 2020), complexity and high data requirements (Maltby et al, 2018;Xing et al, 2020), and uncertainties (Xu et al, 2016;Forbes et al, 2019). These uncertainties can arise from the data used (Galic et al, 2012b;Pártl et al, 2017) and the assumptions and models employed (Galic et al, 2012b). Additionally, quantitative and conceptual models describing the relationships between human activities, pressures, and ES need to be verified (Forbes et al, 2017).…”

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Mapping the knowledge of ecosystem service-based ecological risk assessment: scientometric analysis in CiteSpace, VOSviewer, and SciMAT

Qian,

Zeng,

Ding

et al. 2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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The ecosystem services approach offers a more ecologically relevant method to establish environmental conservation goals and implement ecological risk assessment (ERA). The emergence of bibliometrics has facilitated the development of new systematic review techniques. In this study, we utilised CiteSpace, VOSviewer, and SciMAT software, based on the Web of Science database, to qualitatively and quantitatively analyse the ecosystem service-based ecological risk assessment (ESRA) literature knowledge map spanning from 1994 to 2023. This article explored the field’s evolution from macro to micro perspectives, incorporating background information, current trends, and knowledge structure. The findings demonstrate that ESRA has progressed from an initial stage to a phase of global cooperation and policy applications. This transition between stages has been characterised by a shift from focusing on natural processes to understanding human impacts on ecosystems. Key themes identified include ecosystem services, landscape ERA, aquatic ERA and ecosystem health. The overall development of ERA can be observed as a progression through different periods, namely, the traditional era, regional era, and landscape era. Currently, landscape ERA methods based on changes in land use and land cover are widely employed. The study also revealed various challenges in the ESRA field, such as data availability, scale issues, and uncertainty. Future ESRA studies should consider holistic ecosystem services, interdisciplinary approaches, ecological models, and advanced technologies to address complexity. Using big data and informatisation for research offers new opportunities but requires integration and innovation. It is anticipated that ESRA holds promise for ecological sustainability and human wellbeing.

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“…Integrated risk indexes have been used related to other ecosystems than wetlands, such as terrestrial ecosystems (e.g., Niemeyer et al 2015;Inam et al 2018). With the purpose of assessing hazards affecting delivery of ecosystem services (e.g., water quality, nitrogen deposition, erosion, floods, invasive species, urbanization and contaminated sites) Pártl et al (2017) developed an integrated risk index (IRI) for ecosystem service provisioning. Applying this spatial analysis to Czech Republic, the authors showed that forest and wetland ecosystems had the highest proportion of their total area among the highest risk values.…”

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“…Moreover, the national parks appeared to have the highest proportion of medium-and highrisk classes among the natural areas. According to the authors (Pártl et al 2017), such IRI is meant to help with various planning and management decisions at national and regional levels by bringing more attention to hot spots of risk. for 8 sediment-sampling points.…”

Section: Chemical and Ecotoxicological Ecotoxicological Loes And Intementioning

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Ecological risk assessment (ERA) based on contaminated groundwater to predict potential impacts to a wetland ecosystem

Mendes

Cunha

Santos

et al. 2020

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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To assess the ecological risk resulting from an accidental gasoline spill upstream from a wetland, groundwater and sediment sampling was carried out during two campaigns at the 48th and 52nd months after the spill had occurred. In total, 21 groundwater monitoring wells in the affected area were sampled plus an additional reference well located upstream from the accident location. Seven sediment sampling points were selected inside the wetland, plus a reference point upstream from the accident. Physicochemical parameters, BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, m-xylene, p-xylene and o-xylene) and metal concentrations were analysed to estimate the chemical risk. Acute (Allivibrio fischeri, Daphnia similis, Hyalella azteca) and chronic (Artemia salina and Desmodesmus subspicatus) toxicity assays were performed with groundwater and sediments elutriate to determine the ecotoxicological risk. Results from groundwater indicated an extreme chemical level of risk in14 out of 21 monitoring wells. These 14 wells also exhibited free-phase gasoline and lead (Pb) concentrations above the threshold values adopted by this study. The presence of Pb, however, could not be associated with the gasoline accident. High acute and chronic toxicities were reported for the majority of wells. Conversely, the risks associated with the sediments were considered low in most sampling points, and the ecotoxicity found could not be related to the presence of gasoline. Groundwater flow modelling results have evidenced the migration of the contamination plume towards the wetland. Thus, to prevent contamination from reaching the protected area, more effective groundwater clean-up techniques are still required.

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A spatial analysis of integrated risk: vulnerability of ecosystem services provisioning to different hazards in the Czech Republic

Cited by 18 publications

References 70 publications

Nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation are not located where they are most needed across the Alps

Nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation are not located where they are most needed across the Alps

Mapping the knowledge of ecosystem service-based ecological risk assessment: scientometric analysis in CiteSpace, VOSviewer, and SciMAT

Ecological risk assessment (ERA) based on contaminated groundwater to predict potential impacts to a wetland ecosystem

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