Historical Legacies, Information and Contemporary Water Science and Management

Bain, Daniel J.; Arrigo, Jennifer; Green, Mark B.; Pellerin, Brian A.; Vörösmarty, Charles J

doi:10.3390/w3020566

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“…Even if general social acceptance could be achieved after the project's end, this does not mean that everybody agrees on the reasonability of the restoration for the same reasons and that the same strategy would be successful in a new project in a different context [ House and Fordham , ]. There might be differences within the population, for instance, regarding the question “to what” a river should be restored [ Bain et al ., ; Tapsell , ]. Expectations of user groups and thus judgments after restoration can differ.…”

Section: From Flood Protection By River Corrections To River Restoratmentioning

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Evaluation of river restoration by local residents

Seidl

Stauffacher

2013

Water Resour. Res.

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[1] Today, river corrections aiming at better flood protection must consider ecological aspects such as ''naturalness'' and biodiversity. Gaining acceptance among local residents for these projects is important, since they impact local infrastructure and alter the familiar landscape. The question addressed in this paper is whether there are differences between local residents regarding the question of whether they think a river restoration project at a section of the Swiss Thur River was reasonable. We also investigate whether there are differences regarding the reasons for this evaluation, such as improved flood protection, higher perceived naturalness, increased biodiversity, and aesthetics. Results show that for farmers flood protection and naturalness are more important factors than for others and that there are differences among the local villages.

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Section: From Flood Protection By River Corrections To River Restoratmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of river restoration by local residents

Seidl

Stauffacher

2013

Water Resour. Res.

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“…An exception is the role of food provisioning historically, which may have led to substantial material transfer across watershed boundaries, including both imports (e.g., feed for dairy cattle) or exports (e.g., food products). Integration of archival information and collaborations among social scientists, historians, and environmental scientists offers a chance for constraining such estimates (Bain et al 2011;Zadorozhny et al 2013), but is beyond the scope of this study. For example, synthesis of archived town histories, historical maps, and US Population and Agricultural Census information could begin to isolate the relative importance of local vs. exported food provision and N imports/ exports over time (Donahue 2004;Pastore et al 2010).…”

Section: Uncertainties In Historical Analysesmentioning

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“…Our objectives are to (1) characterize how ecosystem services provided by the watershed have evolved as urbanization in the region progressed, (2) quantify how watershed water and N budgets have been altered, and (3) explore the role of regionalization in coupled human-natural systems. Understanding these dynamics requires a historical perspective that combines modern scientific and historical information (Pastore et al 2010;Bain et al 2011). …”

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Causes and Consequences of Ecosystem Service Regionalization in a Coastal Suburban Watershed

Wollheim

Green

Pellerin

et al. 2013

Estuaries and Coasts

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The demand for ecosystem services and the ability of natural ecosystems to provide those services evolve over time as population, land use, and management practices change. Regionalization of ecosystem service activity, or the expansion of the area providing ecosystem services to a population, is a common response in densely populated coastal regions, with important consequences for watershed water and nitrogen (N) fluxes to the coastal zone. We link biophysical and historical information to explore the causes and consequences of change in ecosystem service activity-focusing on water provisioning and N regulation-from 1850 to 2010 in a coastal suburban watershed, the Ipswich River watershed in northeastern Massachusetts, USA. Net interbasin water transfers started in the late 1800s due to regionalization of water supply for use by larger populations living outside the Ipswich watershed boundaries, reaching a peak in the mid-1980s. Over much of the twentieth century, about 20 % of river runoff was diverted from reaching the estuary, with greater proportions during drought years. Ongoing regionalization of water supply has contributed to recent declines in diversions, influenced by socioecological feedbacks resulting from the river drying and fish kills. Similarly, the N budget has been greatly perturbed since the suburban era began in the 1950s due to food and lawn fertilizer imports and human waste release. However, natural ecosystems are able to remove most of this anthropogenic N, mitigating impacts on the coastal zone. We propose a conceptual model whereby the amount and type of ecosystem services provided by coastal watersheds in urban regions expand and contract over time as regional population expands and ecosystem services are regionalized. We hypothesize that suburban watersheds can be hotspots of ecosystem service sources because they retain sufficient ecosystem function to still produce services that meet increasing demand from the local population and nearby urban centers. Historical reconstruction of ecosystem service activity provides a perspective that may help to better understand coupled human-natural system processes and lead to more sustainable management of coastal ecosystems.

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“…Furthermore, there is a need for the government to shift its perspective from viewing the water as public goods to an economic good. This will go a long way in ensuring that they set up the necessary structures that are focused on the provision of water to the people in the rural US (Rozema et al, 2016;Rykiel Jr. et al, 2002;Bain et al, 2011).…”

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Improving Rural Water Supply in the United States

Miguel¹

2022

Cuad. Des. Rural

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Governments have been forced to formulate and implement demand-responsive approaches focused on curtailing the challenges faced by their denizens in terms of water access. This research evaluates the current stature of rural water supply in the United States putting emphasis on the most significant legal and institutional considerations that hinder water access. A PRISMA guideline was implemented in order conduct a systematic review from 1990 to 2019. Findings show that there is a need for the government to reorganize its existing structures and offer its municipalities the requisite flexibility required to meet their ameliorative mandates.

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Historical Legacies, Information and Contemporary Water Science and Management

Cited by 4 publications

References 38 publications

Evaluation of river restoration by local residents

Evaluation of river restoration by local residents

Causes and Consequences of Ecosystem Service Regionalization in a Coastal Suburban Watershed

Improving Rural Water Supply in the United States

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