Land use trade-offs for flood protection: A choice experiment with visualizations

Ryffel, Andrea; Rid, Wolfgang; Grêt‐Regamey, Adrienne

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.09.008

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“…Last but not least, anthropogenic interventions are more or less the most relevant driver of flood risk in a floodplain; that is, the construction of flood defenses such as levees and dams [61][62][63] or river restoration projects [64][65][66]. Furthermore, the construction of levees as flood protection measures in one floodplain can have adverse effects in downstream floodplains [67][68][69][70][71], and thus result in trade-offs between upstream and downstream floodplains [72,73]. Reviews on the impacts of land use changes and regulations on floods are given by Rogger et al [74], Burby et al [75], and O'Connell et al [76].…”

Section: Changes In Flood Processesmentioning

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Floodplains and Complex Adaptive Systems—Perspectives on Connecting the Dots in Flood Risk Assessment with Coupled Component Models

Zischg

2018

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Floodplains, as seen from the flood risk management perspective, are composed of co-evolving natural and human systems. Both flood processes (that is, the hazard) and the values at risk (that is, settlements and infrastructure built in hazardous areas) are dynamically changing over time and influence each other. These changes influence future risk pathways. The co-evolution of all of these drivers for changes in flood risk could lead to emergent behavior. Hence, complexity theory and systems science can provide a sound theoretical framework for flood risk management in the 21st century. This review aims at providing an entry point for modelers in flood risk research to consider floodplains as complex adaptive systems. For the systems science community, the actual problems and approaches in the flood risk research community are summarized. Finally, an outlook is given on potential future coupled component modeling approaches that aims at bringing together both disciplines.

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Section: Changes In Flood Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Floodplains and Complex Adaptive Systems—Perspectives on Connecting the Dots in Flood Risk Assessment with Coupled Component Models

Zischg

2018

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“…However, the capacity of global ecosystems for sustainable development is simultaneously degrading, leading to unintentional consequences that will potentially jeopardize the future land-use options (World Bank, 2008). Confronting the global challenges that land use changes substantially affect and alter ecosystem services, trade-off analysis on ecosystem services associated with decisions between land use alternatives has become the focus of land-use management (Ryffel et al, 2014). In order to avoid unwanted and possibly irreversible effects of land-use change, sustainable land-use management should assess and manage inherent trade-offs between meeting the site-specific immediate human requirements and maintaining the long-term ecosystem services provisions.…”

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A review on trade-off analysis of ecosystem services for sustainable land-use management

2016

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Ecosystem services are substantial elements for human society. The central challenge to meet the human needs from ecosystems while sustain the Earth's life support systems makes it urgent to enhance efficient natural resource management for sustainable ecological and socioeconomic development. Trade-off analysis of ecosystem services can help to identify optimal decision points to balance the costs and benefits of the diverse human uses of ecosystems. In this sense, the aim of this paper is to provide key insights into ecosystem services trade-off analysis at different scales from a land use perspective, by comprehensively reviewing the trade-offs analysis tools and approaches that addressed in ecology, economics and other fields. The review will significantly contribute to future research on trade-off analysis to avoid inferior management options and offer a win-win solution based on comprehensive and efficient planning for interacting multiple ecosystem services.

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“…For example, a study by Grêt‐Regamey et al on trade‐offs for forest ES delivers results which can support forest managers in balancing such services as timber production, habitat provision, carbon sequestration, avalanche protection, and recreation. In turn, Ryffel et al investigate preferences for land use trade‐offs to support water flow regulation and flood protection services. The results may serve as an input for watershed managers to develop strategies for increasing the natural capacity of catchments to provide flood protection in addition to technical solutions, such as river dams and barrier lakes, which are often not able to completely prevent flooding.…”

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Ecosystem Service Mapping and Assessment as a Support for Policy and Decision Making

Stępniewska

2016

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The aim of this paper is to investigate the potential of ecosystem services (ES) research to support policy and decision-making. As the ES concept is a multitier framework, there is no ideal entry point for conducting useful ES analysis. The entry point depends on the particular empirical or policy question being researched. The information on ES potential can contribute to the management of ecosystems, which provides services, including identification of priority conservation and restoration areas. Understanding the ES flows helps to protect paths needed to transmit the services to users. The demand for ES determines society's ambitions for sustainable management and ensuring a continuous supply of desired services. In turn, budget analyses allow identification of supply-demand mismatches across landscapes, and point out the appropriate institutional scale for environmental decision-making. The benefit of trade-offs analysis is weighing the improvements in one ES against the decrease of another. Finally, the specific configuration of rivalry and excludability of particular services enables the arrangement of an appropriate scheme of payments for ES. The complex recognition of the range of possible ES mapping and assessment products can help to match the ES analysis with policy goals.Once we identify a good entry point for examining a specific policy question, we can adequately embed the planned study within the ES framework.

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Land use trade-offs for flood protection: A choice experiment with visualizations

Cited by 47 publications

References 60 publications

Floodplains and Complex Adaptive Systems—Perspectives on Connecting the Dots in Flood Risk Assessment with Coupled Component Models

Floodplains and Complex Adaptive Systems—Perspectives on Connecting the Dots in Flood Risk Assessment with Coupled Component Models

A review on trade-off analysis of ecosystem services for sustainable land-use management

Ecosystem Service Mapping and Assessment as a Support for Policy and Decision Making

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