Ecosystem Services and River Basin Ecohydrology

✍ Scribed by Luis Chicharo, Felix Müller, Nicola Fohrer (eds.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Leaves: 350
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book provides an integrated analysis of the methodologies and main processes occurring at the entire river basin, from upstream until the coast, by merging the biological and hydrological processes with the social and economic components, thus providing an integrated framework for river basin management, integrating the ecohydrology approach with the ecosystem services concept.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-6
The Basic Ideas of the Ecosystem Service Concept....Pages 7-33
Cultural Services in Aquatic Ecosystems....Pages 35-56
The Importance of Hyporheic Zone Processes on Ecological Functioning and Solute Transport of Streams and Rivers....Pages 57-82
Marine and Coastal Ecosystems: Delivery of Goods and Services, Through Sustainable Use and Conservation....Pages 83-105
Terrestrial Ecosystem Services in River Basins: An Overview and an Assessment Framework....Pages 107-132
Quantifying, Modelling and Mapping Ecosystem Services in Watersheds....Pages 133-149
A Methodology for Quantifying and Mapping Ecosystem Services Provided by Watersheds....Pages 151-180
Assessing the Impact of Land-Use Changes on Providing Hydrological Ecosystem Functions (ESF) and Services (ESS) – A Case-Study Experience Based Conceptual Framework....Pages 181-200
Valuation of Ecosystem Services Regarding the Water Framework Directive on the Example of the Jahna River Catchment in Saxony (Germany)....Pages 201-213
Water-Related Ecosystem Services – The Case Study of Regulating Ecosystem Services in the Kielstau Basin, Germany....Pages 215-232
Aquatic Ecosystem Services and Management in East Africa: The Tanzania Case....Pages 233-250
Coastal Watershed Ecosystem Services Management in West Africa: Case of Ghana and Nigeria....Pages 251-274
Management of Agriculture to Preserve Environmental Values of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia....Pages 275-292
Ecohydrology: A New Approach to Old Problems for Sustainable Management of Aquatic Ecosystem of Bangladesh for Ecosystem Service Provision....Pages 293-317
Ecosystem Services in Estuarine Systems: Implications for Management....Pages 319-341

✦ Subjects

Environmental Management; Sustainable Development; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution; Water Quality/Water Pollution

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