Water Ecosystem Services - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Water Ecosystem Services write by Julia Martin-Ortega. This book was released on 2015-03-26. Water Ecosystem Services available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book uses ecosystem services-based approaches to address major global and regional water challenges, for researchers, students, and policy makers.
River Science at the U.S. Geological Survey
River Science at the U.S. Geological Survey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook River Science at the U.S. Geological Survey write by National Research Council. This book was released on 2007-04-24. River Science at the U.S. Geological Survey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Rivers provide about 60 percent of the nation's drinking water and irrigation water and 10 percent of the nation's electric power needs. The multiple and sometimes incompatible services demanded of rivers often lead to policy and management conflicts that require the integration of science-based information. This report advises the U.S. Geological Survey on how it can best address river science challenges by effectively using its resources and coordinating its activities with other agencies. The report identifies the highest priority river science issues for the USGS, including environmental flows and river restoration, sediment transport and geomorphology, and groundwater surface-water interactions. It also recommends two cross-cutting science activities including surveying and mapping the nation's river systems according to key physical and landscape features, and expanding work on predictive models, especially those that simulate interactions between physical-biological processes. The report identifies key variables to be monitored and data-managed. It proposes enhancements in streamflow, biological, and sediment monitoring; these include establishing multidisciplinary, integrated reach-scale monitoring sites and developing a comprehensive national sediment monitoring program. Finally, it encourages the USGS to be at the forefront of new technology application, including airborne lidar and embedded, networked, wireless sensors.
Ecosystem Services – Concept, Methods and Case Studies
Ecosystem Services – Concept, Methods and Case Studies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ecosystem Services – Concept, Methods and Case Studies write by Karsten Grunewald. This book was released on 2015-05-18. Ecosystem Services – Concept, Methods and Case Studies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Nature provides us with many services seemingly for free: recharged groundwater, fertile soil and plant biomass created by photosynthesis. We human beings draw extensive benefits from these “ecosystem services,” or ES – food, water supply, recreation and protection from natural hazards. Major international studies, such as the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, have addressed the enormous role of biodiversity and ecosystems to human well-being, and they draw particular attention to the consequences resulting from the reduction or loss of these services. These very topical issues are being addressed by authors/scientists in a wide variety of disciplines – and their approaches, terminologies and methodological specifics are just as diverse. What, for example, does the efficacy of nature or natural capital mean? Which values of nature are particularly important, how are they distributed in space and time and how can they be assessed and the relevant knowledge promoted? Can all ecosystem services be quantified and even monetarised? What should be done to ensure that the multiple services of nature will be available also in future? This book explains the multifaceted concept of ecosystem services, provides a methodological framework for its analysis and assessment, and discusses case examples, particularly from Germany. It is addressed to scientists and practitioners in the administrative, volunteer and professional spheres, especially those who deal with environment, landscape management and nature conservation and regional and land-use planning. The target group includes experts from the business community, politicians and decision makers, students and all those interested in fundamental ecological, economic, ethical and environmental issues.
Ecosystem Services and River Basin Ecohydrology
Ecosystem Services and River Basin Ecohydrology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ecosystem Services and River Basin Ecohydrology write by Luis Chicharo. This book was released on 2015-07-17. Ecosystem Services and River Basin Ecohydrology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Valuing Ecosystem Services
Valuing Ecosystem Services - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Valuing Ecosystem Services write by National Research Council. This book was released on 2005-05-14. Valuing Ecosystem Services available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Nutrient recycling, habitat for plants and animals, flood control, and water supply are among the many beneficial services provided by aquatic ecosystems. In making decisions about human activities, such as draining a wetland for a housing development, it is essential to consider both the value of the development and the value of the ecosystem services that could be lost. Despite a growing recognition of the importance of ecosystem services, their value is often overlooked in environmental decision-making. This report identifies methods for assigning economic value to ecosystem servicesâ€"even intangible onesâ€"and calls for greater collaboration between ecologists and economists in such efforts.
