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Assessing the Impact of Land-Use Changes on Providing Hydrological Ecosystem Functions (ESF) and Services (ESS) – A Case-Study Experience Based Conceptual Framework

Authors : Christine Fürst, Wolfgang-Albert Flügel

Published in: Ecosystem Services and River Basin Ecohydrology

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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Abstract

In this chapter, requirements for and lessons learnt from assessing the impact of land use and land cover change (LULCC) on the provision of hydrological ecosystem functions (ESF) and services (ESS) are demonstrated based on selected case studies. First, potentials, limits and transferability of a detailed land classification scheme developed for Germany are explored. Second, an approach how to make use of landscape metrics to correct the assessment of ESF and ESS provision in LULCC impact assessment is presented to better account for land-use pattern heterogeneity. Third, the potential of Hydrological Response Units (HRU) to bridge scale-related discrepancies between modeling, assessment and decision units is discused. Finally, a conceptual framework approach is suggested that builds on the HRU concept and merges the latter with a cellular automaton based LULCC impact assessment framework.

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Metadata
Title
Assessing the Impact of Land-Use Changes on Providing Hydrological Ecosystem Functions (ESF) and Services (ESS) – A Case-Study Experience Based Conceptual Framework
Authors
Christine Fürst
Wolfgang-Albert Flügel
Copyright Year
2015
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Ecosystem Services and River Basin Ecohydrology

Print ISBN: 978-94-017-9845-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-017-9846-4

Copyright Year: 2015

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9846-4_9