Assessing land use and flood management impacts on ecosystem services in a river landscape (Upper Danube, Germany)
Fischer, Christine
Cyffka, Bernd
Albert, Christian
Damm, Christian
Dehnhardt, Alexandra
Fischer, Helmut
Foeckler, Francis
Gerstner, Lars
Hoffmann, Tim G.
Iwanowski, Janette
Kasperidus, Hans D.
Linnemann, Kathrin
Mehl, Dietmar
Podschun, Simone A.
Rayanov, Marin
Ritz, Stephanie
Rumm, Andrea
Scholz, Mathias
Schulz‐Zunkel, Christiane
Thiele, Julia
Venohr, Markus
von Haaren, Christina
Pusch, Martin T.
Gelhaus, Marion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3669
Persistent URL: http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/8509
Cyffka, Bernd; 1 Floodplain Institute Neuburg Catholic University of Eichstätt‐Ingolstadt Neuburg/Donau Germany
Albert, Christian; 4 Institute of Geography Ruhr University Bochum Bochum Germany
Damm, Christian; 5 Department of Wetland Ecology KIT‐Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruhe Germany
Dehnhardt, Alexandra; 6 Environmental and Land Economics Technical University of Berlin Berlin Germany
Fischer, Helmut; 8 Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) Koblenz Germany
Foeckler, Francis; 9 ÖKON—Ass. for Landscape Ecology, Limnology, and Environmental Planning Ltd. Kallmünz Germany
Gerstner, Lars; 5 Department of Wetland Ecology KIT‐Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruhe Germany
Hoffmann, Tim G.; 10 Biota—Institute of Ecological Research and Planning Ltd. Bützow Germany
Iwanowski, Janette; 10 Biota—Institute of Ecological Research and Planning Ltd. Bützow Germany
Kasperidus, Hans D.; 2 Department of Conservation Biology Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ Leipzig Germany
Linnemann, Kathrin; 8 Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) Koblenz Germany
Mehl, Dietmar; 10 Biota—Institute of Ecological Research and Planning Ltd. Bützow Germany
Podschun, Simone A.; 11 Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) Berlin Germany
Rayanov, Marin; 6 Environmental and Land Economics Technical University of Berlin Berlin Germany
Ritz, Stephanie; 8 Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) Koblenz Germany
Rumm, Andrea; 9 ÖKON—Ass. for Landscape Ecology, Limnology, and Environmental Planning Ltd. Kallmünz Germany
Scholz, Mathias; 2 Department of Conservation Biology Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ Leipzig Germany
Schulz‐Zunkel, Christiane; 2 Department of Conservation Biology Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ Leipzig Germany
Thiele, Julia; 12 Institute of Environmental Planning Leibniz University Hannover Hannover Germany
Venohr, Markus; 11 Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) Berlin Germany
von Haaren, Christina; 12 Institute of Environmental Planning Leibniz University Hannover Hannover Germany
Pusch, Martin T.; 11 Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) Berlin Germany
Gelhaus, Marion; 1 Floodplain Institute Neuburg Catholic University of Eichstätt‐Ingolstadt Neuburg/Donau Germany
Abstract
Rivers and floodplains provide many regulating, provisioning and cultural ecosystem services (ES) such as flood risk regulation, crop production or recreation. Intensive use of resources such as hydropower production, construction of detention basins and intensive agriculture substantially change ecosystems and may affect their capacity to provide ES. Legal frameworks such as the European Water Framework Directive, Bird and Habitats Directive and Floods Directive already address various uses and interests. However, management is still sectoral and often potential synergies or trade‐offs between sectors are not considered. The ES concept could support a joint and holistic evaluation of impacts and proactively suggest advantageous options. The river ecosystem service index (RESI) method evaluates the capacity of floodplains to provide ES by using a standardized five‐point scale for 1 km‐floodplain segments based on available spatial data. This scaling allows consistent scoring of all ES and their integration into a single index. The aim of this article is to assess ES impacts of different flood prevention scenarios on a 75 km section of the Danube river corridor in Germany. The RESI method was applied to evaluate scenario effects on 13 ES with the standardized five‐point scale. Synergies and trade‐offs were identified as well as ES bundles and dependencies on land use and connectivity. The ratio of actual and former floodplain has the strongest influence on the total ES provision: the higher the percentage and area of an active floodplain, the higher the sum of ES. The RESI method proved useful to support decision‐making in regional planning.
Subjects
assessmentcultural
floodplains
index
inter‐sectoral management
regulating and provisioning ecosystem services
stakeholders