NDLI: An assessment of the impact of climate adaptation measures to reduce flood risk on ecosystem services

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Author	Verburg, Peter H. Koomen, Eric Hilferink, Maarten Pérez Soba, Marta Lesschen, Jan Peter
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Measures of climate change adaptation often involve modification of land use and land use planning practices. Such changes in land use affect the provision of various ecosystem goods and services. Therefore, it is likely that adaptation measures may result in synergies and trade-offs between a range of ecosystems goods and services. An integrative land use modelling approach is presented to assess such impacts for the European Union. A reference scenario accounts for current trends in global drivers and includes a number of important policy developments that correspond to on-going changes in European policies. The reference scenario is compared to a policy scenario in which a range of measures is implemented to regulate flood risk and protect soils under conditions of climate change. The impacts of the simulated land use dynamics are assessed for four key indicators of ecosystem service provision: flood risk, carbon sequestration, habitat connectivity and biodiversity. The results indicate a large spatial variation in the consequences of the adaptation measures on the provisioning of ecosystem services. Synergies are frequently observed at the location of the measures itself, whereas trade-offs are found at other locations. Reducing land use intensity in specific parts of the catchment may lead to increased pressure in other regions, resulting in trade-offs. Consequently, when aggregating the results to larger spatial scales the positive and negative impacts may be off-set, indicating the need for detailed spatial assessments. The modelled results indicate that for a careful planning and evaluation of adaptation measures it is needed to consider the trade-offs accounting for the negative effects of a measure at locations distant from the actual measure. Integrated land use modelling can help land use planning in such complex trade-off evaluation by providing evidence on synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services, different policy fields and societal demands.
Starting Page	473
Ending Page	486
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09212973
Journal	Landscape Ecology
Volume Number	27
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15729761
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2012-02-11
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Climate change adaptation Integrated spatial modelling Land use Ecosystem services Flood risk Soil protection Plant Ecology Forestry Management Landscape Ecology Forestry Plant Sciences Ecology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geography, Planning and Development Ecology Nature and Landscape Conservation

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