Flood Recovery, Innovation and Response II

0357241 - ÚVGZ 2011 RIV GB eng M - Monography Chapter
Pithart, David - Křováková, Kateřina - Žaloudík, Jiří - Dostál, T. - Valentová, J. - Valenta, P. - Weyskrabová, J. - Dušek, Jiří
Ecosystem services of natural floodplain segment - Lužnice River, Czech Republic.
Flood Recovery, Innovation and Response II. Southampton: Wit press, 2010 - (Proverbs, D.; de Wrachien, D.; Brebbia, C.; Mambretti, S.), s. 129-139. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 133. ISBN 978-1-84564-444-4
R&D Projects: GA MZe QH82078
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60870520; CEZ:AV0Z60170517
Keywords : floodplain * ecosystem services, * monetary evaluation flood mitigation * carbon sequestration * biodiversity
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
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The river Lužnice floodplain in south Bohemia with a preserved floodplain ecosystem and hydrological regime has been investigated for selected ecosystem services (ES): flood mitigation, biodiversity refuge, carbon sequestration, and production of commodities. Two contrasting scenarios at 5 km long studying floodplain segment were compared: near-nature state as it is (Scenario A) and virtually transformed floodplain (Scenario B). For the flood mitigation service, we used an output from hydraulic analysis of modelled flood events (model FAST 2D). For monetary evaluation, we used the method of replacement cost of this retention volume. For biodiversity refuge, the value of biotopes and their contribution to the floodplain area were analysed according to the Hessen method. Carbon sequestration was measured by eddy-covariance method. The contribution of particular ES to the total ecosystem value showed the importance of flood mitigation and biodiversity refugium compared to other services.
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