Assessment of Pluvial Flood Mitigation Ecosystem Service in a Riverside City Using the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs Model for Ecological Corridor Mapping
Water,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(2), P. 143 - 143
Published: Jan. 8, 2025
Riverside
cities
are
vulnerable
to
pluvial
flooding
due
multiple
factors,
such
as
landscape
fragmentation
caused
by
land-use
changes,
which
weakens
the
ecosystem
service
of
flood
mitigation.
This
is
essential
because
it
reduces
impact
this
climatic
event
through
water
infiltration
into
soil.
The
metropolitan
area
Arequipa,
Peru,
a
riverside
city,
currently
fragmented
accelerated
population
growth,
has
filled
river
buffer
zones
and
agricultural
areas
with
concrete,
resulting
in
fragile
control
service.
research
assesses
mitigation
Arequipa
using
InVEST
software
3.12.1
map
an
ecological
corridor.
results
show
low
runoff
urban
environments
but
significant
retention
non-agricultural
vegetation
areas.
Zero-runoff
patches
were
identified
sources,
resistance
surface
least-cost
path
model
created,
yielding
57
km
corridor
connecting
18
sources
across
12
Arequipa’s
19
districts.
study
highlights
importance
integrating
services
planning
support
green
infrastructure
initiatives,
contribute
sustainable
resilient
mitigating
enhancing
natural
defenses.
Language: Английский
River Restoration and Revitalisation in Urban Areas: Exploring Opportunities for the Elassonitis River in Elassona, Greece
Nikolaos Samaras,
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Evrydiki Tsola,
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Constantine Samaras
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et al.
WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
20, P. 745 - 756
Published: Dec. 3, 2024
Throughout
history,
the
role
of
rivers
in
urban
areas
has
been
vital
and
complex.
Water
elements
have
defined
embodied
areas'
structure,
character,
growth,
economic
relations,
social
environmental
dynamics.
Today,
local
authorities
focus
on
restoration
revitalization
projects
as
key
for
sustainable
development.
These
efforts
aim
to
enhance
citizens'
cultural
memory
integrate
essential
environments.
The
paper
argues
importance
water
regeneration
projects.
It
explores
possibilities
river
through
a
case
study
Elassonitis
River
area
Elassona,
Greece.
We
identify
river's
community's
life
opportunities
arising
from
its
restoration.
methods
used
include
surveys
with
community.
detail
perceptions,
needs,
expectations
regarding
Lastly,
it
highlights
benefits
integrating
into
regeneration,
including
environmental,
social,
benefits.
can
influence
similar
other
regions,
demonstrating
potential
become
central
Language: Английский
Reflections on twenty-five years of landscape ecology discussion in the German-speaking IALE community
Landscape Online,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1131 - 1131
Published: Dec. 31, 2024
In
May
1999,
about
30
people
from
Austria,
Germany
and
Switzerland
met
in
Basel
(Switzerland)
to
found
the
German
Chapter
of
International
Association
for
Landscape
Ecology
(IALE-D)
bring
together
Germanspeaking
researchers,
planners
other
interested
landscape
ecology.
Now,
twenty-five
years
later,
we
take
this
milestone
as
an
opportunity
reflect
on
evolution
topics
that
have
shaped
ecology
discourse
within
IALE-D
community.
editorial,
(1)
present
history
conferences,
(2)
addressed
by
conference
contributions
how
they
developed,
(3)
offer
some
initial
indications
changes
relevance
with
regard
technological
advances,
thematic
foci,
transdisciplinarity,
sustainability
issues,
cultural
dimensions
can
be
observed
over
time.
Furthermore,
provide
overview
articles
published
2024
Online,
which
mainly
two
emerging
topics,
follow
lines
development
is,
a
focus
urban
environments
well
pressing
issues
related
global
change.
Language: Английский