Imperial College London
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Professor Nick Voulvoulis

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Policy

Professor of Environmental Technology
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 7459n.voulvoulis Website

 
 
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Location

 

103Weeks BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Souliotis:2021:10.1007/s00267-021-01478-7,
author = {Souliotis, I and Voulvoulis, N},
doi = {10.1007/s00267-021-01478-7},
journal = {Environmental Management (New York): an international journal for decision-makers, scientists and environmental auditors},
pages = {38--52},
title = {Incorporating ecosystem services in the assessment of water framework directive programmes of measures},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-021-01478-7},
volume = {68},
year = {2021}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The EU Water Framework Directive requires the development of management responses aimed towards improving water quality as a result of improving ecosystem health (system state). Ecosystems have potential to supply a range of services that are of fundamental importance to human well-being, health, livelihoods and survival, and their capacity to supply these services depends on the ecosystem condition (its structure and processes). According to the WFD, Programmes of Measures should be developed to improve overall water status by reducing anthropogenic catchment pressures to levels compatible with the achievement of the ecological objectives of the directive, and when designed and implemented properly should improve the ecological condition of aquatic ecosystems that the delivery of ecosystem services depends on. Monitoring and evaluation of implemented measures are crucial for assessing their effectiveness and creating the agenda for consecutive planning cycles. Considering the challenges of achieving water status improvements, and the difficulties of communicating these to the wider public, we develop a framework for the evaluation of measures cost-effectiveness that considers ecosystem services as the benefits from the reduction of pressures on water bodies. We demonstrate its application through a case study and discuss its potential to facilitate the economic analysis required by the directive, and that most European water authorities had problems with. Findings demonstrate the potential of the methodology to effectively incorporate ecosystem services in the assessment of costs and benefits of proposed actions, as well as its potential to engage stakeholders.
AU  - Souliotis,I
AU  - Voulvoulis,N
DO  - 10.1007/s00267-021-01478-7
EP  - 52
PY  - 2021///
SN  - 0364-152X
SP  - 38
TI  - Incorporating ecosystem services in the assessment of water framework directive programmes of measures
T2  - Environmental Management (New York): an international journal for decision-makers, scientists and environmental auditors
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-021-01478-7
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33978824
UR  - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00267-021-01478-7
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/88838
VL  - 68
ER  -
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