| Title | Disentangling the complexity of socio-cultural values of temporary rivers |
| Abstract | In the last decade, an awareness towards temporary rivers has increased globally in response to drying climates and growing human demand for water. However, social perceptions of temporary rivers have rarely been incorporated in their science and management. In this study, we advance an understanding of the socio-cultural values of temporary rivers principally in a European context. We used an ecosystem services-based approach for a participatory and deliberative exercise with 16 researchers and managers. Our results point out to two important aspects of socio-cultural values in temporary rivers. First, cultural ecosystem services have high socio-cultural values and usually represent the interests of the less influential stakeholders in related conflicts. And second, the temporal and geographical variability of these types of rivers is key to understand their socio-cultural values. As an example, the low provision of freshwater in a long non-flowing phase is one of the reasons for its high value. The results above point to future research needs that deserve more attention like the study of tradeoffs and synergies of ecosystem services and interdisciplinary research and management. We finally acknowledge the need to conduct case study research to account for geographical variation and to include the multiple views of different stakeholder groups. |
| Source | Ecosystems and people (Online) 17 (1), pp. 235–247 |
| Keywords | Eszter KelemenEcosystem servicesephemeral streamsintermittent riversnon-monetary valuationparticipatory approachsocio-cultural valuationtemporal variabilitywater management |
| Journal | Ecosystems and people (Online) |
| Editor | Taylor & Francis Group an Informa Business, Abingdon UK, Regno Unito |
| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| DOI | 10.1080/26395916.2021.1912186 |
| Authors | Jorda-Capdevila, Didac; Iniesta-Arandia, Irene; Quintas-Soriano, Cristina; Basdeki, Aikaterini; Calleja, Eman J.; DeGirolamo, Anna Maria; Gilvear, David; Ilheu, Maria; Kriauciuniene, Jurate; Logar, Ivana; Loures, Luis; Padlo, Tomasz |
| Text | 465225 2021 10.1080/26395916.2021.1912186 ISI Web of Science WOS 000652347400001 Eszter Kelemen Ecosystem services ephemeral streams intermittent rivers non monetary valuation participatory approach socio cultural valuation temporal variability water management Disentangling the complexity of socio cultural values of temporary rivers Jorda Capdevila, Didac; Iniesta Arandia, Irene; Quintas Soriano, Cristina; Basdeki, Aikaterini; Calleja, Eman J.; DeGirolamo, Anna Maria; Gilvear, David; Ilheu, Maria; Kriauciuniene, Jurate; Logar, Ivana; Loures, Luis; Padlo, Tomasz Catalan Inst Water Res ICRA; Univ Girona; Edifici ICTA ICP; FRACTAL Collect; Univ Kassel; Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki; Malta Coll Arts Sci Technol; CNR; Univ Plymouth; Univ Evora; Univ Evora; Lithuanian Energy Inst; Swiss Fed Inst Aquat Sci Technol; Polytech Inst Portalegre IPP; Pedag Univ Krakow In the last decade, an awareness towards temporary rivers has increased globally in response to drying climates and growing human demand for water. However, social perceptions of temporary rivers have rarely been incorporated in their science and management. In this study, we advance an understanding of the socio cultural values of temporary rivers principally in a European context. We used an ecosystem services based approach for a participatory and deliberative exercise with 16 researchers and managers. Our results point out to two important aspects of socio cultural values in temporary rivers. First, cultural ecosystem services have high socio cultural values and usually represent the interests of the less influential stakeholders in related conflicts. And second, the temporal and geographical variability of these types of rivers is key to understand their socio cultural values. As an example, the low provision of freshwater in a long non flowing phase is one of the reasons for its high value. The results above point to future research needs that deserve more attention like the study of tradeoffs and synergies of ecosystem services and interdisciplinary research and management. We finally acknowledge the need to conduct case study research to account for geographical variation and to include the multiple views of different stakeholder groups. 17 Published version Articolo in rivista Taylor Francis Group an Informa Business 2639 5916 Ecosystems and people Online Ecosystems and people Online Ecosystems and people Ecosyst. people Online Ecosystems people annamaria.degirolamo DE GIROLAMO ANNA MARIA |
