Improved modelling of the freshwater provisioning ecosystem service in water scarce river basins

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2017-04-10

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1364-8152

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Momblanch A, Paredes-Arquiola J, Andreu J, Improved modelling of the freshwater provisioning ecosystem service in water scarce river basins, Environmental Modelling and Software, Volume 94, August 2017, Pages 87 ā€“ 99.

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Freshwater provisioning by the landscape contributes to human well-being through water use for drinking, irrigation and other purposes. The assessment of this ecosystem service involves the quantification of water resources and the valuation of water use benefits. Models especially designed to assess ecosystem services can be used. However, they have limitations in representing the delivery of the service in water scarce river basins where water management and the temporal variability of water resource and its use are key aspects to consider. Integrating water resources management tools represents a good alternative to ecosystem services models in these river basins. We propose a modelling framework that links a rainfall-runoff model and a water allocation model which allow accounting for the specific requirements of water scarce river basins. Moreover, we develop a water tracer which rebounds the value of the service from beneficiaries to water sources, allowing the spatial mapping of the service.

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Ecosystem services, Freshwater provisioning, Water resources management, Integrated modelling, Water scarcity, AQUATOOL

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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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