Analysis of the uncertainty in the monetary valuation of ecosystem services: a case study at the river basin scale

Ecosystem services provide multiple benefits to human wellbeing and are increasingly considered by policy-makers in environmental management. However, the uncertainty related with the monetary valuation of these benefits is not yet adequately defined or integrated by policy-makers. Given this backgr...

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Autores: Boithias, Laurie, Terrado, Marta, Corominas Tabares, Lluís, Ziv, Guy, Kumar, Vikas, Marquès, Montse, Schuhmacher, Marta, Acuña, Vicenç
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Ecosistemes -- Gestió
Ecosystem management
Ecologia d'aigua dolça
Freshwater ecology
Gestió ambiental
Environmental management
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spelling Analysis of the uncertainty in the monetary valuation of ecosystem services: a case study at the river basin scaleBoithias, LaurieTerrado, MartaCorominas Tabares, LluísZiv, GuyKumar, VikasMarquès, MontseSchuhmacher, MartaAcuña, VicençEcosistemes -- GestióEcosystem managementEcologia d'aigua dolçaFreshwater ecologyGestió ambientalEnvironmental managementEcosystem services provide multiple benefits to human wellbeing and are increasingly considered by policy-makers in environmental management. However, the uncertainty related with the monetary valuation of these benefits is not yet adequately defined or integrated by policy-makers. Given this background, our aim was to quantify different sources of uncertainty when performing monetary valuation of ecosystem services, in order to provide a series of guidelines to reduce them. With an example of 4 ecosystem services (i.e., water provisioning, waste treatment, erosion protection, and habitat for species) provided at the river basin scale, we quantified the uncertainty associated with the following sources: (1) the number of services considered, (2) the number of benefits considered for each service, (3) the valuation metrics (i.e. valuation methods) used to value benefits, and (4) the uncertainty of the parameters included in the valuation metrics. Results indicate that the highest uncertainty was caused by the number of services considered, as well as by the number of benefits considered for each service, whereas the parametric uncertainty was similar to the one related to the selection of valuation metric, thus suggesting that the parametric uncertainty, which is the only uncertainty type commonly considered, was less critical than the structural uncertainty, which is in turn mainly dependent on the decision-making context. Given the uncertainty associated to the valuation structure, special attention should be given to the selection of services, benefits and metrics according to a given contextThis research was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through the project SCARCE (Consolider-Ingenio 2010 CSD2009-00065), the postdoctoral grant “Juan de la Cierva” (JC2011-09116, to MT), and the Ramón y Cajal grant (RYC-2013-14595, to LC), as well as by a Marie Curie European Reintegration Grant (PERG07-GA-2010-259219, to VA), and a Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (PCIG9-GA-2011-293535, to LC).ElsevierMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (Espanya)2016info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10256/12889© Science of the Total Environment, 2016, vol. 543, part A, p. 683-690Articles publicats (ICRA)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.066info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0048-9697info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//CSD2009-00065info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/293535Reconeixement-NoComercial-SenseObraDerivada 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10256/128892026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Analysis of the uncertainty in the monetary valuation of ecosystem services: a case study at the river basin scale
title Analysis of the uncertainty in the monetary valuation of ecosystem services: a case study at the river basin scale
spellingShingle Analysis of the uncertainty in the monetary valuation of ecosystem services: a case study at the river basin scale
Boithias, Laurie
Ecosistemes -- Gestió
Ecosystem management
Ecologia d'aigua dolça
Freshwater ecology
Gestió ambiental
Environmental management
title_short Analysis of the uncertainty in the monetary valuation of ecosystem services: a case study at the river basin scale
title_full Analysis of the uncertainty in the monetary valuation of ecosystem services: a case study at the river basin scale
title_fullStr Analysis of the uncertainty in the monetary valuation of ecosystem services: a case study at the river basin scale
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of the uncertainty in the monetary valuation of ecosystem services: a case study at the river basin scale
title_sort Analysis of the uncertainty in the monetary valuation of ecosystem services: a case study at the river basin scale
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Boithias, Laurie
Terrado, Marta
Corominas Tabares, Lluís
Ziv, Guy
Kumar, Vikas
Marquès, Montse
Schuhmacher, Marta
Acuña, Vicenç
author Boithias, Laurie
author_facet Boithias, Laurie
Terrado, Marta
Corominas Tabares, Lluís
Ziv, Guy
Kumar, Vikas
Marquès, Montse
Schuhmacher, Marta
Acuña, Vicenç
author_role author
author2 Terrado, Marta
Corominas Tabares, Lluís
Ziv, Guy
Kumar, Vikas
Marquès, Montse
Schuhmacher, Marta
Acuña, Vicenç
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Espanya)
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ecosistemes -- Gestió
Ecosystem management
Ecologia d'aigua dolça
Freshwater ecology
Gestió ambiental
Environmental management
topic Ecosistemes -- Gestió
Ecosystem management
Ecologia d'aigua dolça
Freshwater ecology
Gestió ambiental
Environmental management
description Ecosystem services provide multiple benefits to human wellbeing and are increasingly considered by policy-makers in environmental management. However, the uncertainty related with the monetary valuation of these benefits is not yet adequately defined or integrated by policy-makers. Given this background, our aim was to quantify different sources of uncertainty when performing monetary valuation of ecosystem services, in order to provide a series of guidelines to reduce them. With an example of 4 ecosystem services (i.e., water provisioning, waste treatment, erosion protection, and habitat for species) provided at the river basin scale, we quantified the uncertainty associated with the following sources: (1) the number of services considered, (2) the number of benefits considered for each service, (3) the valuation metrics (i.e. valuation methods) used to value benefits, and (4) the uncertainty of the parameters included in the valuation metrics. Results indicate that the highest uncertainty was caused by the number of services considered, as well as by the number of benefits considered for each service, whereas the parametric uncertainty was similar to the one related to the selection of valuation metric, thus suggesting that the parametric uncertainty, which is the only uncertainty type commonly considered, was less critical than the structural uncertainty, which is in turn mainly dependent on the decision-making context. Given the uncertainty associated to the valuation structure, special attention should be given to the selection of services, benefits and metrics according to a given context
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