Photo simulation of a river restoration: Relationships between public perception and ecosystem services
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17310%2F21%3AA22026YD" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17310/21:A22026YD - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/rra.3738?af=R" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/rra.3738?af=R</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rra.3738" target="_blank" >10.1002/rra.3738</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Photo simulation of a river restoration: Relationships between public perception and ecosystem services
Original language description
Evaluating the ecosystem services (ES) of rivers is a challenging process. We chose to evaluate photo simulations of a river restoration effort using two different approaches. The first approach was an expert evaluation based on the assessment of individual river restoration elements. The second was an evaluation of public perception, which was implemented by collecting 150 respondent replies through an internet questionnaire. Participants in both methods worked with the photo of the original site and three adjusted photos (i.e., with added river restoration elements or recreational amenities). The original photo was taken in Příbor, Czechia, displayed a heavily channelized gravel‐bed river in an urban area. For this reason, the design of the river restoration effort was spatially limited. In the expert evaluation, we obtained an ascending trend; the highest score was achieved by photo simulation which had the highest number of added restoration elements. In the public perception trial, the respondents evaluated the photo simulations based on four ES categories: (a) ecological and hydromorphological function, (b) aesthetics and landscape function, (c) flood protection and (d) recreational function. It was found that the respondents differed original state from the final restoration state in the category (a), (b) and (c). The final state achieved a better score in these categories. The main findings from both approaches were that even a small restoration effort could significantly improve the perception of ES as well as their services itself provided by the restored river. This conclusion could encourage the planning and construction of river restoration projects in even densely inhabited urban areas.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10503 - Water resources
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
River Research and Applications
ISSN
1535-1459
e-ISSN
1535-1467
Volume of the periodical
37
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
44-53
UT code for WoS article
000577469500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85092091181