Effects of river restoration (WP4) [1]
OBJECTIVES
- To investigate the effects of hydromorphological restoration on (1) river habitats, (2) biota and (3) ecosystem services, broken down by different restoration measures and scales
- To analyse the rationale of strong and weak effects of common hydromorphological restoration strategies at catchment, reach and local scales and to relate effects sizes to costs.
- To compare socio-economic costs and benefits at the project appraisal stage and compare them with actual expenditures.
- To test and improve standard protocols for evaluating the success of hydromorphological restoration, which are developed in WPs 2 and 6.
DELIVERABLES
D4.1 Field protocols and associated database [2] (online August 2014)
D4.2 Evaluation of hydromorphological restoration from existing data [3] (online August 2014)
D4.3 Effects of large- and small-scale river restoration on hydromorphology and ecology [4] (online December 2014)
D4.4 Assessing societal benefits of river restoration using the ecosystem services approach [5] (online March 2015)
D4.5 Fact sheets for restoration projects [6] (online December 2015)
REFORM has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration under Grant Agreement no. 282656.