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Research Project: Managing Water and Sediment Movement in Agricultural Watersheds

Location: Watershed Physical Processes Research

Title: Technical notes on tools to support planning and design of hydromorphological management and restoration measures

Author
item KOESCH, MARIO - University Of Natural Resources & Applied Life Sciences - Austria
item BERTRAND, MELANIE - Institut National De Recherche En Sciences Et Technologies Pour L'Environnement Et L'agriculture(ir
item BOZ, BRUNO - Italian Center For River Restoration
item CAROLLI, MAURO - Leibniz Institute Of Freshwater Ecology And Inland Fisheries
item CHOUQUET, ISABELLE - Department Of Hautes Alpes
item DUNST, ROMAN - University Of Natural Resources & Applied Life Sciences - Austria
item FRAGOLA, GUISEPPE - Hydrographic District Of The Eastern Alps
item GAUCHER, ROMAIN - Department Of Hautes Alpes
item GMEINER, PHILIPP - University Of Natural Resources & Applied Life Sciences - Austria
item GOLTARA, ANDREA - Italian Center For River Restoration
item HAUER, CHRISTOPH - University Of Natural Resources & Applied Life Sciences - Austria
item HOLZAPFEL, PATRICK - University Of Natural Resources & Applied Life Sciences - Austria
item Langendoen, Eddy
item JAVORNIK, LUKA - Institute For Water Of The Republic Of Slovenia
item LIEBAULT, LIEBAULT - Universite Grenoble Alpes
item MALDONADO, ERIC - Institut National De Recherche En Sciences Et Technologies Pour L'Environnement Et L'agriculture(ir
item MARANGONI, NICOLA - Leibniz Institute Of Freshwater Ecology And Inland Fisheries
item MOLNAR, PETER - Eth Zurich
item PESSENLEHNER, SEBASTIAN - University Of Natural Resources & Applied Life Sciences - Austria
item PUSCH, MARTIN - Leibniz Institute Of Freshwater Ecology And Inland Fisheries
item RECKING, ALAIN - Institut National De Recherche En Sciences Et Technologies Pour L'Environnement Et L'agriculture(ir
item ROSSI, DANIELE - National Authority Of Adige River Basin
item ROZMAN, DAVOR - Institute For Water Of The Republic Of Slovenia
item SANTI, SASO - Institute For Water Of The Republic Of Slovenia
item STEPHAN, URSULA - Federal Agency For Water Management
item HABERSACK, HELMUT - University Of Natural Resources & Applied Life Sciences - Austria

Submitted to: Technical Report
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/30/2018
Publication Date: 8/31/2018
Citation: Koesch, M., Bertrand, M., Boz, B., Carolli, M., Chouquet, I., Dunst, R., Fragola, G., Gaucher, R., Gmeiner, P., Goltara, A., Hauer, C., Holzapfel, P., Langendoen, E.J., Javornik, L., Liebault, L., Maldonado, E., Marangoni, N., Molnar, P., Pessenlehner, S., Pusch, M., Recking, A., Rossi, D., Rozman, D., Santi, S., Stephan, U., Habersack, H. 2018. Technical notes on tools to support planning and design of hydromorphological management and restoration measures. Technical Report. HyMoCARES, Interreg Alpine Space Program. 185 pp.

Interpretive Summary: River corridors represent one of the most used and modified landscape elements in the European Alps, but many are at risk or severely degraded and do not provide sufficient ecosystem services. For more effective river restoration the links between human uses, hydromorphological processes, and ecosystem services of alpine river corridors need to be understood. Through the European Union funded HyMoCARES Project, scientists from various Alpine countries (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland) in collaboration with ARS scientist are developing a conceptual framework and operational tools to integrate ecosystem services in Alpine river basin planning and management, with a special focus on factors affecting river hydromorphology, including sediment continuity, while ensuring integration of local and basin scales. A report was prepared that compiles a diverse set of assessment tools for hydromorphological processes. The final framework will be integrated in the implementation process of European Union legislation.

Technical Abstract: The European Union funded HyMoCARES Project aims to develop, demonstrate and promote an operational framework to integrate ecosystem services (ES) in river basin planning and management, in relation to factors affecting river hydromorphology. This will directly contribute to enhance protection, conservation and ecological connectivity of Alpine freshwater ecosystems, since the main pressure factors affecting them are related to hydromorphological alteration, which effects on ecosystems and related ES are still insufficiently considered in decision-making. This report presents tools developed by the Project partners to assess hydromorphological processes.