Grantee Research Project Results
2017 Progress Report: Assessing the Contribution of Small Streams to Use and Non-use WaterQuality Values Using Modeling, Stakeholder Participation, and Decision Theory
EPA Grant Number: R836169Title: Assessing the Contribution of Small Streams to Use and Non-use WaterQuality Values Using Modeling, Stakeholder Participation, and Decision Theory
Investigators: Howarth, Richard B. , Borsuk, Mark E.
Current Investigators: Borsuk, Mark E. , Howarth, Richard B. , Rogers, Shannon H. , Chen, Celia Y , Zuidema, Shan
Institution: Dartmouth College
Current Institution: Dartmouth College , Plymouth State University , University of New Hampshire
EPA Project Officer: Packard, Benjamin H
Project Period: April 1, 2016 through March 31, 2021 (Extended to March 31, 2022)
Project Period Covered by this Report: April 1, 2017 through March 31,2018
Project Amount: $798,337
RFA: Water Quality Benefits (2015) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Water
Objective:
The goal of this project is to develop a transferable framework for linking the health of small streams to water quality indicators, ecosystem services, and human preferences. The project aims to combine a spatially distributed modeling framework for gauging the determinants of water quality with two complementary valuation methods, deliberative multicriteria analysis and choice modelling. The project focuses on the Cocheco, Oyster, and Lamprey River watersheds in Southeastern New Hampshire.
Progress Summary:
Thus far in the project, our team has focused on updating the FrAMES hydrological model and developing a Bayesian network model to represent the links between ecosystem function and related ecosystem services. In addition, we held a series of four stakeholder workshops in the spring of 2018 that applied deliberative multicriteria evaluation to value ecosystem services at the watershed scale.
Future Activities:
The next phase of the project will involve the further development and application of our biophysical models plus analysis of the data generated by our stakeholder workshops. In addition, we plan to implement a stated preference survey, which will allow us to compare the results generated by deliberative multicriteria analysis and standard nonmarket valuation techniques.
Journal Articles on this Report : 1 Displayed | Download in RIS Format
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Murphy M, Mavrommati G, Mallampalli V, Howarth R, Borsuk M. Comparing group deliberation to other forms of preference aggregation in valuing ecosystem services. Ecology and Society 2017;22(4):17. |
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Supplemental Keywords:
Ecosystem services, small streams, deliberative multicriteria analysis, stated preference methods, Bayesian network modelingProgress and Final Reports:
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Project Research Results
- Final Report
- 2020 Progress Report
- 2019 Progress Report
- 2018 Progress Report
- 2016 Progress Report
- Original Abstract
6 journal articles for this project