Grantee Research Project Results
2020 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: Borsuk, Mark E. , Howarth, Richard B. , Rogers, Shannon H. , Chen, Celia Y , Zuidema, Shan
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, 2020 through March 31,2021
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 social 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 watersheds across New Hampshire with a special focus on the Cocheco and Lamprey Rivers in Southeastern New Hampshire.
Progress Summary:
Our work on water quality modeling and deliberative multicriteria analysis are at an advanced stage. In 2020-2021, our team worked on the development of a stated preference survey that we had planned to administer in the spring of 2020. This timeline was pushed back by the disruption associated with the COVID pandemic. We therefore requested and received a no-cost extension through 3/31/2022.
Future Activities:
We are following the plan described in the recently approved no-cost extension. In particular, the development of our stated preference survey is nearing completion, and we plan to administer this survey at the statewide level in the fall of 2021. In addition, we will continue to work on multiple manuscripts that are currently at varying stages of preparation and peer review.
Journal Articles on this Report : 4 Displayed | Download in RIS Format
Other project views: | All 9 publications | 6 publications in selected types | All 6 journal articles |
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Borsuk M, Mavrommati G, Samal N, Zuidema S, Wolheim W, Rogers S, Thorn A, Lutz D, Mineau M, Grimm C, Wake C, Howarth R, Gardner K. Deliberative multiattribute valuation of ecosystem services across a range of regional land-use, socioeconomic, and climate scenarios for the upper Merrimack River watershed, New Hampshire, USA. ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY 2019;24(2). |
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Mavrommati G, Borsuk M, Howarth R. A novel deliberative multicriteria evaluation approach to ecosystem service valuation. ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY 2017;22(2). |
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Mavrommati G, Rogers S, Howarth R, Borsuk M. Representing future generations in the deliberative valuation of ecosystem services. ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE 2020;8. |
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Mavrommati G, Borsuk M, Kreiley A, Lacrosse C, Rogers S, Buford K, Howarth R. A methodological framework for understanding shared social values in deliberative valuation. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 2021;190. |
R836169 (2020) R836169 (Final) |
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Supplemental Keywords:
Ecosystem services, Small streams, Deliberative multicriteria analysis, Stated preference methods, Bayesian network modeling.Progress and Final Reports:
Original AbstractThe perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.
Project Research Results
- Final Report
- 2019 Progress Report
- 2018 Progress Report
- 2017 Progress Report
- 2016 Progress Report
- Original Abstract
6 journal articles for this project