An integrated approach to watershed management within the DPSIR framework: Axios River catchment and Thermaikos Gulf

Karageorgis, Aristomenis P.; Skourtos, M.; Kapsimalis, Vasilios; Kontogianni, Areti; Skoulikidis, Nikos; Pagou, Κalliopi; Nikolaidis, Nikolaos P.; Drakopoulou, Paraskevi; Zanou, B.; Karamanos, H.; Levkov, Zlatko; Anagnostou, Ch.

doi:10.1007/s10113-004-0078-7

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“…This can be seen from the literature, e.g., about biological invasions in Europe [17] and assessment of forest management strategies [18]. Regarding water problems, the DPSIR framework has been used for several purposes, with regard to sustainability evaluation in coastal areas [19], integrated catchment-coastal zone management [20,21], and urbanization and subsurface environmental issues [22]. Moreover, using the DPSIR framework together with other methodologies in identifying relevant pressures and impacts has been demonstrated to be a useful approach in assessing the risk of failing to meet the objectives of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) [23].…”

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The DPSIR Framework and a Pressure-Oriented Water Quality Monitoring Approach to Ecological River Restoration

Song

Frostell

2012

Water

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Without monitoring anthropogenic pressures on the water environment, it is difficult to set realistic river restoration targets in relation to water quality. Therefore a more holistic approach is needed to systematically explore the links between socio-economic drivers and observed water quality-related impacts on river ecosystems. Using the DPSIR (Drivers-Pressures-State of the Environment-Impacts-Responses) framework, this study linked ecological river restoration with the socio-economic sector, with the focus on promoting a pressure-oriented water quality monitoring system. Based on the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) and relevant literature, it was found that most water quality-related indicators employed today are state/impacts-oriented, while very few are pressure-oriented. As a response, we call for more attention to a DPR (Drivers-Pressures-Responses) framework in developing an industrial ecology-based pressure-oriented water quality monitoring system for aiding ecological river restoration planning. This approach is characterized in general by accounting for material-related flows throughout the socio-economic sector in relation to river ecosystem degradation. Then the obtained information would help decision makers take appropriate measures to alleviate various significant human-induced wastes and emissions at their sources. We believe that such a pressure-oriented monitoring system will substantially complement traditional state/impacts-oriented environmental and ecological monitoring and help develop more proactive planning and decision-making processes for specific river restoration projects and general water quality management.

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The DPSIR Framework and a Pressure-Oriented Water Quality Monitoring Approach to Ecological River Restoration

Song

Frostell

2012

Water

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“…Thus, surface water quality affects groundwater quality of the aquifer system that is formed in the basin, which is the main source of potable water [29]. Eutrophication has been recorded in the Thermaikos Gulf, and this is the major problem that requires management action [6]. .…”

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“…Several techniques and methodologies have been proposed for the optimization of water resource management at this scale, and the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) methodology [5] is one of the methods that is being extensively applied in the framework of integrated water resource management [6][7][8].…”

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Integrated Groundwater Resources Management Using the DPSIR Approach in a GIS Environment Context: A Case Study from the Gallikos River Basin, North Greece

Mattas

Voudouris

Παναγόπουλος³

2014

Water

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Abstract:The Gallikos River basin is located in the northern part of Greece, and the coastal section is part of a deltaic system. The basin has been influenced by anthropogenic activities during the last decades, leading to continuous water resource degradation. The holistic approach of the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework was applied in order to investigate the main causes and origins of pressures and to optimize the measures for sustainable management of water resources. The major driving forces that affect the Gallikos River basin are urbanization, intensive agriculture, industry and the regional development strategy. The main pressures on water resources are the overexploitation of aquifers, water quality degradation, and decrease of river discharge. Recommended responses were based on the Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60/EC, and sum up to rationalization of water resources, land use management and appropriate utilization of waste, especially so effluent. The application of the DPSIR analysis in this paper links the socioeconomic drivers to the water resource pressures, the responses based on the WFD and the national legislation and is as a useful tool for land-use planning and decision making in the area of water protection.

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“…Under the DPSIR framework, the environmental management process may be described as a feedback loop that controls a five-stage cycle (Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2004). Recently, the DPSIR framework has become very popular worldwide (Turner et al, 1996;Newton et al, 2003;WSM, 2004;Scheren et al, 2004;Odermatt, 2004, Karageorgis et al, 2005Pirrone et al, 2005;Holman et al, 2005;Agyemang et al, 2007;Giupponi et al, 2004Giupponi et al, , 2006Chung and Lee, 2009a;Benini et al, 2010;Chung et al, 2011;Yang et al, 2012;Kagalou et al, 2012). According to Tscherning et al (2012), The DPSIR framework including considerable potential and usefulness of application could provide policy makers with meaningful explanations of cause and effect relationships.…”

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Integrated multi-criteria flood vulnerability approach using fuzzy TOPSIS and Delphi technique

Lee

Jun

Chung

2013

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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This study aims to develop a new procedure that combines multi-criteria spatial vulnerability analysis with the traditional linear probabilistic risk approach. This approach is named integrated fuzzy flood vulnerability assessment because it combines the watershed-based vulnerability framework with stream-based risk analysis. The Delphi technique and pressure-state-impact-response framework are introduced to objectively select evaluation criteria, and the fuzzy TOPSIS technique is proposed to address the uncertainty of weights to all criteria and crisp input data of all spatial units. ArcGIS is used to represent the spatial results to all criteria. This framework is applied to the south Han River basin in South Korea. As a result, the flood vulnerability ranking was derived and vulnerability characteristics of all spatial units were compared. This framework can be used to conduct a prefeasibility study for flood mitigation projects when various stakeholders should be included

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An integrated approach to watershed management within the DPSIR framework: Axios River catchment and Thermaikos Gulf

Cited by 97 publications

References 35 publications

The DPSIR Framework and a Pressure-Oriented Water Quality Monitoring Approach to Ecological River Restoration

The DPSIR Framework and a Pressure-Oriented Water Quality Monitoring Approach to Ecological River Restoration

Integrated Groundwater Resources Management Using the DPSIR Approach in a GIS Environment Context: A Case Study from the Gallikos River Basin, North Greece

Integrated multi-criteria flood vulnerability approach using fuzzy TOPSIS and Delphi technique

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