Abstract:Interactions of humans with the environment are strongly related to land
use and land cover changes and the available ecosystem services. In last
decades, these changes have led to a degradation of ecosystem services,
including water regulation and flood control. In Alpine areas of
Austria, land cover changes have increased flood risk since the mid of
the 19 century. In this paper, we assess the
influence of these long-term land use changes on the landscape’s ability
to retain water using the qualitative Wate… Show more
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