Floodplain Ecology and Sustainable Restoration with Regard to Ecosystem Services
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Social Ecology and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (26 March 2023) | Viewed by 2733
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Floodplains are by far the most import features along our rivers regarding flood protection and biodiversity. However, over the past centuries most of our floodplains were disconnected from the rivers by embanking them and straightening the river course. The partial failure of these river-management measures became obvious after flooding could not be avoided and the extinction of floodplain-specific species on these meanwhile out-dike areas increased. Starting with the “green movement” in the past century, the awareness was raised that nature is providing values and even services for the society. The term “ecosystem services” (ES) became popular along with “sustainability”, and floodplains came back into focus. Over the past decade, more and more of the ES delivered by floodplains were investigated, and meanwhile a set of services is well known. Floodplain restoration is an instrument of river management to achieve both flood protection and biodiversity as well as floodplain-related ES. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out restoration measures as sustainably as possible.
This Special Issue will comprise selected papers on the topics of sustainable floodplain restoration with regard to ecosystem services. Additional focus is on an improved floodplain ecology, which will sustain and foster habitats and consequently biodiversity. We also welcome articles from socio-ecology and sustainable engineering dealing with ES on floodplains. The aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical research as well as implemented solutions of restoration measures showing good and successful practice. In synopsis, all articles will contribute to raising the knowledge around the general topic.
Prof. Dr. Bernd Cyffka
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- floodplains
- floodplain ecology
- ecosystem services
- floodplain and river restoration
- social ecology
- ecological engineering
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