Theme 3 - Ecosystem and landscape services in trade-off analysis and decision-making
Theme coordinators Roel Jongeneel and Dolf de Groot

Research objective:
To develop evaluation methods of plan-alternatives for use of landscape functions and to optimize multi-functional use of the “green and blue space”. 

Key questions:

How can information on E&LS be better included in project evaluation methods (such as EIA, CBA and MCA)?

How can the costs and benefits of changes in E&LS and values, in time and space, be taken into account, including discounting     and cost-effectiveness issues?

How can analytical and participatory methods be combined to enable effective participatory policy and decision making     dialogues? [MCBA, RITA, ARIES]

How to select and involve stakeholders in trade-off analysis and what conditions make knowledge about E&LS applicable?

How to communicate and visualise knowledge about E&LS and values, and the relevant uncertainties, to the various stakeholder      groups?

Projects of Theme 3:   (E)valuating spatial adaptation strategies in response to changes in water availability due to climate change in coastal zones (PhD-research) Jeroen Veraart Cost benefit analysis of climate change: coping with risk, uncertainty and policymaker’s preference changes Roel Jongeneel Linking social, economic and ecological systems in the countryside: management practices and landscape planning for building rural resilience Wim Heijman

For the research projects view the SELS projects. On this page the project descriptions can be found as well. And or more information on the Themes, please view the presentations held during the parallell sessions at the SELS symposium on 8 November 2007. On the presentations page more presentations and info on the research projects can be found.