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Dr. Peter Roebeling
CESAM – Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro

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Systematic review
Published: 09 August 2021 in Resources
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Urban landscapes are under great pressure and particularly vulnerable, due to climate change, population growth and economic development. Despite the growing understanding that Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) represent efficient solutions to facilitate adaptation to climate change and increase cities’ resilience, their wide-scale adoption is still limited. There is a need to include NBS in urban governance and planning agendas through policy instruments, such as plan/legislative, economic and information instruments. However, there is a lack of studies that assess such policy instruments and, through the use of specific examples, how they can foster NBS adoption. The objective of this study is to address this gap by conducting a systematic literature review, using a bibliometric and a content analysis, collating and reviewing papers that consider policy instruments and NBS in order to: (i) assess the existence of policy instruments that influence the adoption of NBS; and (ii) evaluate the existence of specific examples of policy instruments. Results show that plan/legislative instruments are most mentioned, followed by economic and information instruments. However, examples of specific policy instruments being used in practice are still scarce in literature, as most studies remain theoretical.

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Rita Mendonça; Peter Roebeling; Teresa Fidélis; Miguel Saraiva. Policy Instruments to Encourage the Adoption of Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Landscapes. Resources 2021, 10, 81 .

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Rita Mendonça, Peter Roebeling, Teresa Fidélis, Miguel Saraiva. Policy Instruments to Encourage the Adoption of Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Landscapes. Resources. 2021; 10 (8):81.

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Rita Mendonça; Peter Roebeling; Teresa Fidélis; Miguel Saraiva. 2021. "Policy Instruments to Encourage the Adoption of Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Landscapes." Resources 10, no. 8: 81.

Journal article
Published: 09 August 2021 in Environments
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The Meta-analysis has increasingly been used to synthesize the ecosystem services literature, with some testing of the use of such analyses to transfer benefits. These are typically based on local primary studies. However, meta-analyses associated with ecosystem services are a potentially powerful tool for transferring benefits, especially for environmental assets for which no primary studies are available. In this study we use the Ecosystem Service Valuation Database (ESVD), which brings together 1350 value estimates from more than 320 studies around the world, to estimate meta-regression functions for Provisioning, Regulating and maintenance, and Cultural ecosystem services across 12 biomes. We tested the reliability of these meta-regression functions and found that even using variables with high explanatory power, transfer errors could still be large. We show that meta-analytic transfer performs better than simple value transfer and, in addition, that local meta-analytical transfer (i.e., based on local explanatory variable values) provides more reliable estimates than global meta-analytical transfer (i.e., based on mean global explanatory variable values). Thus, we conclude that when taking into account the characteristics of the study area under analysis, including explanatory variables such as income, population density, and protection status, we can determine the value of ecosystem services with greater accuracy.

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Luiz Magalhães Filho; Peter Roebeling; Maria Bastos; Waldecy Rodrigues; Giulia Ometto. A Global Meta-Analysis for Estimating Local Ecosystem Service Value Functions. Environments 2021, 8, 76 .

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Luiz Magalhães Filho, Peter Roebeling, Maria Bastos, Waldecy Rodrigues, Giulia Ometto. A Global Meta-Analysis for Estimating Local Ecosystem Service Value Functions. Environments. 2021; 8 (8):76.

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Luiz Magalhães Filho; Peter Roebeling; Maria Bastos; Waldecy Rodrigues; Giulia Ometto. 2021. "A Global Meta-Analysis for Estimating Local Ecosystem Service Value Functions." Environments 8, no. 8: 76.

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Published: 21 June 2021
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Meta-analysis has increasingly been used to synthesize the ecosystem services literature, with some testing of the use of such analyses to transfer benefits. These are typically based on local primary studies. However, meta-analyses associated with ecosystem services are a potentially powerful tool for transferring benefits, especially for environmental assets for which no primary studies are available. In this study we use the Ecosystem Service Valuation Database (ESVD), which brings together 1350 value estimates from more than 320 studies around the world, to estimate meta-regression functions for provisioning, regulating & maintenance and cultural ecosystem services across 12 biomes. We tested the reliability of these meta-regression functions and found that even using variables with high explanatory power, transfer errors could still be large. We show that meta-analytic transfer performs better than simple value transfer and, in addition, that local meta-analytical transfer (i.e. based on local explanatory variable values) provides more reliable estimates than global meta-analytical transfer (i.e. based on mean global explanatory variable values). Thus, we conclude that when taking into account the characteristics of the study area under analysis, including explanatory variables such as income, population density and protection status, we can determine the value of ecosystem services with greater accuracy.

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Luiz Norberto Lacerda Magalhães Filho; Peter Cornelis Roebeling; Maria Isabel Bastos; Waldecy Rodrigues; Giulia Claudia Ometto. A Global Meta-Analysis for Estimating Local Ecosystem Service Value Functions. 2021, 1 .

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Luiz Norberto Lacerda Magalhães Filho, Peter Cornelis Roebeling, Maria Isabel Bastos, Waldecy Rodrigues, Giulia Claudia Ometto. A Global Meta-Analysis for Estimating Local Ecosystem Service Value Functions. . 2021; ():1.

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Luiz Norberto Lacerda Magalhães Filho; Peter Cornelis Roebeling; Maria Isabel Bastos; Waldecy Rodrigues; Giulia Claudia Ometto. 2021. "A Global Meta-Analysis for Estimating Local Ecosystem Service Value Functions." , no. : 1.

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Published: 09 March 2021 in Resources
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Urbanization leads to changes in the surface cover that alter the hydrological cycle of cities, particularly by increasing the impervious area and, thereby, reducing the interception, storage and infiltration capacity of rainwater. Nature-based solutions (NBS) can contribute to flood risk mitigation in urbanized areas by restoring hydrological functions. However, the effects of NBS on flood risk mitigation are complex and can differ substantially with the type of the NBS. Therefore, the effectiveness of NBS at the urban catchment scale is still subject to much debate, especially at the scale of urban catchments. In this study, the effects of different NBS on urban flood mitigation were evaluated for the city of Eindhoven in The Netherlands, as it has a history of urban flood events. To this end, various NBS scenarios were defined by municipal stakeholders and their impacts modelled with the numerical model Infoworks ICM. This was done for design storms with short, medium and long return periods (5, 10 and 100 years). Overall, the simulated NBS were effective in flood risk mitigation, reducing the flooded area as well as flood depth. The effectiveness of the individual NBS scenarios, however, depended strongly on the location and extension of the NBS, as well as on storm intensity. The effectiveness tended to increase with the increase in NBS surface area, while it tended to decrease with increasing storm intensity and, hence, return period. The NBS solution increasing street water storage was revealed to be more effective than those involving green car parks and green roofs. This study showed that numerical flooding models can be useful tools to assess the effects of NBS to reduce flood extent, water depth and/or velocity, providing insights that can support city planners to design and compare alternative strategies and plans for urban flood risk mitigation.

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Sandra Costa; Rik Peters; Ricardo Martins; Luuk Postmes; Jan Keizer; Peter Roebeling. Effectiveness of Nature-Based Solutions on Pluvial Flood Hazard Mitigation: The Case Study of the City of Eindhoven (The Netherlands). Resources 2021, 10, 24 .

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Sandra Costa, Rik Peters, Ricardo Martins, Luuk Postmes, Jan Keizer, Peter Roebeling. Effectiveness of Nature-Based Solutions on Pluvial Flood Hazard Mitigation: The Case Study of the City of Eindhoven (The Netherlands). Resources. 2021; 10 (3):24.

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Sandra Costa; Rik Peters; Ricardo Martins; Luuk Postmes; Jan Keizer; Peter Roebeling. 2021. "Effectiveness of Nature-Based Solutions on Pluvial Flood Hazard Mitigation: The Case Study of the City of Eindhoven (The Netherlands)." Resources 10, no. 3: 24.

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Published: 01 January 2021 in Aanvullende analyse van de economische effecten van inrichtingsvarianten voor de Noordzee tot 2040/2050
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P.C. Roebeling; S. Van Den Burg; W.J. Strietman; K. Hamon; R.H. Jongbloed; A. Eweg; S. Reinhard; Wass; Onderz. Form. I.. Aanvullende analyse van de economische effecten van inrichtingsvarianten voor de Noordzee tot 2040/2050. Aanvullende analyse van de economische effecten van inrichtingsvarianten voor de Noordzee tot 2040/2050 2021, 1 .

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P.C. Roebeling, S. Van Den Burg, W.J. Strietman, K. Hamon, R.H. Jongbloed, A. Eweg, S. Reinhard, Wass, Onderz. Form. I.. Aanvullende analyse van de economische effecten van inrichtingsvarianten voor de Noordzee tot 2040/2050. Aanvullende analyse van de economische effecten van inrichtingsvarianten voor de Noordzee tot 2040/2050. 2021; ():1.

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P.C. Roebeling; S. Van Den Burg; W.J. Strietman; K. Hamon; R.H. Jongbloed; A. Eweg; S. Reinhard; Wass; Onderz. Form. I.. 2021. "Aanvullende analyse van de economische effecten van inrichtingsvarianten voor de Noordzee tot 2040/2050." Aanvullende analyse van de economische effecten van inrichtingsvarianten voor de Noordzee tot 2040/2050 , no. : 1.

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Published: 01 January 2021 in De economische en ecologische effecten van inrichtingsvarianten voor de Noordzee tot 2040/2050
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P.C. Roebeling; W.J. Strietman; R.H. Jongbloed; J.E. Tamis; K. Hamon; A. Eweg; S. Van Den Burg; S. Reinhard; Onderz. Form. I.; Wass. De economische en ecologische effecten van inrichtingsvarianten voor de Noordzee tot 2040/2050. De economische en ecologische effecten van inrichtingsvarianten voor de Noordzee tot 2040/2050 2021, 1 .

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P.C. Roebeling, W.J. Strietman, R.H. Jongbloed, J.E. Tamis, K. Hamon, A. Eweg, S. Van Den Burg, S. Reinhard, Onderz. Form. I., Wass. De economische en ecologische effecten van inrichtingsvarianten voor de Noordzee tot 2040/2050. De economische en ecologische effecten van inrichtingsvarianten voor de Noordzee tot 2040/2050. 2021; ():1.

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P.C. Roebeling; W.J. Strietman; R.H. Jongbloed; J.E. Tamis; K. Hamon; A. Eweg; S. Van Den Burg; S. Reinhard; Onderz. Form. I.; Wass. 2021. "De economische en ecologische effecten van inrichtingsvarianten voor de Noordzee tot 2040/2050." De economische en ecologische effecten van inrichtingsvarianten voor de Noordzee tot 2040/2050 , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 12 April 2020 in Resources
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Developing urban and peri-urban ecosystem services with nature-based solutions (NBS) and participatory approaches can help achieve more resilient and sustainable environments for cities and urban areas in the face of climate change. The co-creation process is increasingly recognised as the way forward to deal with environmental issues in cities, allowing the development of associated methods and tools that have been described and published for specific stages. It is argued that the co-creation process comprises various interlinked stages, corresponding stakeholders, and subsequent methods and tools that need to be mapped and integrated across all stages. In this study, a Life Cycle Co-Creation Process (LCCCP) for NBS is developed, building on continuous improvement cycles and Design Thinking methodologies, and for which the stages and substages, involved stakeholders and engagement methods and tools are mapped and defined. For stakeholders, the actors of an Urban Living Lab (ULL) are adapted to the LCCCP; for the engagement methods and tools, the goals of stakeholder engagement are used as a guide to select examples of co-creation methods and tools. The developed LCCCP comprises five stages, i.e., CoExplore, CoDesign, CoExperiment, CoImplement and CoManagement, creating a unique path that can be followed by practitioners for NBS co-creation.

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Marta Irene DeLosRíos-White; Peter Roebeling; Sandra Valente; Ines Vaittinen. Mapping the Life Cycle Co-Creation Process of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Change Adaptation. Resources 2020, 9, 39 .

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Marta Irene DeLosRíos-White, Peter Roebeling, Sandra Valente, Ines Vaittinen. Mapping the Life Cycle Co-Creation Process of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Change Adaptation. Resources. 2020; 9 (4):39.

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Marta Irene DeLosRíos-White; Peter Roebeling; Sandra Valente; Ines Vaittinen. 2020. "Mapping the Life Cycle Co-Creation Process of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Change Adaptation." Resources 9, no. 4: 39.

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Published: 23 March 2020
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The LEAP project (Legacies of Agricultural Pollutants), supported by ERA-NET COFUND WATERWORKS 2015, aims at developing an “Integrated Assessment of Biophysical and Socioeconomic Controls on Water Quality in Agroecosystems”.

The impacts of agriculture intensification gave rise to an excess of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) accumulation in soils and their leaching to water bodies (surface and groundwater bodies). Even though various actions have been undertaken through different institutions and the publication of the Water Framework Directive in the EU, it is clear that better management practices have to be implemented. The objectives should be twofold. First, the amount of fertilizers used should be reduced and the legacies remaining from past practices must start to decrease. There are many options to try to fulfil these objectives, and different perspectives from which to evaluate the consequences of each option. Identifying appropriate solutions is a considerable challenge, and therefore the choices to be made should be structured using appropriate approaches. Given the multiple issues at stake, multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) will be very valuable in developing a framework to help decision makers. The exploration of different MCDA methods described in Cinelli et. al (2014) confirmed the importance and the broad applicability of these tools in several fields to provide sustainable solutions that take social, economic and environmental dimensions into account.

In this paper different alternatives for implementing best management practices that not only involve the amount of fertilizers to be used, but also the timing of their application over the plant growth cycle, through various climate scenarios, are considered. Criteria such as N-NO3 exports, ecological indicators, willingness to pay, variation of production, and variation of gross margin are taken into account. Weights are established to express the importance given to each criterion.

After launching the main components to perform an MCDA evaluation, the PROMETHEE  method (Mareschal and De Smet, 2009) is used to identify the best ranked solutions to be implemented according to different weights ascribed to criteria. The application of the methodology is illustrated through a case study located in the Vouga river basin, in Portugal.

Acknowledgments

This research was supported by LEAP (LEgacies of Agricultural Pollutants) project (WaterJPI/005/2015).The authors also thank to the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology through the project grant UIDB/00308/2020 granted to INESCC.

 

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Cinelli, M., Coles, S. R., and Kirwan, K. (2014). Analysis of the potentials of multi criteria decision analysis methods to conduct sustainability assessment. Ecological Indicators, 46, 138–148.

Mareschal, B. and De Smet, Y. (2009). Visual PROMETHEE: Developments of the PROMETHEE & GAIA multicriteria decision aid methods, In Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2009. IEEM 2009.IEEE International Conference (pp. 1646–1649)

 

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Maria C. Cunha; Peter Roebling; João Marques. A multicriteria framework for defining sustainable agricultural practices in different climate scenarios. 2020, 1 .

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Maria C. Cunha, Peter Roebling, João Marques. A multicriteria framework for defining sustainable agricultural practices in different climate scenarios. . 2020; ():1.

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Maria C. Cunha; Peter Roebling; João Marques. 2020. "A multicriteria framework for defining sustainable agricultural practices in different climate scenarios." , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 12 January 2020 in Resources
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The European Union quickly incorporated the concept of nature based-solutions (NBS), becoming a key promotor. This was achieved through financial support for both academic research and city implementations. Still, the processes of institutionalization are yet to be fully explored. This study aims at assessing how the scientific literature regarding NBS is addressing institutional aspects and how it is constructing the NBS narrative. This research is divided into two stages. First, it undertakes a quantitative analysis of the discourse, considering a set of preselected search terms organized into five categories: Actor, institutional, planning, policy, and regulation. Second, it adopts a qualitative analysis considering both a group of the most cited articles and of articles highlighted in the previous stage. The results indicate that the NBS concept is still shadowed by other environmental concepts such as ecosystem services. Despite being an issue promoted at the European level, the results of this exercise express the lack of concrete planning and policy recommendations, reflected by the absence of terms such as “planning objectives”. This pattern occurs in all other major categories, being the institutional category the least mentioned of all five categories. The results highlight the need to address both policies and planning recommendations more concretely, studying the institutional arrangements able to promote NBS.

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Rúben Mendes; Teresa Fidélis; Peter Roebeling; Filipe Teles. The Institutionalization of Nature-Based Solutions—A Discourse Analysis of Emergent Literature. Resources 2020, 9, 6 .

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Rúben Mendes, Teresa Fidélis, Peter Roebeling, Filipe Teles. The Institutionalization of Nature-Based Solutions—A Discourse Analysis of Emergent Literature. Resources. 2020; 9 (1):6.

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Rúben Mendes; Teresa Fidélis; Peter Roebeling; Filipe Teles. 2020. "The Institutionalization of Nature-Based Solutions—A Discourse Analysis of Emergent Literature." Resources 9, no. 1: 6.

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Published: 01 January 2020 in Natural capital accounts for the North Sea : Suggestions for additions and valuation of ecosystem services
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P.C. Roebeling; Lei Green Economy And Landuse; S.W.K. Van Den Burg; M. Skirtun; K. Soma; K. Hamon; Wass; Lei Performance And Impact Agrosectors. Natural capital accounts for the North Sea : Suggestions for additions and valuation of ecosystem services. Natural capital accounts for the North Sea : Suggestions for additions and valuation of ecosystem services 2020, 1 .

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P.C. Roebeling, Lei Green Economy And Landuse, S.W.K. Van Den Burg, M. Skirtun, K. Soma, K. Hamon, Wass, Lei Performance And Impact Agrosectors. Natural capital accounts for the North Sea : Suggestions for additions and valuation of ecosystem services. Natural capital accounts for the North Sea : Suggestions for additions and valuation of ecosystem services. 2020; ():1.

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P.C. Roebeling; Lei Green Economy And Landuse; S.W.K. Van Den Burg; M. Skirtun; K. Soma; K. Hamon; Wass; Lei Performance And Impact Agrosectors. 2020. "Natural capital accounts for the North Sea : Suggestions for additions and valuation of ecosystem services." Natural capital accounts for the North Sea : Suggestions for additions and valuation of ecosystem services , no. : 1.

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Published: 02 December 2019 in Coastal Engineering
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Future investments required for the construction and maintenance of coastal defense interventions are expected to increase, due to increasing coastal erosion issues along social, environmental and economically valuable coastal areas. The high costs related with coastal defense interventions require improved knowledge on their performance, considering impacts, costs and benefits. Despite the existence of several cost-benefit approaches applied to coastal zones, in this study a well-defined, sequential and integrated methodology supported by already existent numerical models is developed and applied to assess the effectiveness (shoreline evolution impacts), costs and benefits of different coastal defense interventions. This methodology encompasses three integrated modules, including a shoreline evolution module (to estimate areas of territory maintained, gained or lost over time), a coastal structure pre-design module (to estimate material volumes of coastal works) and a cost-benefit evaluation module (to assess cost-benefit evaluation criteria). The approach allows for the physical and economic comparison of different coastal defense intervention scenarios, helping coastal management and planning entities to define strategies. In this study, the proposed methodology was applied to evaluate the performance of different groin scenarios, based on a hypothetical case study. The case study allowed highlighting the importance of the physical and economic analysis of different scenarios. Results show that the definition of coastal defense interventions is complex where, on the one hand, best physical solutions are sometimes related to very high costs and, on the other hand, best economic scenarios lead to high territory losses. Thus, the innovative approach presented in this study shows that an integrated analysis of shoreline evolution, coastal intervention design and subsequent costs and benefits allows to improve the physical and economic performances of coastal defense interventions.

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Márcia Lima; C. Coelho; F. Veloso-Gomes; P. Roebeling. An integrated physical and cost-benefit approach to assess groins as a coastal erosion mitigation strategy. Coastal Engineering 2019, 156, 103614 .

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Márcia Lima, C. Coelho, F. Veloso-Gomes, P. Roebeling. An integrated physical and cost-benefit approach to assess groins as a coastal erosion mitigation strategy. Coastal Engineering. 2019; 156 ():103614.

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Márcia Lima; C. Coelho; F. Veloso-Gomes; P. Roebeling. 2019. "An integrated physical and cost-benefit approach to assess groins as a coastal erosion mitigation strategy." Coastal Engineering 156, no. : 103614.

Journal article
Published: 19 October 2019 in Energy Economics
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The impacts of climate change on water resources availability are expected to be adverse, especially in drier climate regions such as the Mediterranean. Increased water scarcity will exacerbate competition for water resources, not only between sectors but also between countries sharing transboundary river basins. Due to the mutual dependence of the energy sector on water resources and of the water services provision sector on energy inputs, the ‘water-energy’ nexus is acknowledged as a major challenge for the near future – with hydropower representing one of the most direct links in this nexus. The aim of this paper is to assess the economy-wide impacts of the concurrent effects of climate change-driven impacts on water availability and the sectoral and regional competition for scarcer water resources. In order to accomplish that goal, an integrated modelling approach is developed, where a computable general equilibrium model including raw water as a production factor is linked to TIMES_PT, a bottom-up model of the energy sector. A case study is provided for the Mediterranean country of Portugal. Results for 2050 show that macroeconomic impacts are significant, and encompass important inter-sectoral differences that, in turn, depend on the degree of competition between sectors. Impacts are stronger when water consumption by Spanish sectors is considered, as this intensifies water scarcity in Portugal. Thus the paper allows to gain insight in the broader ‘water-energy-economy’ nexus and the additional costs that the dependence on water resources availability in transboundary river basins represents to an economy – both aspects being of utmost importance for climate adaptation and energy policy making.

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Carla Teotónio; Miguel Rodríguez; Peter Roebeling; Patrícia Fortes. Water competition through the ‘water-energy’ nexus: Assessing the economic impacts of climate change in a Mediterranean context. Energy Economics 2019, 85, 104539 .

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Carla Teotónio, Miguel Rodríguez, Peter Roebeling, Patrícia Fortes. Water competition through the ‘water-energy’ nexus: Assessing the economic impacts of climate change in a Mediterranean context. Energy Economics. 2019; 85 ():104539.

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Carla Teotónio; Miguel Rodríguez; Peter Roebeling; Patrícia Fortes. 2019. "Water competition through the ‘water-energy’ nexus: Assessing the economic impacts of climate change in a Mediterranean context." Energy Economics 85, no. : 104539.

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Published: 23 April 2019 in Water
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Estuaries are one of the most productive and complex types of ecosystems supporting a wide range of economic activities. Departing from a set of governance problems and emergent goals, such as sustainability or climate change adaptation faced by an estuarine case study area, Ria de Aveiro, in Portugal, this article assesses the adequacy of alternative governance models under the existing water resources legal framework and traditional political culture. It shows that apart from the centrally-based compliance model, all other alternatives require high degrees of institutional reforms. Moreover, although the model based on a dedicated new agency, long preferred by many users of Ria de Aveiro, is the most understandable and focused, it does not assure the pursuance of adaptability or collaboration, which are considered essential for estuary governance. As it relies on collective action and multi-level and multi-agent contexts, estuarine governance may require a new institutional design. Where one begins a process of institutional change, however, is not a simple issue to address and demands a deeper analysis, particularly on the types of required institutional changes, as well as on their impacts on policy and decision-making outcomes over estuarine environments and associated socio-ecological networks.

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Teresa Fidélis; Filipe Teles; Peter Roebeling; Fayaz Riazi. Governance for Sustainability of Estuarine Areas—Assessing Alternative Models Using the Case of Ria de Aveiro, Portugal. Water 2019, 11, 846 .

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Teresa Fidélis, Filipe Teles, Peter Roebeling, Fayaz Riazi. Governance for Sustainability of Estuarine Areas—Assessing Alternative Models Using the Case of Ria de Aveiro, Portugal. Water. 2019; 11 (4):846.

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Teresa Fidélis; Filipe Teles; Peter Roebeling; Fayaz Riazi. 2019. "Governance for Sustainability of Estuarine Areas—Assessing Alternative Models Using the Case of Ria de Aveiro, Portugal." Water 11, no. 4: 846.

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Published: 01 June 2018 in Ocean & Coastal Management
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Peter Roebeling; Eleonora D’Elia; Carlos Coelho; Tania Alves. Efficiency in the design of coastal erosion adaptation strategies: An environmental-economic modelling approach. Ocean & Coastal Management 2018, 160, 175 -184.

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Peter Roebeling, Eleonora D’Elia, Carlos Coelho, Tania Alves. Efficiency in the design of coastal erosion adaptation strategies: An environmental-economic modelling approach. Ocean & Coastal Management. 2018; 160 ():175-184.

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Peter Roebeling; Eleonora D’Elia; Carlos Coelho; Tania Alves. 2018. "Efficiency in the design of coastal erosion adaptation strategies: An environmental-economic modelling approach." Ocean & Coastal Management 160, no. : 175-184.

Journal article
Published: 01 December 2017 in Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada
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André Vizinho; Inês Campos; Carlos Coelho; Carla Pereira; Peter Roebeling; Filipe Alves; João Rocha; Maria Fátima Alves; Filipe Duarte Santos; Gil Penha-Lopes. SWAP – Planeamento Participativo da Adaptação Costeira às Alterações Climáticas. Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada 2017, 17, 99 -116.

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André Vizinho, Inês Campos, Carlos Coelho, Carla Pereira, Peter Roebeling, Filipe Alves, João Rocha, Maria Fátima Alves, Filipe Duarte Santos, Gil Penha-Lopes. SWAP – Planeamento Participativo da Adaptação Costeira às Alterações Climáticas. Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada. 2017; 17 (2):99-116.

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André Vizinho; Inês Campos; Carlos Coelho; Carla Pereira; Peter Roebeling; Filipe Alves; João Rocha; Maria Fátima Alves; Filipe Duarte Santos; Gil Penha-Lopes. 2017. "SWAP – Planeamento Participativo da Adaptação Costeira às Alterações Climáticas." Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada 17, no. 2: 99-116.

Journal article
Published: 01 July 2017 in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
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Carla Teotónio; Patrícia Fortes; Peter Roebeling; Miguel Rodriguez; Margarita Robaina. Assessing the impacts of climate change on hydropower generation and the power sector in Portugal: A partial equilibrium approach. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2017, 74, 788 -799.

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Carla Teotónio, Patrícia Fortes, Peter Roebeling, Miguel Rodriguez, Margarita Robaina. Assessing the impacts of climate change on hydropower generation and the power sector in Portugal: A partial equilibrium approach. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2017; 74 ():788-799.

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Carla Teotónio; Patrícia Fortes; Peter Roebeling; Miguel Rodriguez; Margarita Robaina. 2017. "Assessing the impacts of climate change on hydropower generation and the power sector in Portugal: A partial equilibrium approach." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 74, no. : 788-799.

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Published: 01 December 2016 in Ocean & Coastal Management
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Carlos Coelho; T. Cruz; Peter Roebeling. Longitudinal revetments to mitigate overtopping and flooding: Effectiveness, costs and benefits. Ocean & Coastal Management 2016, 134, 93 -102.

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Carlos Coelho, T. Cruz, Peter Roebeling. Longitudinal revetments to mitigate overtopping and flooding: Effectiveness, costs and benefits. Ocean & Coastal Management. 2016; 134 ():93-102.

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Carlos Coelho; T. Cruz; Peter Roebeling. 2016. "Longitudinal revetments to mitigate overtopping and flooding: Effectiveness, costs and benefits." Ocean & Coastal Management 134, no. : 93-102.

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Published: 01 December 2016 in Journal of Environmental Management
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Air pollution is, increasingly, a concern to our society given the threats to human health and the environment. Concerted actions to improve air quality have been taken at different levels, such as through the development of Air Quality Plans (AQPs). However, air quality impacts associated with the implementation of abatement measures included in AQPs are often neglected. In order to identify the major gaps and strengths in current knowledge, a literature review has been performed on existing methodologies to estimate air pollution-related health impacts and subsequent external costs. Based on this review, the Impact Pathway Approach was adopted and applied within the context of the MAPLIA research project to assess the health impacts and benefits (or avoided external costs) derived from improvements in air quality. Seven emission abatement scenarios, based on individual and combined abatement measures, were tested for the major activity sectors (traffic, residential and industrial combustion and production processes) of a Portuguese urban area (Grande Porto) with severe particular matter (PM10) air pollution problems. Results revealed a strong positive correlation between population density and health benefits obtained from the assessed reduction scenarios. As a consequence, potential health benefits from reduction scenarios are largest in densely populated areas with high anthropic activity and, thus, where air pollution problems are most alarming. Implementation of all measures resulted in a reduction in PM10 emissions by almost 8%, improving air quality by about 1% and contributing to a benefit of 8.8 million €/year for the entire study domain. The introduction of PM10 reduction technologies in industrial units was the most beneficial abatement measure. This study intends to contribute to policy support for decision-making on air quality management.

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Carlos Silveira; Peter Roebeling; Myriam Lopes; Joana Ferreira; Solange Costa; João P. Teixeira; Carlos Borrego; Ana I. Miranda. Assessment of health benefits related to air quality improvement strategies in urban areas: An Impact Pathway Approach. Journal of Environmental Management 2016, 183, 694 -702.

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Carlos Silveira, Peter Roebeling, Myriam Lopes, Joana Ferreira, Solange Costa, João P. Teixeira, Carlos Borrego, Ana I. Miranda. Assessment of health benefits related to air quality improvement strategies in urban areas: An Impact Pathway Approach. Journal of Environmental Management. 2016; 183 ():694-702.

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Carlos Silveira; Peter Roebeling; Myriam Lopes; Joana Ferreira; Solange Costa; João P. Teixeira; Carlos Borrego; Ana I. Miranda. 2016. "Assessment of health benefits related to air quality improvement strategies in urban areas: An Impact Pathway Approach." Journal of Environmental Management 183, no. : 694-702.

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Published: 01 November 2016 in Science of The Total Environment
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When ambient air quality standards established in the EU Directive 2008/50/EC are exceeded, Member States are obliged to develop and implement Air Quality Plans (AQP) to improve air quality and health. Notwithstanding the achievements in emission reductions and air quality improvement, additional efforts need to be undertaken to improve air quality in a sustainable way - i.e. through a cost-efficiency approach. This work was developed in the scope of the recently concluded MAPLIA project "Moving from Air Pollution to Local Integrated Assessment", and focuses on the definition and assessment of emission abatement measures and their associated costs, air quality and health impacts and benefits by means of air quality modelling tools, health impact functions and cost-efficiency analysis. The MAPLIA system was applied to the Grande Porto urban area (Portugal), addressing PM10 and NOx as the most important pollutants in the region. Four different measures to reduce PM10 and NOx emissions were defined and characterized in terms of emissions and implementation costs, and combined into 15 emission scenarios, simulated by the TAPM air quality modelling tool. Air pollutant concentration fields were then used to estimate health benefits in terms of avoided costs (external costs), using dose-response health impact functions. Results revealed that, among the 15 scenarios analysed, the scenario including all 4 measures lead to a total net benefit of 0.3M€·y(-1). The largest net benefit is obtained for the scenario considering the conversion of 50% of open fire places into heat recovery wood stoves. Although the implementation costs of this measure are high, the benefits outweigh the costs. Research outcomes confirm that the MAPLIA system is useful for policy decision support on air quality improvement strategies, and could be applied to other urban areas where AQP need to be implemented and monitored.

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A.I. Miranda; Joana Ferreira; Carlos Silveira; Helder Relvas; Laura Duque; Peter Roebeling; Myriam Lopes; S. Costa; A. Monteiro; Carla Gama; E. Sá; C. Borrego; J.P. Teixeira. A cost-efficiency and health benefit approach to improve urban air quality. Science of The Total Environment 2016, 569-570, 342 -351.

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A.I. Miranda, Joana Ferreira, Carlos Silveira, Helder Relvas, Laura Duque, Peter Roebeling, Myriam Lopes, S. Costa, A. Monteiro, Carla Gama, E. Sá, C. Borrego, J.P. Teixeira. A cost-efficiency and health benefit approach to improve urban air quality. Science of The Total Environment. 2016; 569-570 ():342-351.

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A.I. Miranda; Joana Ferreira; Carlos Silveira; Helder Relvas; Laura Duque; Peter Roebeling; Myriam Lopes; S. Costa; A. Monteiro; Carla Gama; E. Sá; C. Borrego; J.P. Teixeira. 2016. "A cost-efficiency and health benefit approach to improve urban air quality." Science of The Total Environment 569-570, no. : 342-351.

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Published: 20 July 2016 in Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science
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All over Europe, it is a known fact that cities are shrinking. One of the main causes is population decline, but the consequent reduction of urban area is neither immediate nor easy to foresee spatially. Questions arise such as where do cities start to ‘shrink’ first? What are the most fragile areas that face the risk of becoming derelict? What are the most vulnerable social groups? And how does this affect real estate values across the city? Existing models for projecting the effects of shrinkage have been criticized for lacking spatial-explicitness, being excessively data-dependent, and failing to incorporate various socio-economic, urban and environmental aspects in the assessment of attractiveness of urban areas and of decisions by households. In this article, we attempt to overcome this criticism by applying the spatially-explicit Sustainable Urbanizing Landscape Development decision support tool (SULD), based on hedonic pricing theory, in two cities in southern Europe (Aveiro, Portugal and Imperia, Italy). SULD is used to project, assess and compare changes in land-use, household type distribution, real estate values and household densities, in three different scenarios of population decline (−5%, −10% and −15%). Results quantify the amount of contraction of urban area, housing quantity and living space; highlight the most problematic areas; and uncover low income households as the least affected, whereas the relocation of high income households may cause gentrification of medium income households in some areas of the historical city centre.

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Miguel Saraiva; Peter Roebeling; Sílvia Sousa; Carla Teotónio; Anna Palla; Ilaria Gnecco. Dimensions of shrinkage: Evaluating the socio-economic consequences of population decline in two medium-sized cities in Europe, using the SULD decision support tool. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 2016, 44, 1122 -1144.

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Miguel Saraiva, Peter Roebeling, Sílvia Sousa, Carla Teotónio, Anna Palla, Ilaria Gnecco. Dimensions of shrinkage: Evaluating the socio-economic consequences of population decline in two medium-sized cities in Europe, using the SULD decision support tool. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. 2016; 44 (6):1122-1144.

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Miguel Saraiva; Peter Roebeling; Sílvia Sousa; Carla Teotónio; Anna Palla; Ilaria Gnecco. 2016. "Dimensions of shrinkage: Evaluating the socio-economic consequences of population decline in two medium-sized cities in Europe, using the SULD decision support tool." Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 44, no. 6: 1122-1144.