MULINO is an EU RTD project, funded under the FP5-EESD programme. It aims at providing a Decision Support System (DSS) targeted at solving decision problems in the management of water resources. Through the integration of socio-economic and environmental modelling techniques with geographic information system (GIS) capabilities and multi-criteria decision aids, the MULINO-DSS aspires to be an o...

This study aims to set up a comprehensive approach to the Vulnerability and Impact Assessment (VIA) of river erosion and to suggest Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) practices. Based on the analysis of vulnerability using the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework, this paper discusses some of the significant climatic (rainfall pattern, temperature, seasonal drift, cold wave and...

This paper discusses a methodology where geo-spatial analysis tools are used to quantify risk derived from anthropic activities on habitats and species. The method has been developed with a focus on simplification and the quality of standard procedures set on flora and fauna protected by the European Directives. In this study case, the DPSIR (Drivers, Pressures, State, Impacts, Responses) is ap...

Inventory management not only determines the health of real estate market development, but also affects regional economy and capacity sustainable social development. In this paper we use DPSIR framework to integrate multi-dimensional influence factors, such as economic, social, environmental construct a inventory performance evaluation obstacle diagnosis model, conduct an empirical study on 31 ...

The evaluation of water bodies “at risk” of not achieving the Water Framework Directives goal of “good status” begs the question of how big a risk is acceptable before a programme of measures should be implemented. Adequate documentation of expert judgement and statistical uncertainty in pollution budgets and water quality modeling combined with Monte Carlo simulation and Bayesian belief networ...

This paper fulfils a gap in environmental management by producing a typology of stakeholders for effective participatory processes and co-design of solutions to complex social–environmental issues and then uses this typology for a stepwise roadmap methodology for balanced and productive stakeholder engagement. Definitions are given of terminology that is frequently used interchangeably such as ...

The stream functioning is closely influenced by land uses, along the stream itself and throughout the catchment. Land uses can be seen as both the expression of the natural environment and the result of increasing human activities. Land uses generate various (in kind and intensity) pressures (positive or negative) that alter river water quality at different scales of time and space. The objecti...