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Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction / Robert C. Ferrier -- 2. What defines ecosystem services-based approaches? / Kirsty L. Holstead -- pt. I Addressing global challenges -- 3. Assessing climate change risks and prioritising adaptation options using a water ecosystem services-based approach / Stuart E. Bunn -- 4. Operationalizing an ecosystem services-based approach for managing river biodiversity / Margaret A. Palmer -- 5. Water for agriculture and energy: the African quest under the lenses of an ecosystem services-based approach / Alba Martinez -- pt. II Applying frameworks for water management and biodiversity conservation under an ecosystem services-based approach -- 6. Using ecosystem services-based approaches in Integrated Water Resources Management: perspectives from the developing world / Jan Cherlet.

7. Implementation of the European Water Framework Directive: what does taking an ecosystem services-based approach add? / Chris J. Spray -- 8. How useful to biodiversity conservation are ecosystem services-based approaches? / Craig Leisher -- pt. III Assessing water ecosystem services -- 9. The first United Kingdom's National Ecosystem Assessment and beyond / Ian J. Bateman -- 10. Using an ecosystem services-based approach to measure the benefits of reducing diversions of freshwater: a case study in the Murray-Darling basin, Australia / Carmel A. Pollino -- 11. An ecosystem services-based approach to integrated regional catchment management: the South East Queensland experience / Shannon Mooney -- 12. Policy support systems for the development of benefit-sharing mechanisms for water-related ecosystem services / Jorge Leon Sarmiento.

13. Assessing biophysical and economic dimensions of societal value: an example for water ecosystem services in Madagascar / Glenn-Marie Lange -- 14. Rapid land use change impacts on coastal ecosystem services: a South Korean case study / Min Gon Chung -- pt. IV Broadening the perspective -- 15. Ecosystem services-based approaches to water management: what opportunities and challenges for business? / Charles Germaneau -- 16. Key factors for successful application of ecosystem services-based approaches to water resources management: the role of stakeholder participation / Dylan Bright -- 17. Cultural ecosystem services, water, and aquatic environments / Lee Stapleton -- 18. The psychological dimension of water ecosystem services / Blanca Fraijo-Sing -- 19. The interface between human rights and ecosystem services / Stephen J. Turner -- 20. Water ecosystem services: moving forward / Iain J. Gordon.

This comprehensive volume describes how ecosystem services-based approaches can assist in addressing major global and regional water challenges, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and water security in the developing world, by integrating scientific knowledge from different disciplines, such as hydrological modelling, environmental economics, psychology and international law. Empirical assessments at the national, catchment and regional levels are used to critically appraise this systemic approach, and the merits and potential limitations are presented. The practicalities of this approach with regard to water resources management, nature conservation, and sustainable business practices are discussed, and the role of society in underpinning the concept of ecosystem services is explored. Presenting new insights and perspectives on how to shape future strategies, this contributory volume is a valuable reference for researchers, academics, students and policy makers, in environmental studies, hydrology, water resource management, ecology, environmental law, policy and economics, and conservation biology.