The goods and services provided by natural ecosystems contribute to human well being,
both directly and indirectly. The ability to calculate the economic value of the ecosystem …

This review presents a synopsis of the impacts of freshwater flow on fisheries production in
estuarine and coastal systems, with particular emphasis on regional examples from eastern …

The complexity of natural resource use processes and dynamics is now well accepted and
described in theories ranging across the sciences from ecology to economics. Based upon …

The sustainability of crucial earth resources, such as groundwater, is a critical issue. We
consider groundwater sustainability a value‐driven process of intra‐and intergenerational …

Water is newsworthy: there is, or will be, a world water crisis. Aggravated by climate change,
we are approaching the limits of human exploitation of freshwater resources, notably in …

The concept of ecosystem services (ES) has risen to prominence based on its promise to
vastly improve environmental decision‐making and to represent nature's many benefits to …

The recognition that water plays a central role in industrial, agricultural, economic, social
and cultural development has, over the past half century, led to the development of strategic …

Along with the sequent completion of Manwan and Dachaoshan Dam, the river continuum of
the middle and lower reaches of the Lancang River was separated into three types of …

The failure of conventional approaches to achieve equitable and sustainable water
management has prompted a new way of perceiving and acting with water. This is creating a …

Oasification is a complex oasis expansion and ecological processes caused by climate
changes and human activities under available water supply in arid and semiarid regions …