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1 Briassoulis, H. 1994. Effectiveness of water-conservation measures in Greater Athens Area. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 120(6):764-777.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H015585)
2 Karavitis, C. A. 1999. Decision support systems for drought management strategies in metropolitan Athens. Water International, 24(1):10-21.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H024436)
3 Karavitis, C. A. 1998. Drought and urban water supplies: The case of metropolitan Athens. Water Policy, 1(5):505-524.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H026098)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H031353)
5 Alexandris, S.; Kerkides, P. 2003. New empirical formula for hourly estimations of reference evapotranspiration. Agricultural Water Management, 60(3):157-180.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H032107)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041817)
The valuation of ecological services in European aquatic ecosystems is increasingly deemed to be an essential element for the integrated management concept pursued by the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC). However, the assessment methods are often doubted for their objectivity and transparency when based on the elicitation of stated preferences. The current research attempted to explicitly focus on the biases linked with the stakeholders participating in assessing methods operating with stated preferences. The most significant stakeholder groups were classified in three broad teams of Experts, DecisionMakers and Affected Professions. The three teams’ preferences were in turn assessed in economic and non-economic terms for the accentuation of the high fluctuation among the findings, and the threatening biases emerged in the sourcing of stated preference methods. The wastewater treatment plant in Athens, Greece and Saronikos Bay offered a sound case study.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042268)
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To achieve a good ecological status as proposed by the European Water Framework Directive (WFD; 2000/60/EEC) large investments from urban wastewater authorities are required. The Directive anticipates that cost-effective plans and their economic benefits will offset the high costs required for wastewater upgrading projects. However, urban waste water authorities claim that cost-effective measures are already in place and that little improvement can be made. Current valuation studies have focused either on ecological elements or economic aspects without offering persuading evidence on the cost versus benefits of upgrading projects. To this aim, the current study developed an ecological-economic valuation framework for the comparative assessment of the ecologically sustainable levels in receiving waters and the associated economic effects. The central Wastewater Treatment Plant in Athens (Greece) and the small treatment plant in Vils (Austria) are used as representative case studies.
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