Neeson, Thomas M., Moody, Allison T., O'Hanley, Jesse R., Diebel, Matthew, Doran, Patrick, Ferris, Michael, Colling, Timothy, McIntyre, Peter (2018) Aging infrastructure creates opportunities for cost-efficient restoration of aquatic ecosystem connectivity. Ecological Applications, 28 (6). pp. 1494-1502. ISSN 1051-0761. (doi:10.1002/eap.1750) (KAR id:66982)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1750 |
Abstract
A hallmark of industrialization is the construction of dams for water management and roads for transportation, leading to fragmentation of aquatic ecosystems. Many nations are striving to address both maintenance backlogs and mitigation of environmental impacts as their infrastructure ages. Here, we test whether accounting for road repair needs could offer opportunities to boost conservation efficiency by piggybacking connectivity restoration projects on infrastructure maintenance. Using optimization models to align fish passage restoration sites with likely road repair priorities, we find potential increases in conservation return-on-investment ranging from 17% to 25%. Importantly, these gains occur without compromising infrastructure or conservation priorities; simply communicating openly about objectives and candidate sites enables greater accomplishment at current funding levels. Society embraces both reliable roads and thriving fisheries, so overcoming this coordination challenge should be feasible. Given deferred maintenance crises for many types of infrastructure, there could be widespread opportunities to enhance the cost-effectiveness of conservation investments by coordinating with infrastructure renewal efforts.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1002/eap.1750 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Infrastructure, connectivity, fragmentation, conservation, restoration, coordination, collaboration |
Divisions: | Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Analytics, Operations and Systems |
Depositing User: | Jesse O'Hanley |
Date Deposited: | 10 May 2018 14:34 UTC |
Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2023 15:03 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/66982 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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