Beata Pataki

University of Debrecen · Department of Civil Engineering

Riverine floods cause increasingly severe damages to human settlements and infrastructure. Ecosystems have a natural capacity to decrease both severity and frequency of floods. Natural flood regulation processes along freshwaters can be attributed to two different mechanisms: flood prevention that takes place in the whole catchment and flood mitiga...

Freshwater ecosystems are among the most threatened in the world, while providing numerous essential ecosystem services (ES) to humans. Despite their importance, research on freshwater ecosystem services is limited. Here, we examine how freshwater studies could help to advance ES research and vice versa. We summarize major knowledge gaps and sugges...

This case study analysis focuses on social dimensions of household energy consumption and energy saving projects. The main goal is to analyse new relations and co-operations of actors which may lead to a more sustainable energy use and efficient energy policy.

There is general agreement among scientists that global temperatures are rising and will continue to increase in the future. It is also agreed that human activities are the most important causes of these climatic variations, and that water resources are already suffering and will continue to be greatly impaired as a consequence of these changes. In...

In the 21th century the more and more intense industrial activity of human civilization is based on the utilization of chemicals. A significant part of these chemicals gets into the environment and pollute it. Toxic elements – like heavy metals – from anthropogenic sources take part in biochemical cycles and can accumulate in plants and animals. Th...

Floodplains of regulated rivers are usually exposed to the negative impacts of riverbed incision, floodplain aggradation, and climate change. These drivers have the potential to deteriorate the bio-physical status and ecosystem services of floodplains in the long run. From the point of view of management, it is thus important to predict how far the...

In recent decades, ecologists and water managers have recognized that the riparian wetlands, besides their ecological value and potential, provide numerous - in certain cases badly abused or overused-ecosystem services, even at the river basin level. However, at present, despite numerous guidelines and directives, there is practically no scientific...

Nutrient emissions by point and diffuse sources were estimated for the Danube River Basin on the basis of a harmonized and integrated database at the sub-catchment level by application of the MONERIS model. The estimation of nutrient emissions was carried out for the period 1998-2000 for 388 sub-catchments as well as the thirteen countries each res...

Nutrient emissions by point and diffuse sources were estimated for 388 sub-catchments of the Danube river basin for the period 1998-2000 by means of the Model MONERIS. For nitrogen total emissions of 684 kt/a N were estimated for the Danube basin. 80% of these emissions were caused by diffuse sources (mainly groundwater, urban areas and tile draina...

The results of a GIS-aided analysis of the Danube catchment show its area to be 802900 km2, that is approx. 14000 km2 less than assumed so far. In the period between 1988 and 2000, it was inhabited by 82.2 million people. Almost 54 % of its area is agricultural land. For 388 sub-areas of the Danube basin, nutrient emissions from diffuse and point s...

Nutrient emissions by point and diffuse sources were estimated for 388 sub-catchments of the Danube river basin for the period 1998-2000 by means of the Model MONERIS. For nitrogen total emissions of 684 kt/a N were estimated for the Danube basin. 80% of these emissions were caused by diffuse sources (mainly groundwater, urban areas and tile draina...

The results of a GIS-aided analysis of the Danube catchment show its area to be 802900 km2 that is approx. 14000 km2 less than assumed so far. In the period between 1988 and 2000, it was inhabited by 82.2 million people. Almost 54 % of its area is agricultural land. For 388 sub-areas of the Danube basin, nutrient emissions from diffuse and point so...

The nutrient emissions from point and diffuse sources were estimated for 388 subcatchments of the Danube river basin for the period 1998-2000 with the model system MONERIS. The model distinguishes between six diffuse pathways and point source emissions from waste water treatment plants and direct industrial discharges. It was estimated that the tot...

The key to ecological revitalisation of river floodplains is improving the water regime, since this very important abiotic factor has undergone serious deteriorations due to anthropogenic effects. The desired improvement can be achieved by transforming the natural water conveyance infrastructure of the river-floodplain system in an appropriate mann...