val.heavymetals.create {ecoval}

Creates a Value Function for River Heavy Metal Concentrations

Description

Creates a value function for heavy metal concentrations in river sediments.

Usage

val.heavymetals.create(language     = "English",
                       dictionaries = NA,
                       col          = "black",
                       version      = "AWEL")

Arguments

language

Language to be used to denote nodes, attributes and attribute levels. Must be a column name of the table provided by the second argument.

dictionaries

Matrix of dictionaries with the languages provided by the column names and the original words provided as the row names. If dictionary is NA, the default dictionary ecoval.dictionaries.default is loaded.

col

Color of bounding boxes in objectives hierarchy.

version

Option to choose between the version "AWEL", which uses an assessment of AWEL (2006) based on quality criteria of LAWA (1998), or the version "IKSR", which uses the assessment of the IKSR (2009).

Value

The function returns the value function as a class utility.

References

Langhans, S.D., Lienert, J., Schuwirth, N. and Reichert, P. How to make river assessments comparable: A demonstration for hydromorphology, Ecological Indicators 32, 264-275, 2013. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.03.027

Langhans, S.D., Reichert, P. and Schuwirth, N. The method matters: indicator aggregation in ecological river assessment. Ecological Indicators 45, 494-507, 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.05.014

Reichert, P., Schuwirth, N. and Langhans, S. Constructing, evaluating and visualizing value and utility functions for decision support, Environmental Modelling & Software 46, 283-291, 2013. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.01.017

Reichert, P., Langhans, S., Lienert, J. and Schuwirth, N. The conceptual foundation of environmental decision support. Journal of Environmental Management. 154, 316-332, 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.01.053

Reichert, P., Borsuk, M., Hostmann, M., Schweizer, S., Sporri, C., Tockner, K. and Truffer, B. Concepts of decision support for river rehabilitation, Environmental Modelling and Software 22, 188-201, 2007. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2005.07.017

https://modul-stufen-konzept.ch

Langhans, S.D. und Reichert, P., Einbettung von Verfahren zur Fliessgewaesserbewertung in ein uebergeordnetes Gewaessermanagementkonzept - Vorschlaege am Beispiel des Modulstufenkonzepts, Wasser Energie Luft 103(3), 204-214, 2011.

AWEL Amt fuer Abfall, Wasser, Energie und Luft, Kanton Zuerich, Statusbericht 2006: Wasserqualitaet der Seen, Fliessgewaesser und des Grundwassers im Kanton Zuerich.

LAWA (Laenderarbeitsgemeinschaft Wasser) 1998: Zielvorgaben zum Schutz oberirdischer Binnengewaesser. Band II: Ableitung und Erprobung von Zielvorgaben zum Schutz oberiridischer Binnengewaesser fuer die Schwermetalle Blei, Cadmium, Chrom, Kupfer, Nickel, Quecksilber und Zink. Kulturbuchverlag Berlin GmbH, Berlin.

IKSR 2009. Bericht Nr. 175, Sedimentmanagementplan Rhein.

See Also

utility.

Examples

heavymetals <- val.heavymetals.create()
plot(heavymetals)
heavymetals.german <- val.heavymetals.create("Deutsch")
plot(heavymetals.german)
heavymetals.IKSR <- val.heavymetals.create(version="IKSR")
plot(heavymetals.IKSR,type="nodes")