River Futures: An Integrative Scientific Approach to River RepairGary J. Brierley, Kirstie A. Fryirs Across much of the industrialized world, rivers that were physically transformed and ecologically ruined to facilitate industrial and agricultural development are now the focus of restoration and rehabilitation efforts. River Futures discusses the emergence of this new era of river repair and documents a comprehensive biophysical framework for river science and management. The book considers what can be done to maximize prospects for improving river health while maintaining or enhancing the provision of ecosystem services over the next fifty to one-hundred years. It provides a holistic overview of considerations that underpin the use of science in river management, emphasizing cross-disciplinary understanding that builds on a landscape template. The book
Case studies explore practical applications in different parts of the world, highlighting approaches to the use of integrative river science, measures of success, and steps that could be taken to improve performance in future efforts. River Futures offers a positive, practical, and constructive focus that directly addresses the major challenge of a new era of river conservation and rehabilitation—that of bringing together the diverse and typically discipline-bound sets of knowledge and practices that are involved in repairing rivers. It is a valuable resource for anyone involved in river restoration and management, including restorationists, scientists, managers, and policymakers, as well as undergraduate and graduate students. |
Contents
The Emerging Process of River Repair | 1 |
The Emergence of Integrative River Science | 8 |
What Do We Seek to Achieve | 16 |
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abiotic adaptive management adjustment agement approaches to river aquatic ecosystems areas Arthington assessment Australia basin biodiversity biological biophysical biota biotic Boulton Brierley and Fryirs catchment channel chapter concept connectivity conservation crossdisciplinary degradation disconnection disturbance diversity downstream dynamics ecological integrity ecosys ecosystem functionality effective environment Environmental Management fish flood floodplain flow fluvial framework Freshwater Freshwater Biology G. J. Brierley geomorphic geomorphology habitat human Hunter River hydrological hyporheic zone impacts integrative river science interactions Kissimmee River Kondolf land landscape macroinvertebrate measures ment models monitoring nutrients organic matter Palmer patterns perspectives physical process of river programs reach recovery regime regional response Restoration Ecology riparian riparian zone river condition river health river management river rehabilitation river repair river restoration river systems river type riverine Sabo dams scales scientific scientists sediment Society South Africa species stakeholders strategies stream sustainable tion uncertainty use-values variability vegetation water quality wetlands