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Title River futures : an integrative scientific approach to river repair / edited by Gary J. Brierley and Kirstie A. Fryirs.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : Island Press ; Tucson, Ariz. : Society for Ecological Restoration International, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The science and practice of ecological restoration
Science and practice of ecological restoration.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part I. The emerging process of river repair : Moves toward an era of river repair / Gary J. Brierley and Kirstie A. Fryirs -- Vision generation: what do we seek to achieve in river rehabilitation? / Darren Ryder [and others] -- Turbulence and train wrecks: using knowledge strategies to enhance the application of integrative river science to effective river management / Andrew Boulton, Hervé Piégay, and Mark D. Sanders -- Part II. An integrative scientific perspective to guide the process of river repair : The spatial organization of river systems / Carola Cullum, Gary J. Brierley, and Martin Thomas -- Working with change: the importance of evolutionary perspectives in framing the trajectory of river adjustment / Gary J. Brierley [and others] -- Ecological function in rivers: insights from crossdisciplinary science / Sarah Mika [and others] -- Principles of river condition assessment / Kirstie A. Fryirs, Angela Arthington, and James Grove -- Social and biophysical connectivity of river systems / Mick Hillman, Gary J. Brierley, and Kirstie A. Fryirs -- Part III. International perspectives on the process of river repair : The Australian river management experience / Kirstie A. Fryirs [and others] -- River management in the United States / Ellen Wohl, Margaret Palmer, and G. Mathias Kondolf -- Integrative river science and rehabilitation: European experiences / Hervé Piégay [and others] -- The light and dark of Sabo-dammed streams in steepland settings in Japan : Tomomi Marutani [and others] -- Application of integrative science in the management of South African rivers / Kate M. Rowntree and Leanne du Preez -- Part IV. Managing the process of river repair : Restoring uncertainty: translating science into management practice / Mick Hillman and Gary J. Brierley -- River futures / Gary J. Brierley, Kirstie A. Fryirs, and Mick Hillman.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Rivers -- Regulation.
Rivers -- Regulation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Brierley, Gary J.
Fryirs, Kirstie A.
Other Form: Print version: River futures. Washington, DC : Island Press ; Tucson, Ariz. : Society for Ecological Restoration International, ©2008 9781597261128 (DLC) 2007042296 (OCoLC)174138929
ISBN 9781610911054 (electronic book)
1610911059 (electronic book)
9781597261128
1597261122
9781597261135
1597261130