UID:
almahu_9948196938402882
Umfang:
1 online resource (xii, 398 pages) :
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illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
ISBN:
9780470751367
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0470751363
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9780470751350
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0470751355
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9781405115162
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1405115165
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9781118685303
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111868530X
Inhalt:
Rivers show a remarkable diversity of character and behaviour in any catchment. Human activities have impacted profoundly on the inherent variability in patterns and rates of river adjustment, altering what rivers look like, how they behave, and the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. This book outlines geomorphic considerations for river management and a generic set of procedures, termed the River Styles framework, which provides a set of tools for interpreting river character, behaviour, condition, and recovery potential. River management programs that 'work with nature' must respect the inherent diversity and behavioural regime of aquatic ecosystems. Each catchment should be managed in its own right, recognizing the patterns and connectivity of river forms and processes, as shaped by the configuration of the system and responses to disturbance events. Applications of the River Styles framework generate a coherent package of geomorphic information that provides a physical template for river rehabilitation activities. This book is essential reading for a wide range of river practitioners, including students, technical officers, consultants, and academics.
Anmerkung:
Cover13; -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Concern for river health -- 1.2 Geomorphic perspectives on ecosystem approaches to river management -- 1.3 What is river restoration? -- 1.4 Determination of realistic goals in river rehabilitation practice -- 1.5 Managing river recovery processes in river rehabilitation practice -- 1.6 Overview of the River Styles framework -- 1.7 Layout and structure of the book -- PART A The geoecological basis of river management -- 2 Spatial considerations in aquatic ecosystem management -- 2.1 Introduction and chapter structure -- 2.2 Spatial scales of analysis in aquatic geoecology: A nested hierarchical approach -- 2.3 Use of geomorphology as an integrative physical template for river management activities -- 2.4 Working with linkages of biophysical processes -- 2.5 Respect diversity -- 2.6 Summary -- 3 Temporal considerations in aquatic ecosystem management -- 3.1 Chapter structure -- 3.2 Working with river change -- 3.3 Timescales of river adjustment -- 3.4 Interpreting controls on river character and behavior -- 3.5 Predicting the future in fluvial geomorphology -- 3.6 Summary and implications -- PART B Geomorphic considerations for river management -- 4 River character -- 4.1 Introduction: Geomorphic approaches to river characterization -- 4.2 Channel bed morphology -- 4.3 Bank morphology -- 4.4 Channel morphology: Putting the bed and banks together -- 4.5 Channel size -- 4.6 Floodplain forms and processes -- 4.7 Channel planform -- 4.8 Valley confinement as a determinant of river morphology -- 4.9 Synthesis -- 5 River behavior -- 5.1 Introduction: An approach to interpreting river behavior -- 5.2 Ways in which rivers can adjust: The natural capacity for adjustment -- 5.3 Construction of the river evolution diagram -- 5.4 Bed mobility and bedform development -- 5.5 Adjustments to channel shape -- 5.6 Interpreting channel behavior through analysis of instream geomorphic units -- 5.7 Adjustments to channel position on the valley floor -- 5.8 Use of geomorphic units as a unifying attribute to assess river behavior -- 5.9 Synthesis -- 6 River change -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Framing river evolution in context of Late Quaternary climate change -- 6.3 The nature of river change -- 6.4 Framing river change on the river evolution diagram -- 6.5 The spatial distribution of river change -- 6.6 Temporal perspectives of river change -- 6.7 Appraising system vulnerability to change -- 7 Geomorphic responses of rivers to human disturbance -- 7.1 Introduction: Direct and indirect forms of human disturbance to rivers -- 7.2 Direct human-induced changes to river forms and processes -- 7.3 Indirect river responses to human disturbance -- 7.4 Spatial and temporal variability of human impacts on rivers -- 7.5 (Ir)reversibility and the river evolution diagram revisited -- 7.6 Synopsis -- PART C The River Styles framework -- 8 Overview of the River Styles framework and practical considerations for its application -- 8.1 Moves towards a more integrative river classification scheme -- 8.2 What is the River Styles framework? -- 8.3 Scale and resolution in practical application of the River Styles framework -- 8.4 Reservations in use of the River Styles framework -- 9 Stage One of the River Styles framework: Catchment-wide baseline survey of river character and behavior -- 9.1 Introduction.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Brierley, Gary J. Geomorphology and river management. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005 ISBN 1405115165
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781405115162
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geographie
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DOI:
10.1002/9780470751367
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470751367
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470751367
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470751367
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