UID:
almafu_9959242092502883
Format:
1 online resource (266 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-59726-780-5
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1-4175-3881-3
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Ch 1: Where Have All the Rivers Gone? -- Why We Need Healthy Rivers -- The Disruption of Natural Flows -- Freshwater Life at Risk -- A Conceptual View for Balancing Human and Ecosystem Water Needs -- Ch 2: How Much Water Does a River Need? -- The Evolution of a New River Management Paradigm -- Flow Prescriptions Aimed at Ecological Health -- Setting Ecological Goals -- Learning By Doing -- Rebuilding a River's Natural Flow Patterns -- Lessons from the Colorado Pikeminnow -- Ch 3: The Policy Toolbox -- Allocating Water for Ecosystme Support -- South Africa Pioneers the Water "Reserve -- Australia Overhauls Water Policy and Tries a "Cap -- U.S. Policy Lacks Focus on Ecological Health -- Economic Tools for Securing River Flows -- Ethics in River Policy -- Ch 4: Down to the River -- A Comebacj Chance for the Missouri? -- Resotring the Brisbane River of Australia's Gold Coast -- Groundwater Pumping and the Future of the San Pedro -- Flows for Shrimp in the Tropical Rio Espiritu Santo -- Reducing Impacts of Federal Dams on Kentucky's Green River -- Sharing the Waters of South Africa's Sabie RIver -- Ch 5: Building Blocks for Better River Governance -- Capturing the Value of Ecosystem Services -- Lessons From the World Commission on Dams -- Bottom-up Governance Gets a Try -- River Basin Commissions Work "Outside the Box -- Sparks of Leadership -- Ch 6: Epilogue: Can We Save Earth's Rivers? -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Bibliography -- About the Authors -- Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-55963-444-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-55963-443-X
Language:
English
