Brierley / Fryirs Geomorphology and River Management

Applications of the River Styles Framework
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-68530-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten, E-Book

This book outlines a generic set of procedures, termed the RiverStyles Framework, which provides a set of tools for interpretingriver character, behavior, condition, and recovery potential.Applications of the framework generate a coherent package ofgeomorphic information, providing a physical template for riverrehabilitation activities.
* management and restoration of rivers is a rapidly growing topicfor environmental scientists, geologists and ecologists - this bookprovides a learning tool with which to approach geomorphicapplications to river management
* describes the essential geomorphological principles underlyingriver behaviour and evolution
* demonstrates how the River Styles Framework can turn geomorphictheory into practice, to develop workable strategies forrestoration and management
* based on real case studies and authors extensiveexperience
* applicable to river systems worldwide
* synthesises fluvial geomorphology, ecology and management

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brierley, Gary J.

Fryirs, Kirstie A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Chapter 1 Introduction.
Part I: The Geoecological Basis for River Management.
Chapter 2 Spatial considerations in aquatic ecosystemmanagement.
Chapter 3 Temporal considerations in aquatic ecosystemsmanagement.
Part II: Geomorphic Considerations for RiverManagement.
Chapter 4 River character.
Chapter 5 River behavior.
Chapter 6 River change.
Chapter 7 Geomorphic responses of rivers to humandisturbance.
Part III: The River Styles Framework.
Chapter 8 Overview of the river styles framework and practicalconsiderations for its application.
Chapter 9 Stage one of the river styles framework:catchment-wide baseline survey of river character and behavior.
Chapter 10 Stage two of the river styles framework:catchment-framed assessment of river evolution and geomorphiccondition.
Chapter 11 Stage three of the river styles framework: predictionof likely future river condition based on analysis of recoverypotential.
Chapter 12 Stage four of the rivers styles framework:implications for river management.
Chapter 13 Putting geomorphic principles into practice.
References.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gary Brierley has worked on river systems in various partsof Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, North America, andAustralasia. He completed undergraduate work in the UK,postgraduate work in Canada, and postdoctoral work in Australia.
Kirstie Fryirs has worked on various river systems inAustralia. Her PhD developed a framework for assessing geomorphicriver condition and recovery potential.
Gary and Kirstie are codevelopers of the River Styles frameworkand the River Styles short course.