Darby / Sear River Restoration

Managing the Uncertainty in Restoring Physical Habitat
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-86707-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten, E-Book

River restoration projects are designed to recreate functionalcharacteristics within a context of physical stability. They tendto focus on the development and application of geomorphicprinciples for river restoration design. Due to different modelsobtaining different results on the same problem, incomplete orabsent data, and climatic/social/cultural changes, the designersand managers of such projects frequently face high levels ofuncertainty.
This book will provide a systematic overview of the issues involvedin minimizing and coping with uncertainty in river restorationprojects. A series of thematic sections will be used to define thevarious sources of uncertainty in restoration projects and howthese show at different points in the life cycle (design,construction and post-construction phases) of restoration projects.The structure of the book will offer a rational theoreticalanalysis of the problem while providing practical guidance inmanaging the different sources of uncertainty. A wide range of casestudies will be included from Europe, North America andAustralasia

Autoren/Hrsg.

Darby, Stephen

Sear, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

SECTION I: INTRODUCTION: THE NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE OFUNCERTAINTY IN RIVER RESTORATION.
Chapter 1: Scientific Uncertainty with Special Reference toRiver Restoration (J. Lemons and R. Victor).
Chapter 2: Sources of Uncertainty in River Restoration Research(W. Graf).
Chapter 3: The Scope of Uncertainties in River Restoration (J.M. Wheaton, S. E. Darby and D. A. Sear).
SECTION II: PLANNING AND DESIGNING RESTORATIONPROJECTS.
Chapter 4: Planning River Restoration Projects: Social andCultural Dimensions (G.M. Kondolf and C-N. Yang).
Chapter 5: Conceptual and Mathematical Modelling in RiverRestoration: Do we Have Unreasonable Confidence? (M. Stewardson andI. Rutherfurd).
Chapter 6: Uncertainty in Riparian and Floodplain Restoration(F. M. R. Hughes, T. Moss and K. S. Richards).
Chapter 7: Hydrological and Hydraulic Aspects of RestorationUncertainty for Ecological Purposes (N. J. Clifford, M. C. Acremanand D. J. Booker).
Chapter 8: Uncertainty Surrounding the Ecological Targets andResponse of River and Stream Restoration (M. R. Perrow, E. R.Skeate, D. Leeming, J. England and M.L. Tomlinson).
SECTION III: THE CONSTRUCTION AND POST-CONSTRUCTIONPHASES.
Chapter 9: Constructing Restoration Schemes: Uncertainty,Challenges and Opportunities (J. Mant, R. Richardson and M.Janes).
Chapter 10: Measures of Success: Uncertainty and Defining theOutcomes of River Restoration Schemes (K. Skinner, F. D. Shields,Jr. and S. Harrison).
Chapter 11: Methods for Evaluating the GeomorphologicalPerformance of Naturalized Rivers: Examples from the ChicagoMetropolitan Area (B. L. Rhoads, M. H. Garcia, J. Rodriguez, F.Bombardelli, J. Abad and M. Daniels).
Chapter 12: Uncertainty and the Management of RestorationProjects: The Construction and Early Post-Construction Phases(Brookes and H. Dangerfield).
SECTION IV: UNCERTAINTY AND SUSTAINABILITY: RESTORATION INTHE LONG TERM.
Chapter 13: The Sustainability of Restored Rivers:Catchment-Scale Perspectives on Long-term Response (K. J. Gregoryand P. W. Downs).
Chapter 14: Uncertainty and The Sustainable Management ofRestored Rivers (M. D. Newson and M. J. Clark).

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