River Conservation and Management

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 418
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is intended for those with an academic, scientific and practical interest in river conservation and management. It provides an overview of how changes in legislation, policies, institutional responsibilities, science, technology, practical techniques and public perception have influenced how rivers have been managed over the past 20 years and the challenges that lie ahead during the next 20 years.

The book is based on the international conference River Conservation and Management:20 Years On held at York. Thirty-one chapters, with contributions from North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australasia provide a wide-ranging perspective on this complex but profoundly important subject.

 

Following an introduction that chronicles the most important contextual changes, the book is organized into four broad topics:

• Catchment management, ecosystem integrity and the threats to river ecosystems – this covers progress on  understanding and addressing the pressures affecting rivers, many of which will be amplified by climate change and increasing human demands for water;
• Methods and approaches – illustrating some recent techniques that have been developed to assess condition and conservation status across  different types of river;
• Recovery and rehabilitation – providing an insight into the principles, practice, public involvement and institutional networks that support and make improvements to modified river reaches;
• Integrating nature conservation into wider river management –demonstrating the importance of integrated planning, involvement of local communities and the use of adaptive management in achieving multiple environmental and economic benefits along rivers used for different purposes.

The final chapter discusses the challenges faced in dealing with an uncertain future.

More than 1200 different references and numerous web-site citations provide the reader with an invaluable source of knowledge on the subject area.

Content:
Chapter 1 Revisiting the Case for River Conservation (pages 1–14): Philip J. Boon
Chapter 2 From Channel to Catchment: A 20?Year Journey for River Management in England and Wales (pages 15–27): Malcolm D. Newson
Chapter 3 The Rivers and Streams of England and Wales: An Overview of their Physical Character in 2007–2008 and Changes Since 1995–1996 (pages 29–43): Katharine Seager, Lucy Baker, Helena Parsons, Paul J. Raven and Ian P. Vaughan
Chapter 4 Environmental Flow Allocation as a Practical Aspect of IWRM (pages 45–57): Jay O'Keeffe
Chapter 5 Assessing the Hydrological Effects of Forest Plantations in Brazil (pages 59–68): Walter de Paula Lima, Silvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz, Carolina Bozetti Rodrigues and Maureen Voigtlaender
Chapter 6 In the Indus Delta it is No More the Mighty Indus (pages 69–78): Muhammad Zafar Khan and Ghulam Akbar
Chapter 7 A 20?Year View of Monitoring Ecological Quality in English and Welsh Rivers (pages 79–89): Ian P. Vaughan and Stephen J. Ormerod
Chapter 8 Water Quality and Exurbanization in Southern Appalachian Streams (pages 91–106): Jackson R. Webster, Ernest F. Benfield, Kristen K. Cecala, John F. Chamblee, Carolyn A. Dehring, Ted Gragson, Jeffrey H. Cymerman, C. Rhett Jackson, Jennifer D. Knoepp, David S. Leigh, John C. Maerz, Catherine Pringle and H. Maurice Valett
Chapter 9 Understanding and Managing Climate Change Effects on River Ecosystems (pages 107–119): Stephen J. Ormerod and Isabelle Durance
Chapter 10 Scotland's Freshwater Pearl Mussels: The Challenge of Climate Change (pages 121–132): Peter Cosgrove, Lee Hastie, Jon Watt, Iain Sime and Philip J. Boon
Chapter 11 Can Mediterranean River Plants Translate into Quality Assessment Systems? Venturing into Unexplored Territories (pages 133–142): Ian Dodkins, Francisca Aguiar and Maria Teresa Ferreira
Chapter 12 The Use of Bryophytes for Fluvial Assessment of Mountain Streams in Portugal (pages 143–157): Cristiana Vieira, Ana Seneca, Maria Teresa Ferreira and Cecilia Sergio
Chapter 13 Improvements in Understanding the Contribution of Hyporheic Zones to Biodiversity and Ecological Functioning of UK Rivers (pages 159–173): Paul J. Wood, David J. Gilvear, Nigel Willby, Anne L. Robertson, Terence Gledhill and Philip J. Boon
Chapter 14 Taxonomic Distinctness as a Measure of Diversity of Stream Insects Exposed to Varying Salinity Levels in South?Eastern Australia (pages 175–182): Richard Marchant and Ben Kefford
Chapter 15 Development of a Systematic, Information?Based Approach to the Identification of High Value Sites for River Conservation in New Zealand (pages 183–191): John Leathwick, David West, Atte Moilanen and Lindsay Chadderton
Chapter 16 Assessing the Conservation Status of Alder?Ash Alluvial Forest and Atlantic Salmon in the Natura 2000 River Network of Cantabria, Northern Spain (pages 193–210): Jose Barquin, Barbara Ondiviela, Maria Recio, Mario Alvarez?Cabria, Francisco J. Penas, Diego Fernandez, Laura Oti, Andres Garcia, Cesar Alvarez and Jose A. Juanes
Chapter 17 The Use of Palaeoecological Techniques to Identify Reference Conditions for River Conservation Management (pages 211–221): Emma L. Seddon, Paul J. Wood, Chris P. Mainstone, Malcolm T. Greenwood and Lynda C. Howard
Chapter 18 The Espace de Liberte and Restoration of Fluvial Process: When Can the River Restore Itself and When Must we Intervene? (pages 223–241): G. Mathias Kondolf
Chapter 19 Multi?Purpose, Interlinked and Without Barriers: The Emscher River Ecological Concept (pages 243–247): Mechthild Semrau and Rudolf Hurck
Chapter 20 Rehabilitation of the River Skerne and the River Cole, England: A Long?Term Public Perspective (pages 249–259): E. Ulrika Aberg and Sue Tapsell
Chapter 21 The Unnatural History of the River Trent: 50 Years of Ecological Recovery (pages 261–272): Terry Langford, Tom Worthington, Peter Shaw, Paul Kemp, Chris Woolgar, Alastair Ferguson, Philip Harding and David Ottewell
Chapter 22 Key Factors in the Management and Conservation of Temporary Mediterranean Streams: A Case Study of the Pardiela River, Southern Portugal (pages 273–283): Joana Rosado, Manuela Morais, Antonio Serafim, Ana Pedro, Helena Silva, Miguel Potes, David Brito, Rui Salgado, Ramiro Neves, Ana Lillebo, Antonio Chambel, Vanda Pires, Carlos Pinto Gomes and Paulo Pinto
Chapter 23 The History, Development, Role and Future of River Restoration Centres (pages 285–293): Nigel T. H. Holmes and Martin Janes
Chapter 24 From Stockholm to Rio II: The Natural and Institutional Landscapes Through Which Rivers Flow (pages 295–311): Peter Bridgewater, Lei Guangchun and Lu Cai
Chapter 25 What Have Rivers Ever Done For Us? Ecosystem Services and River Systems (pages 313–324): Mark Everard
Chapter 26 The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program: Progress and Immediate Challenges (pages 325–338): John F. Hamill and Theodore S. Melis
Chapter 27 An Individual?Based Model of Swan–Macrophyte Conflicts on a Chalk River (pages 339–343): Kevin A. Wood, Richard A. Stillman, Francis Daunt and Matthew T. O'Hare
Chapter 28 Integrating Habitat Conservation with Amenity and Recreational Uses Along an Urban Stretch of the Adige River, Northern Italy (pages 345–355): Maria Giovanna Braioni, Maria Cristina Villani, Anna Braioni and Gianpaolo Salmoiraghi
Chapter 29 A River in Crisis: The Lower River Murray, Australia (pages 357–369): Anne E. Jensen and Keith F. Walker
Chapter 30 The Nevis River: An Example of River Conservation in the New Zealand Context (pages 371–379): Niall Watson
Chapter 31 Current and Future Challenges in Managing Natural System Variability for River Conservation in European River Basins (pages 381–401): Andrew R. G. Large