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Author Morandi, Bertrand

Title River Restoration Political, Social, and Economic Perspectives
Published Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (381 p.)
Series Advancing River Restoration and Management Ser
Advancing River Restoration and Management Ser
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Part 1 Introduction -- Chapter 1 What are the Political, Social, and Economic Issues in River Restoration? Genealogy and Current Research Issues -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Genealogy of research on societal issues in river restoration -- 1.3 A scientific community organized regionally and occasionally around river restoration projects -- 1.4 -- 1.5 A diversity of researchers' positions with regard to operational action -- 1.6 A book to share a diversity of societal approaches in the field of river restoration -- Notes -- References -- Part 2 People-River Relationships: From Ethics to Politics -- Chapter 2 Ethics of River Restoration: the Imitationist Paradigm -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Three challenges of river restoration -- 2.3 Restoration ecology as a type of biomimicry -- 2.4 Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Restoring Sociocultural Relationships with Rivers: experiments in Fluvial Pluralism -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 What is river restoration? -- 3.3 Placing river restoration in its biophysical and sociocultural contexts -- 3.4 Emerging approaches to knowing and valuing rivers differently in Aotearoa New Zealand -- 3.5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Political Ecology and River Restoration -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Political ecology: a critical approach to environmental issues -- 4.3 Political ecology and river restoration -- 4.4 Restoring the ecological continuity of rivers: controversies involving different meanings of the river -- 4.5 Conclusions: What does political ecology have to offer river restoration? -- Notes -- References -- Part 3 Governance and Power Relationships Between Stakeholders
Chapter 5 The Policy and Social Dimension of Restoration Thinking: Paying Greater Attention to "Interdependency" in Restoration Governing Practice -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 River restoration and the importance of interdependencies between public policies and between public and private rights -- 5.3 River restoration and interdependencies in territorial construction -- 5.4 River restoration and interdependencies of sciences and knowledge forms -- 5.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 From Public Policies to Projects: Factors of Success and Diversity Through a Comparative Approach -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Toward a multifunctional, ecosystem-based paradigm for river restoration -- 6.3 Political factors that determine river restoration -- 6.4 Field-testing the river restoration new paradigm: from operation acceptance to rejection -- 6.5 Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 How to Better Involve Stakeholders in River Restoration Projects: The Case of Small Dam Removals -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The role of stakeholders in dam removal in two different institutional contexts -- 7.3 From the involvement of the stakeholders to the enrichment of the project -- 7.4 Some key points to improve stakeholders' involvement -- 7.5 Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8 Letting the Political Dimension of Participation in River Restoration have its Space -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Participation and river restorations -- 8.3 Participation in Swiss river management -- 8.4 Processes of depoliticization at work -- 8.5 Recommendations for taking into account the political dimension of participation -- 8.6 Conclusions -- References -- Part 4 Evaluation of Socioeconomic Effects -- Chapter 9 What is the Total Economic Value of River Restoration and Why is it Important? -- 9.1 Introduction
9.2 Defining and valuing the total economic value of river restoration -- 9.3 Estimation and application of river restoration total economic value -- 9.4 Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10 Valuation of Ecosystem Services to Assess River Restoration Projects -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Analytical framework of ecosystem services valuation -- 10.3 Case studies of ecosystem services valuations in river restoration project assessments -- 10.4 Case studies analysis: valuation of ES for assessing river restoration projects -- 10.5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 11 Public Perspectives of River Restoration Projects -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Theoretical foundations of public perspectives -- 11.3 Two empirical examples of how to include residents' perspectives -- 11.4 Conclusions and Implications -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part 5 Diversity of Methods, Diversity of Knowledge -- Chapter 12 Social Surveys: Methods for Taking into Account Actors' Practices and Perceptions in River Restoration -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Survey methods for studying the social dimensions of river restoration -- 12.3 Choosing between interviews and questionnaires for river restoration surveys -- 12.4 Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 13 Documents on River Restoration: Temporal and Spatial Analyses of Written Discourses -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 What kind of documentary material can be used for what purpose? -- 13.3 What are the methods of documentary analysis and what results do they produce? -- 13.4 When to use a documentary approach? The pros and cons compared to survey methods -- 13.5 Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 14 Participatory Approaches: Principles and Practices for River Restoration Projects -- 14.1 Introduction
14.2 What are good practice principles for participatory river restoration? -- 14.3 What methods could be used for participatory river restoration? -- 14.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 15 Economic Benefits: Operationalizing their Valuation in River Restoration Projects -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Main phases of a valuation study and points of attention -- 15.3 Conclusions -- Note -- References -- Part 6 Conclusions -- Chapter 16 Social, Economic, and Political Stakes of River Restoration: : A Dynamic Research Field Facing Several Challenges to Strengthen Links with Practitioners -- 16.1 Humanities and social sciences now fully engaged within the field of restoration -- 16.2 Analysis of people-river relationships: from ethics to politics -- 16.3 Understanding of governance and power relationships between stakeholders -- 16.4 Evaluation of socioeconomic effects of river restoration projects -- 16.5 Strengthening collaborations between HSS and restoration stakeholders -- Notes -- References -- Index -- EULA
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Form Electronic book
Author Cottet, Marylise
Piégay, Hervé
ISBN 9781119409991
1119409993