| Description |
xii, 395 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Sect. I. Introduction -- 1. The need for river channel management -- Sect. II. Retrospect -- 2. River channels engineered -- 3. River channel systems -- Sect. III. Realization -- 4. River channel adjustments -- 5. River channel hazards : sensitivity to change -- 6. The river basin planning context -- 7. A foundation for twenty-first century river channel management -- Sect. IV. Requirements -- 8. Environmental assessment of river channels -- 9. Conservation-based management approaches -- 10. Implementing 'design-with-nature' -- Sect. V. Revision -- 11. Towards sustainable catchment hydrosystems : management with nature? |
| Summary |
"River Channel Management is the first book to deal comprehensively with recent revolutions in river channel management. It explores the multi-disciplinary nature of river channel management in relation to modern management techniques that consider the background of the entire drainage basin, use channel restoration where appropriate, and are designed to be sustainable."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-384) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
EBL |
| Subject |
Fluvial geomorphology.
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River channels -- Management.
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River engineering.
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| Author |
Gregory, K. J. (Kenneth John)
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| LC no. |
2004478280 |
| ISBN |
0340759690 paperback |
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