River Channel Management : Towards Sustainable Catchment Hydrosystems

Gregory, Kenneth J., Downs, Peter W.

ISBN 10: 0340759690 / ISBN 13: 9780340759691

Verlag: Hachette Learning, 2004

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This is the first book to deal comprehensively with recent revolutions in river channel management. It explores the multidisciplinary nature of such management in relation to modern management techniques that bear the background of the entire drainage basin in mind, use channel restoration where appropriate, and are designed to be sustainable.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Dr Peter Downs is currently Senior Fluvial Geomorphologist at Stillwater Sciences, Berkeley, California. He has taught and researched extensively on geomorphological applications to river channel management and restoration.

Professor Ken Gregory is currently Visiting Professor, University of Southampton and Emeritus Professor, University of London. He was awarded the Founders Medal of the Royal Geographical Society for research on river channels. He is the author of Palaeohydrology: Understanding Global Change (Wiley, 2003) and The Changing Nature of Physical Geography (Arnold, 2000).

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Titel: River Channel Management : Towards ...
Verlag: Hachette Learning
Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Very Good