Large-scale ecosystem restoration : five case studies from the United States /

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Presents case studies of five of the most noteworthy large-scale restoration projects in the United States: Chesapeake Bay, the Everglades, the California Bay-Delta, the Platte River basin, and the Upper Mississippi River system.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Society for Ecological Restoration International
Otros Autores: Doyle, Mary, LL. B., Drew, Cynthia A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : Island Press, ©2008.
Colección:Science and practice of ecological restoration.
Temas:
Restoration ecology > United States > Case studies.
Ecosystem management > United States > Case studies.
Watershed restoration > United States > Case studies.
Réhabilitation (Écologie) > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Écosystèmes > Gestion > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Bassins hydrographiques > Réhabilitation > États-Unis > Études de cas.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Ecosystem management
Restoration ecology
Watershed restoration
Ökosystem
Renaturierung > Ökologie
United States
USA
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The challenges of restoring the Everglades ecosystem / Terrence "Rock" Salt, Stuart Langton, Mary Doyle
  • Everglades ecology : the impacts of altered hydrology / Thomas L. Crisman
  • Rivers of plans for the river of grass : the political economy of Everglades restoration / Stephen Polasky
  • Negotiating for endangered and threatened species habitat in the Platte River Basin / David M. Freeman
  • Platte River Basin ecology : a three-dimensional approach to adaptive management / Thomas L. Crisman
  • Navigating the shoals : costs and benefits of Platte River ecosystem management / Stephen Polasky
  • The California-Bay Delta : the challenges of collaboration / David Nawi, Alf W. Brandt
  • The ecology of Bay-Delta restoration : an impossible dream? / Thomas L. Crisman
  • Water fights : the economics of allocating scarce water and Bay-Delta restoration / Stephen Polasky
  • The culture of collaboration in the Chesapeake Bay program / Mary Doyle, Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm
  • An ecological perspective on management of the Chesapeake Bay / Thomas L. Crisman
  • Murky waters and murky policies : costs and benefits of restoring Chesapeake Bay / Stephen Polasky
  • The Upper Mississippi River and the Army Corps of Engineers' new role : will Congress fund ecosystem restoration? / Cynthia A. Drew
  • Upper Mississippi restoration ecology : putting theory into practice / Thomas L. Crisman
  • Comparing apples and oranges? : costs and benefits of Upper Mississippi River system restoration / Stephen Polasky
  • Conclusion: Assessing ecosystem restoration projects / Mary Doyle.

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