Restoring neighborhood streams : planning, design, and construction /

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Thirty years ago, the best thinking on urban stream management prescribed cement as the solution to flooding and other problems of people and flowing water forced into close proximity. Urban streams were perceived as little more than flood control devices designed to hurry water through cities and n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Riley, Ann L. (Ann Lawrence), 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [United States] : Island Press, 2016.
Colección:Science and practice of ecological restoration.
Temas:
Stream conservation > Planning.
Stream conservation > Design and construction.
Stream conservation > Case studies.
Cours d'eau > Conservation > Planification.
Cours d'eau > Conservation > Études de cas.
Hydrology & the hydrosphere.
Regional & area planning.
Conservation of the environment.
The environment.
Science > Earth Sciences > Hydrology.
Political Science > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
Nature > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Science > Environmental Science.
Stream conservation
Stream conservation > Planning
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Is the Restoration of Urban Streams Possible?- 2. Defining Restoration
  • 3. An Introduction to the Schools of Restoration
  • 4. Evaluations of Watershed Hydrology, Geomorphology, and Hydraulics Schools
  • 5. Evaluations of Applied Wildlife Biology
  • 6. Neighborhood-Scale Restoration Projects
  • 7. Regional Multiobjective Flood-Damage-Reduction Restoration
  • 8. A View across All the Cases
  • References Cited.

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