Meander : making room for rivers /

Draws on the author's own experiences as a watershed planner, teacher, and activist to tell the story of the Great Lakes region's experiment in restoring a complicated natural system of flowing water.Meander tells the story of the Great Lakes region's experiment in restoring a complic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wooster, Margaret (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2021.
Colección:Excelsior editions.
Temas:
Stream health > Great Lakes Region (North America)
Ecosystem health > Great Lakes Region (North America)
Cours d'eau > Santé > Grands Lacs, Région des (Amérique du Nord)
Écosystèmes > Santé > Grands Lacs, Région des (Amérique du Nord)
Ecology.
Ecosystem health.
Stream health.
Great Lakes Region (North America) > Environmental conditions.
Grands Lacs, Région des (Amérique du Nord) > Conditions environnementales.
Great Lakes Region.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1: Words for Flowing Water
  • 1. Words for Flowing Water
  • 2. A New Phrase
  • 3. Finding an Oxbow
  • Part 2: Unraveling
  • 4. Nuisance
  • 5. When Streams Unravel: A Tale of Buffalo Creek
  • 6. How a Good Stream Goes Bad
  • Part 3: Meander (and Other Parts of Stream Anatomy)
  • 7. Meander and Physical Integrity
  • 8. Life below the Flow
  • 9. Whatever Happened to Groundwater?
  • 10. Hill Made of Water
  • Part 4: Value Change for Survival
  • 11. Terra Nullius
  • 12. Delta
  • 13. Making Room for Rivers

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