River restoration [electronic resource] : managing the uncertainty in restoring physical habitat / editors, Stephen Darby and David Sear.
River restoration projects are designed to recreate functional characteristics within a context of physical stability. They tend to focus on the development and application of geomorphic principles for river restoration design. Due to different models obtaining different results on the same problem,...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ :
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©2008.
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| Summary: | River restoration projects are designed to recreate functional characteristics within a context of physical stability. They tend to focus on the development and application of geomorphic principles for river restoration design. Due to different models obtaining different results on the same problem, incomplete or absent data, and climatic/social/cultural changes, the designers and managers of such projects frequently face high levels of uncertainty. This book will provide a systematic overview of the issues involved in minimizing and coping with uncertainty in river restoration projects. A ser. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 315 pages, 6 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470867082 0470867086 9780470867075 0470867078 1281319791 9781281319791 9786611319793 6611319794 |