Editors:
- Integrative perspective on river science and management
- Novel approaches to environmental rehabilitation of riverine ecosystems
- Complementary combination of natural and social sciences
- Detailed descriptions of structure and functioning of river systems
Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology (DIHY, volume 187)
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Challenges and Obstacles to Sustainable Management
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Synthesis
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
All over the world, sustainable river basin management is a leading principle of policy plans and legal instruments for water management (e.g. the European Water Framework Directive). The evidence, however, to underpin the full scope of sustainability is rather scanty. In this book an integrative perspective on trends and challenges in river science and management is demonstrated. The three pillars underneath sustainable water management, ecology, economy and sociology, are elaborated by experts in their fields. A number of papers integrate the current knowledge on the structure, functioning and management of ‘living rivers’. The book includes data and experiences concerning the rivers Allier, Meuse, Rhine, Sava and Tagliamento in Europe and the river Illinois in the USA. Sustainable river basin management asks for un-orthodox rehabilitation programmes and ecosystem based and transboundary management approaches.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
R. S. E. W. Leuven, A. M. J. Ragas
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Members of the Netherlands Centre for River Studies (NCR), Delft, The Netherlands
R. S. E. W. Leuven, A. M. J. Ragas, A. J. M. Smits, G. Velde
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Centre for Water and Society, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
A. J. M. Smits
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Erasmus Centre for Sustainability and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
A. J. M. Smits
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Department of Animal Ecology and Ecophysiology, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
G. Velde
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Living Rivers: Trends and Challenges in Science and Management
Editors: R. S. E. W. Leuven, A. M. J. Ragas, A. J. M. Smits, G. Velde
Series Title: Developments in Hydrobiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5367-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4780-0Published: 23 June 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7193-4Published: 22 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5367-2Published: 20 December 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 371
Additional Information: Reprinted from HYydrobiologia, Volume 565 (2006)
Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Life Sciences, general, Environmental Management, Ecology, Biodiversity, Nature Conservation