Overview
- Published with Open Access
- Provides many best-practice examples of sustainable river management
- European-wide analyses plus case studies of other parts of the world
Part of the book series: Aquatic Ecology Series (AQEC, volume 8)
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About this book
This open access book surveys the frontier of scientific river research and provides examples to guide management towards a sustainable future of riverine ecosystems. Principal structures and functions of the biogeosphere of rivers are explained; key threats are identified, and effective solutions for restoration and mitigation are provided.
Rivers are among the most threatened ecosystems of the world. They increasingly suffer from pollution, water abstraction, river channelisation and damming. Fundamental knowledge of ecosystem structure and function is necessary to understand how human acitivities interfere with natural processes and which interventions are feasible to rectify this.
Modern water legislation strives for sustainable water resource management and protection of important habitats and species. However, decision makers would benefit from more profound understanding of ecosystem degradation processes and of innovative methodologies and tools for efficient mitigation and restoration. The book provides best-practice examples of sustainable river management from on-site studies, European-wide analyses and case studies from other parts of the world. This book will be of interest to researchers in the field of aquatic ecology, river system functioning, conservation and restoration, to postgraduate students, to institutions involved in water management, and to water related industries.Similar content being viewed by others
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Table of contents (29 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Human Impacts, Mitigation and Restoration
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Management, Methodologies, Governance
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Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Riverine Ecosystem Management
Book Subtitle: Science for Governing Towards a Sustainable Future
Editors: Stefan Schmutz, Jan Sendzimir
Series Title: Aquatic Ecology Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73250-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-73249-7Published: 24 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10340-8Published: 04 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-73250-3Published: 08 May 2018
Series ISSN: 1573-4595
Series E-ISSN: 2543-005X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 571
Number of Illustrations: 41 b/w illustrations, 82 illustrations in colour
Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Ecosystems, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Nature Conservation, Marine & Freshwater Sciences