River Futures: an integrative Scientific approach to river repair
Brierley, Gary
River Futures: an integrative Scientific approach to river repair - Washington, Island Press 2008 - 304p.
i
Part A: The emerging process of river repair
1
Chapter 1 Moves towards an era of river repair
Gary Brierley and Kirstie Fryirs
4
The emerging process of river repair
The emergence of integrative river science
Framing what we are trying to achieve in the process of river repair
Structure of the book
Chapter 2 Vision Generation: What do we seek to achieve in river rehabilitation?
Darren Ryder, Gary Brierley, Richard Hobbs, Garreth Kyle and Michelle Leishman
23
Use of a guiding image to set rehabilitation goals
Scientific considerations in vision generation
Assessing rehabilitation success
Socio-economic considerations: An inclusive approach to vision generation
Incorporating a guiding image in into successful river rehabilitation practice
Conclusion
Chapter 3 Turbulence and train wrecks: Using knowledge strategies to enhance application of integrative river science to effective river management
Andrew Boulton, Hervé Piégay and Mark Sanders
47
Sources of turbulence
Reducing turbulence with shared beliefs: tenets and commitments
Seeking ¿solvable problems¿: comparative analysis of knowledge structures
Four logical steps to evaluate knowledge structures
Strategies for constructing solvable problems: difficulties and potential solutions
Prognosis and conclusions
Part B: An integrative scientific perspective with which to guide the process of river repair
66
Chapter 4 The spatial organization of river systems
Carola Cullum, Gary Brierley and Martin Thoms
69
Perspectives on the spatial organization of river systems
An integrated perspective: analyzing river systems as spatially nested hierarchies
Challenges in determining scales and patch boundaries
Biotic implications of the spatial arrangement of geomorphic process domains
Management implications
Conclusion
Chapter 5 Working with change: The importance of evolutionary perspectives in framing the trajectory of river adjustment
Gary Brierley, Kirstie Fryirs, Andrew Boulton and Carola Cullum
106
Understanding contemporary river dynamics in their evolutionary context
Scales and forms of geomorphic adjustment
Linkages between abiotic and biotic adjustments along rivers
Conceptualizing river evolution and recovery as a basis for management planning and action
Examples of river trajectories
Place-based conceptual modeling
Conclusions and implications
Chapter 6 Ecological function in rivers: insights from crossdisciplinary science
Sarah Mika, Andrew Boulton, Darren Ryder and Daniel Keating
138
Interactions between structure and function
Interactions between structure and function in space and time
Connectivity within riverine ecosystems
Examples of crossdisciplinary research on ecological function
Synthesis and conclusion
Chapter 7 Principles of River Condition Assessment
Kirstie Fryirs, Angela Arthington and James Grove
170
Purposes of river condition assessments
Ecosystem integrity as a basis for assessing biophysical river condition
Integrating abiotic and biotic factors in assessments of river condition
What is natural or expected? Defining reference conditions
Identifying indicators that provide a reliable and relevant measure of the biophysical condition of rivers
Considerations in the design/application of integrative frameworks for assessing biophysical condition
Integrating tools for assessing river condition
Conclusion
Chapter 8 Social and biophysical connectivity of river systems
Mick Hillman, Gary Brierley and Kirstie Fryirs
203
Connectivity and River Health
Forms, patterns and changes to physical (dis)connectivity
Social (dis)connectivity
Contrasting sub-catchments from the Hunter Valley, New South Wales
Interbasin Transfers: The Snowy Hydro Scheme
(Dis)connectivity: themes for integrative river management
Synthesis: Sustainability, health, justice and policy in addressing (dis)connectivity
Conclusion
Part C: International perspectives on the process of river repair
243
Chapter 9 The Australian River Management Experience
Kirstie Fryirs, Bruce Chessman, Mick Hillman, David Outhet, and Alexandra Spink
246
Setting the scene: The Australian landscape and historical setting
Biophysical themes in Australian river management practice: What is achievable?
The organizational context of Australian river management practice: The capacity to do something
Social themes in Australian river management practice: Community will to do something
Integration and future challenges
Conclusion
Chapter 10 River Management in the United States
Ellen Wohl, Margaret Palmer and G. Mathias Kondolf
283
How healthy are rivers in the United States?
Policy and legal framework
Contemporary pressures and constraints on water resources
Likely future influences on river management
Strategies for river protection and rehabilitation
Examples of river rehabilitation
What does the future hold for rivers in the United States?
Chapter 11 Integrative River Science and Rehabilitation: Some European Experiences
Herve Piégay, Larissa Naylor, Gertrud Haidvogl, Jochem Kail, Laurent Schmitt and Laurent Bourdin
332
Emergence of integrative river science in European Countries
Integrative sciences in pioneer rehabilitation programs
Challenges approaching implementation of the European WFD
Conclusion
Chapter 12 Light and dark of Sabo-dammed streams in steepland settings in Japan
Tomomi Marutani, Shun-ichi Kikuchi, Seiji Yanai and Kaori Kochi
365
Why have we developed the Sabo dam country?
Japanese experiences with discontinuity of geoecological interactions along river courses
Management of dammed streams for environmental care
Conclusion
Chapter 13 Application of Integrative Science in the Management of South African Rivers
Kate M. Rowntree and Leanne du Preez
399
South African water legislation, Agenda 21 and South African river management
The reserve as an example of South African management frameworks
Future fluvial geomorphologies
Integrative science and the future of South African river management
Conclusion
Part D: Managing the process of river repair
433
Chapter 14 Restoring Uncertainty: Translating science into management practice
Mick Hillman and Gary Brierley
435
Sources of uncertainty in the management of river systems
The assessment of condition in river management: characteristics and uncertainty
Uncertainty and Sustainability
Living with uncertainty in the era of river repair
Conclusion
Chapter 15 River Futures
Gary Brierley, Kirstie Fryirs and Mick Hillman
465
The emerging process of river repair
The use of coherent scientific information to guide the process of river repair
Managing the process of river repair
Conclusion
9781597261135
architecture and environment
River Futures: an integrative Scientific approach to river repair - Washington, Island Press 2008 - 304p.
i
Part A: The emerging process of river repair
1
Chapter 1 Moves towards an era of river repair
Gary Brierley and Kirstie Fryirs
4
The emerging process of river repair
The emergence of integrative river science
Framing what we are trying to achieve in the process of river repair
Structure of the book
Chapter 2 Vision Generation: What do we seek to achieve in river rehabilitation?
Darren Ryder, Gary Brierley, Richard Hobbs, Garreth Kyle and Michelle Leishman
23
Use of a guiding image to set rehabilitation goals
Scientific considerations in vision generation
Assessing rehabilitation success
Socio-economic considerations: An inclusive approach to vision generation
Incorporating a guiding image in into successful river rehabilitation practice
Conclusion
Chapter 3 Turbulence and train wrecks: Using knowledge strategies to enhance application of integrative river science to effective river management
Andrew Boulton, Hervé Piégay and Mark Sanders
47
Sources of turbulence
Reducing turbulence with shared beliefs: tenets and commitments
Seeking ¿solvable problems¿: comparative analysis of knowledge structures
Four logical steps to evaluate knowledge structures
Strategies for constructing solvable problems: difficulties and potential solutions
Prognosis and conclusions
Part B: An integrative scientific perspective with which to guide the process of river repair
66
Chapter 4 The spatial organization of river systems
Carola Cullum, Gary Brierley and Martin Thoms
69
Perspectives on the spatial organization of river systems
An integrated perspective: analyzing river systems as spatially nested hierarchies
Challenges in determining scales and patch boundaries
Biotic implications of the spatial arrangement of geomorphic process domains
Management implications
Conclusion
Chapter 5 Working with change: The importance of evolutionary perspectives in framing the trajectory of river adjustment
Gary Brierley, Kirstie Fryirs, Andrew Boulton and Carola Cullum
106
Understanding contemporary river dynamics in their evolutionary context
Scales and forms of geomorphic adjustment
Linkages between abiotic and biotic adjustments along rivers
Conceptualizing river evolution and recovery as a basis for management planning and action
Examples of river trajectories
Place-based conceptual modeling
Conclusions and implications
Chapter 6 Ecological function in rivers: insights from crossdisciplinary science
Sarah Mika, Andrew Boulton, Darren Ryder and Daniel Keating
138
Interactions between structure and function
Interactions between structure and function in space and time
Connectivity within riverine ecosystems
Examples of crossdisciplinary research on ecological function
Synthesis and conclusion
Chapter 7 Principles of River Condition Assessment
Kirstie Fryirs, Angela Arthington and James Grove
170
Purposes of river condition assessments
Ecosystem integrity as a basis for assessing biophysical river condition
Integrating abiotic and biotic factors in assessments of river condition
What is natural or expected? Defining reference conditions
Identifying indicators that provide a reliable and relevant measure of the biophysical condition of rivers
Considerations in the design/application of integrative frameworks for assessing biophysical condition
Integrating tools for assessing river condition
Conclusion
Chapter 8 Social and biophysical connectivity of river systems
Mick Hillman, Gary Brierley and Kirstie Fryirs
203
Connectivity and River Health
Forms, patterns and changes to physical (dis)connectivity
Social (dis)connectivity
Contrasting sub-catchments from the Hunter Valley, New South Wales
Interbasin Transfers: The Snowy Hydro Scheme
(Dis)connectivity: themes for integrative river management
Synthesis: Sustainability, health, justice and policy in addressing (dis)connectivity
Conclusion
Part C: International perspectives on the process of river repair
243
Chapter 9 The Australian River Management Experience
Kirstie Fryirs, Bruce Chessman, Mick Hillman, David Outhet, and Alexandra Spink
246
Setting the scene: The Australian landscape and historical setting
Biophysical themes in Australian river management practice: What is achievable?
The organizational context of Australian river management practice: The capacity to do something
Social themes in Australian river management practice: Community will to do something
Integration and future challenges
Conclusion
Chapter 10 River Management in the United States
Ellen Wohl, Margaret Palmer and G. Mathias Kondolf
283
How healthy are rivers in the United States?
Policy and legal framework
Contemporary pressures and constraints on water resources
Likely future influences on river management
Strategies for river protection and rehabilitation
Examples of river rehabilitation
What does the future hold for rivers in the United States?
Chapter 11 Integrative River Science and Rehabilitation: Some European Experiences
Herve Piégay, Larissa Naylor, Gertrud Haidvogl, Jochem Kail, Laurent Schmitt and Laurent Bourdin
332
Emergence of integrative river science in European Countries
Integrative sciences in pioneer rehabilitation programs
Challenges approaching implementation of the European WFD
Conclusion
Chapter 12 Light and dark of Sabo-dammed streams in steepland settings in Japan
Tomomi Marutani, Shun-ichi Kikuchi, Seiji Yanai and Kaori Kochi
365
Why have we developed the Sabo dam country?
Japanese experiences with discontinuity of geoecological interactions along river courses
Management of dammed streams for environmental care
Conclusion
Chapter 13 Application of Integrative Science in the Management of South African Rivers
Kate M. Rowntree and Leanne du Preez
399
South African water legislation, Agenda 21 and South African river management
The reserve as an example of South African management frameworks
Future fluvial geomorphologies
Integrative science and the future of South African river management
Conclusion
Part D: Managing the process of river repair
433
Chapter 14 Restoring Uncertainty: Translating science into management practice
Mick Hillman and Gary Brierley
435
Sources of uncertainty in the management of river systems
The assessment of condition in river management: characteristics and uncertainty
Uncertainty and Sustainability
Living with uncertainty in the era of river repair
Conclusion
Chapter 15 River Futures
Gary Brierley, Kirstie Fryirs and Mick Hillman
465
The emerging process of river repair
The use of coherent scientific information to guide the process of river repair
Managing the process of river repair
Conclusion
9781597261135
architecture and environment