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River Management: The Australasian Experience
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River Management: The Australasian Experience Hardcover - 2000 - 1st Edition

by Sandra Brizga (Editor); Brian L. Finlayson (Editor)


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Only in Australasia can the effect of technological societies onriver systems be truly analysed and this unique, accessible bookcovers key issues in river management from a geomorphologicalperspective. Australia and New Zealand were colonised only 200 years ago bycentral bureaucratic administrations. For the whole period ofEuropean settlement most river management activities have beencarried out by government agencies and the record of theiractivities is relatively complete. These countries thereforeprovide good case studies for the impact of technological societieson river systems, having transformed their rivers in a short timefrom their 'natural' into a heavily managed condition. Geomorphology provides the scientific basis for much of ourunderstanding of river behaviour and geomorphologists are nowactively involved in the management process. This book provides acollection of case studies, the first to be produced to date, whichdescribe the management of rivers covering issues of environmentalflow, stream condition, mining and extractive activities, riverchannel change, river stabilisation, river regulation and urbanstreams. The book will prove invaluable to geomorphologists, riverengineers, stream ecologists, river managers, and environmentalimpact assessors involved in river management and restoration.

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Australia and New Zealand were colonised only two centuries ago by centrally organised bureaucratic administrations. For the whole period of European settlement most river management activities have been carried out or recorded by government agencies and their records remain relatively complete. These countries therefore provide good case studies for the impact of technological societies on river systems, having transformed many of their rivers in a short time from their ?natural? into a heavily managed condition. Geomorphology provides the scientific basis for much of our understanding of river behaviour and geomorphologists are now actively involved in the management process.

This book provides a collection of case studies, the first to be produced to date, which deal with key issues in river management from a geomorphological perspective. Issues dealt with include environmental flows, stream condition, mining and extractive activities, river channel change, river stabilisation, river regulation and urban streams. The book will prove invaluable to geomorphologists, river engineers, stream ecologists, river managers and environmental impact assessors involved in river management and restoration.

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  • Title River Management: The Australasian Experience
  • Author Sandra Brizga (Editor); Brian L. Finlayson (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 312
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley, Chichester
  • Date 2000-02-21
  • ISBN 9780471969761 / 0471969761
  • Weight 1.43 lbs (0.65 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.92 x 6.6 x 0.87 in (25.20 x 16.76 x 2.21 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Rivers - Australia - Regulation, Rivers - Australasia - Regulation
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99035924
  • Dewey Decimal Code 333.916

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Sandra Brizga is the author of River Management: The Australasian Experience, published by Wiley.

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