The Future Of A River

Author : Gary J. Brierley,Kirstie A. Fryirs
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781610911054

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River Futures by Gary J. Brierley,Kirstie A. Fryirs Pdf

Across much of the industrialized world, rivers that were physically transformed and ecologically ruined to facilitate industrial and agricultural development are now the focus of restoration and rehabilitation efforts. River Futures discusses the emergence of this new era of river repair and documents a comprehensive biophysical framework for river science and management. The book considers what can be done to maximize prospects for improving river health while maintaining or enhancing the provision of ecosystem services over the next fifty to one-hundred years. It provides a holistic overview of considerations that underpin the use of science in river management, emphasizing cross-disciplinary understanding that builds on a landscape template. The book frames the development of integrative river science and its application to river rehabilitation programs develops a coherent set of guiding principles with which to approach integrative river science considers the application of cross-disciplinary thinking in river rehabilitation experiences from around the world examines the crossover between science and management, outlining issues that must be addressed to promote healthier river futures Case studies explore practical applications in different parts of the world, highlighting approaches to the use of integrative river science, measures of success, and steps that could be taken to improve performance in future efforts. River Futures offers a positive, practical, and constructive focus that directly addresses the major challenge of a new era of river conservation and rehabilitation—that of bringing together the diverse and typically discipline-bound sets of knowledge and practices that are involved in repairing rivers. It is a valuable resource for anyone involved in river restoration and management, including restorationists, scientists, managers, and policymakers, as well as undergraduate and graduate students.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Arkansas River
ISBN : UIUC:30112077596432

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The Future of a River by Anonim Pdf

Author : Heather Hansman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780226432670

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Downriver by Heather Hansman Pdf

The Green River, the most significant tributary of the Colorado River, runs 730 miles from the glaciers of Wyoming to the desert canyons of Utah. Over its course it meanders through ranches, cities, national parks, endangered fish habitats, and some of the most significant natural gas fields in the country, as it provides water for 33 million people. Stopped up by dams, slaked off by irrigation, and dried up by cities, the Green is crucial, overused, and at risk, now more than ever. Fights over the river’s water, and what’s going to happen to it in the future, are longstanding, intractable, and only getting worse as the West gets hotter and drier and more people depend on the river with each passing year. As a former raft guide and an environmental reporter, Heather Hansman knew these fights were happening, but she felt driven to see them from a different perspective—from the river itself. So she set out on a journey, in a one-person inflatable pack raft, to paddle the river from source to confluence and see what the experience might teach her. Mixing lyrical accounts of quiet paddling through breathtaking beauty with nights spent camping solo and lively discussions with farmers, city officials, and other people met along the way, Downriver is the story of that journey, a foray into the present—and future—of water in the West.

Author : Frederick Albert Gutheim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Potomac River Valley
ISBN : WISC:89107888729

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Planning for the Future in the Potomac River Basin by Frederick Albert Gutheim Pdf

Author : Eric Kuhn,John Fleck
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780816540051

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Science Be Dammed by Eric Kuhn,John Fleck Pdf

Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management—and perils in the mismanagement—of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evidence was available that the Colorado River could not sustain ambitious dreaming and planning by decision-makers throughout the twentieth century, river planners and political operatives irresponsibly made the least sustainable and most dangerous long-term decisions. Arguing that the science of the early twentieth century can shed new light on the mistakes at the heart of the over-allocation of the Colorado River, authors Eric Kuhn and John Fleck delve into rarely reported early studies, showing that scientists warned as early as the 1920s that there was not enough water for the farms and cities boosters wanted to build. Contrary to a common myth that the authors of the Colorado River Compact did the best they could with limited information, Kuhn and Fleck show that development boosters selectively chose the information needed to support their dreams, ignoring inconvenient science that suggested a more cautious approach. Today water managers are struggling to come to terms with the mistakes of the past. Focused on both science and policy, Kuhn and Fleck unravel the tangled web that has constructed the current crisis. With key decisions being made now, including negotiations for rules governing how the Colorado River water will be used after 2026, Science Be Dammed offers a clear-eyed path forward by looking back. Understanding how mistakes were made is crucial to understanding our contemporary problems. Science Be Dammed offers important lessons in the age of climate change about the necessity of seeking out the best science to support the decisions we make.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Hydroelectric power plants
ISBN : MINN:31951D03800888B

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The Future of the U.S.-Canada Columbia River Treaty, Building on 60 Years of Coordinated Power Generation and Flood Control by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources Pdf

Author : Daniel McCool
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780231161305

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River Republic by Daniel McCool Pdf

Daniel McCool chronicles the surging grassroots movement to bring America's rivers back to life and ensure they remain pristine for future generations. This book confirms the surprising news that America's rivers are indeed returning to a healthier, free-flowing condition. Through passion and dedication, ordinary people are reclaiming the American landscape, forming a nation-wide "river republic" of concerned citizens from all backgrounds and sectors of society. McCool profiles the individuals he calls "instigators," who initiated the fight for these waterways and have succeeded in the near-impossible task of challenging and changing the status quo. He ties the history, culture, and fate of America to its rivers and presents their restoration as a microcosm mirroring American beliefs, livelihoods, and an increasing awareness of our shared environmental fate.

Author : Elizabeth C. Economy
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801459443

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The River Runs Black by Elizabeth C. Economy Pdf

China's spectacular economic growth over the past two decades has dramatically depleted the country's natural resources and produced skyrocketing rates of pollution. Environmental degradation in China has also contributed to significant public health problems, mass migration, economic loss, and social unrest. In The River Runs Black, Elizabeth C. Economy examines China's growing environmental crisis and its implications for the country's future development. Drawing on historical research, case studies, and interviews with officials, scholars, and activists in China, the author traces the economic and political roots of China's environmental challenge and the evolution of the leadership's response. She argues that China's current approach to environmental protection mirrors the one embraced for economic development: devolving authority to local officials, opening the door to private actors, and inviting participation from the international community, while retaining only weak central control. The result has been a patchwork of environmental protection in which a few wealthy regions with strong leaders and international ties improve their local environments, while most of the country continues to deteriorate, sometimes suffering irrevocable damage. Economy compares China's response with the experience of other societies and sketches out several possible futures for the country. This second edition is updated with information about events during the past five years, covering China's tumultuous transformation of its economy and its landscape as it deals with the political implications of this behavior as viewed by an international community ever more concerned about climate change and dwindling energy resources.

Author : Sergi Sabater,Arturo Elosegi,Ralf Ludwig
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128118009

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Multiple Stressors in River Ecosystems by Sergi Sabater,Arturo Elosegi,Ralf Ludwig Pdf

Multiple Stressors in River Ecosystems: Status, Impacts and Prospects for the Future provides a comprehensive and current overview on the topic as written by leading river scientists who discuss the relevance of co-occurring stressors for river ecosystems. River ecosystems are subject to multiple stressors that threaten their ecological status and the ecosystem services they provide. This book updates the reader’s knowledge on the response and management of river ecosystems to multi-stress situations occurring under global change. Detailing the risk for biodiversity and functioning in a case-study approach, it provides insight into methodological issues, also including the socioeconomic implications. Presents a case study approach and geographic description on the relevance of multiple stressors on river ecosystems in different biomes Gives a uniquely integrated perspective on different stressors, including their interactions and joint effects, as opposed to the traditional one-by-one approach Compiles state-of-the-art methods and technologies in monitoring, modeling and analyzing river ecosystems under multiple stress conditions

Author : James Enoch Sykes,Burton A. Lehman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Shad
ISBN : UOM:39015086579169

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Past and Present Delaware River Shad Fishery and Considerations for Its Future by James Enoch Sykes,Burton A. Lehman Pdf

A study of Delaware River shad was part of an investigation to supply the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission with information useful in rehabiliting the shad runs of the Atlantic coast. The Delaware River fishery has declined from a peak production of 19 million pounds in 1896 to a level at which it is economically unfeasible for fishermen to operate.

Author : Missouri Basin Inter-agency Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Missouri River
ISBN : OSU:32435068527035

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The Missouri River Basin Comprehensive Framework Study: Appendix: present and future needs by Missouri Basin Inter-agency Committee Pdf

Author : Peter Farrugia
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9781552381601

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The River of History by Peter Farrugia Pdf

The articles in this collection are dedicated to the proposition that human beings make history, not just in the sense of being agents of change in the here and now, but in the sense that we interpret, appropriate and make use of the past for our own purposes in the future. Covering topics that range from teaching history, to the concept of property rights and the discipline of history in the television age, these essays will radically alter the notion of how we 'make history'. It will show that we are never fully able to bend history to our will, and that as we attempt to do so, we are often shocked at the turns it takes, despite our best efforts to shape it for future generations.

Author : Victor Mallet
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : SCIENCE
ISBN : 9780198786177

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River of Life, River of Death by Victor Mallet Pdf

India is killing the Ganges, and the Ganges in turn is killing India. The waterway that has nourished more people than any on earth for three millennia is now so polluted with sewage and toxic waste that it has become a menace to human and animal health. Victor Mallet traces the holy river from source to mouth, and from ancient times to the present day, to find that the battle to rescue what is arguably the world's most important river is far from lost. As one Hindu sage told the author in Rishikesh on the banks of the upper Ganges (known to Hindus as the goddess Ganga): "If Ganga dies, India dies. If Ganga thrives, India thrives. The lives of 500 million people is no small thing." Drawing on four years of first-hand reporting and detailed historical and scientific research, Mallet delves into the religious, historical, and biological mysteries of the Ganges, and explains how Hindus can simultaneously revere and abuse their national river. Starting at the Himalayan glacier where the Ganges emerges pure and cold from an icy cave known as the "Cow's Mouth" and ending in the tiger-infested mangrove swamps of the Bay of Bengal, Mallet encounters everyone from the naked holy men who worship the river, to the engineers who divert its waters for irrigation, the scientists who study its bacteria, and Narendra Modi, the Hindu nationalist prime minister, who says he wants to save India's mother-river for posterity. Can they succeed in saving the river from catastrophe - or is it too late?

Author : Juliet C. Stromberg,Barbara Tellman
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Science
ISBN : 0816527520

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Ecology and Conservation of the San Pedro River by Juliet C. Stromberg,Barbara Tellman Pdf

contributors - biologists, ecologists, geomorphologists, historians, hydrologists, lawyers, and political scientists - weave together threads from their diverse perspectives to reveal the processes that shape the past, present, and future of the San Pedro's riparian and aquatic ecosystems. They review the biological communities of the San Pedro and the stream hydrology and geomorphology that affects its riparian biota. They then look at conservation and management challenges along three sections of the San Pedro, from its headwaters in Mexico in its confluence with the Gila River, describing legal and policy issues and their interface with science; activities related to mitigation, conservation, and restoration; and a prognosis of the potential for sustaining the basin's riparian system." "Complemented by a foreword written by James Shuttleworth, these chapters demonstrate the complexity of the San Pedro's ecological and hydrological conditions, showing that there are no easy --

Author : Melissa L. Sevigny
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781609383930

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Mythical River by Melissa L. Sevigny Pdf

"As population growth and climate upheaval strain the Southwest's water resources, Mythical River uncovers the folly of modern water policies and illuminates a way forward: recognizing the rights of ecosystems"--Provided by publisher.