River restoration projects are designed to recreate functional
characteristics within a context of physical stability. They tend
to focus on the development and application of geomorphic
principles for river restoration design. Due to different models
obtaining different results on the same problem, incomplete or
absent data, and climatic/social/cultural changes, the designers
and managers of such projects frequently face high levels of
uncertainty.
This book will provide a systematic overview of the issues involved
in minimizing and coping with uncertainty in river restoration
projects. A series of thematic sections will be used to define the
various sources of uncertainty in restoration projects and how
these show at different points in the life cycle (design,
construction and post-construction phases) of restoration projects.
The structure of the book will offer a rational theoretical
analysis of the problem while providing practical guidance in
managing the different sources of uncertainty. A wide range of case
studies will be included from Europe, North America and
Australasia
Table of Content
SECTION I: INTRODUCTION: THE NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF
UNCERTAINTY IN RIVER RESTORATION.
Chapter 1: Scientific Uncertainty with Special Reference to
River Restoration (J. Lemons and R. Victor).
Chapter 2: Sources of Uncertainty in River Restoration Research
(W. Graf).
Chapter 3: The Scope of Uncertainties in River Restoration (J.
M. Wheaton, S. E. Darby and D. A. Sear).
SECTION II: PLANNING AND DESIGNING RESTORATION
PROJECTS.
Chapter 4: Planning River Restoration Projects: Social and
Cultural Dimensions (G.M. Kondolf and C-N. Yang).
Chapter 5: Conceptual and Mathematical Modelling in River
Restoration: Do we Have Unreasonable Confidence? (M. Stewardson and
I. Rutherfurd).
Chapter 6: Uncertainty in Riparian and Floodplain Restoration
(F. M. R. Hughes, T. Moss and K. S. Richards).
Chapter 7: Hydrological and Hydraulic Aspects of Restoration
Uncertainty for Ecological Purposes (N. J. Clifford, M. C. Acreman
and D. J. Booker).
Chapter 8: Uncertainty Surrounding the Ecological Targets and
Response of River and Stream Restoration (M. R. Perrow, E. R.
Skeate, D. Leeming, J. England and M.L. Tomlinson).
SECTION III: THE CONSTRUCTION AND POST-CONSTRUCTION
PHASES.
Chapter 9: Constructing Restoration Schemes: Uncertainty,
Challenges and Opportunities (J. Mant, R. Richardson and M.
Janes).
Chapter 10: Measures of Success: Uncertainty and Defining the
Outcomes of River Restoration Schemes (K. Skinner, F. D. Shields,
Jr. and S. Harrison).
Chapter 11: Methods for Evaluating the Geomorphological
Performance of Naturalized Rivers: Examples from the Chicago
Metropolitan Area (B. L. Rhoads, M. H. Garcia, J. Rodriguez, F.
Bombardelli, J. Abad and M. Daniels).
Chapter 12: Uncertainty and the Management of Restoration
Projects: The Construction and Early Post-Construction Phases
(Brookes and H. Dangerfield).
SECTION IV: UNCERTAINTY AND SUSTAINABILITY: RESTORATION IN
THE LONG TERM.
Chapter 13: The Sustainability of Restored Rivers:
Catchment-Scale Perspectives on Long-term Response (K. J. Gregory
and P. W. Downs).
Chapter 14: Uncertainty and The Sustainable Management of
Restored Rivers (M. D. Newson and M. J. Clark).
About the author
Stephen Darby is a senior lecturer in Physical Geography at the University of Southampton, UK.
David Sear is Professor in Physical Geography at the University of Southampton, UK.
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