Overview
- Provides key insights into the unfolding process cascades in transient river systems for researchers
- Covers a special chapter on assessment of hazard and risks due to the compound effects of interacting fluvial processes
- Gives a valuable reference for river managers tackling complex problems in transient river systems
Part of the book series: The Latin American Studies Book Series (LASBS)
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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of rivers affected by natural and anthropogenic disturbances in the southern Chile and Patagonia. It presents a detailed description of the rivers affected by climatic extremes, volcanic eruptions, large-wood dynamics and impacts, sediment-laden flows, and Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs). Moreover, it contains an in-depth discussion of a variety of topics encompassing the ecosystem function of Pacific Patagonia rivers, the geomorphic signatures of Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) and their impacts within river corridors, as well as the assessment of the associated natural hazards and risks. Further, it provides proposals for public and territorial policies that improve the management and sustainable strategies of the hazards and risks.
This book is conceived by leading researchers of the Universidad Austral de Chile and includes contributions by distinguished scholars from around the world. It attracts a widerange of readers, including scientific community, researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, and policy makers from Chile and abroad.Keywords
Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rivers of Southern Chile and Patagonia
Book Subtitle: Context, Cascade Process, Geomorphic Evolution and Risk Management
Editors: Carlos Oyarzún, Bruno Mazzorana, Pablo Iribarren Anacona, Andrés Iroumé
Series Title: The Latin American Studies Book Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26647-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-26646-1Published: 21 June 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-26649-2Due: 22 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-26647-8Published: 20 June 2023
Series ISSN: 2366-3421
Series E-ISSN: 2366-343X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 252
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 82 illustrations in colour
Topics: Water, general, Ecosystems, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis, Analytical Chemistry, Pollution, general, Ecology