Overview
- Covers vegetation-erosion dynamics
- Details the artificial step-pool system for debris flow control and stream restoration
- Discusses stream ecology assessment and restoration strategies
- Provides a broad understanding of the fluvial processes of hyperconcentrated rivers
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
"River Dynamics and Integrated River Management” provides comprehensive information on rivers for integrated management, including natural processes, stresses resulting from human activities, and restoration of various parts of the river basin, including the watershed, mountain streams, alluvial rivers, estuaries, and natural and man-made lakes. Essential concepts, traditional and modern, such as river patterns, step-pool systems, vegetation-erosion charts, habitat diversity, and flushing times of bays, are clearly defined physically and explained with figures and pictures. Detailed mathematics and rigorous analyses are avoided so as to facilitate a holistic view of the subject of integrated river management. Researchers can easily familiarize themselves with the science of river management in its widest sense with the impressive pictures and examples in this book.
Dr. Zhaoyin Wang is a professor at the Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, China. Dr. Joseph H.W. Lee is a Chair Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, China. Dr. Charles S. Melching is a Professor at the College of Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: River Dynamics and Integrated River Management
Authors: Zhao-Yin Wang, Joseph H. W. Lee, Charles S. Melching
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25652-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Tsinghua University Press, Beijing and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-25651-6Published: 04 November 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-25652-3Published: 24 September 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 847
Additional Information: Jointly published with Tsinghua University Press
Topics: Environmental Management, Hydrology/Water Resources, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Nature Conservation