Abstract
This chapter introduces the management of inland water systems where the ecosystem has deteriorated due to serious anthropogenic alterations. Inland water systems were originally composed of rivers, streams, ponds, and floodplains, and now include paddies, canals, and reservoirs for agricultural irrigation, hydropower generation, flood mitigation, and other water uses. These paddies, canals, and reservoirs have functioned to compensate the floodplain-dependent habitats. Related to the natural and social backgrounds there (see Chap. 7), the deterioration processes and measures for sustainable ecosystem management are reviewed in this chapter along with conventional literature that discusses each of the landscapes. This chapter also provides an overview of the management situations in each of the inland water landscapes, with particular reference to ecosystem rehabilitation. It also discusses how to sustainably conserve the ecosystem in some of the landscapes.
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Kitamura, Ji., Tashiro, T., Nagayama, S. (2017). Inland Water System Planning: Management for Ecosystem Rehabilitation. In: Shimizu, H., Takatori, C., Kawaguchi, N. (eds) Labor Forces and Landscape Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2278-4_22
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