Floodplains: Processes and Management for Ecosystem Services
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (836 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520294106 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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This book tells that story.”—Brian Richter, President, Sustainable Waters and author of Chasing Water “While engineers, scientists, farmers, environmentalists, and public officials continue to debate how best to deal with growing floodplain challenges, Opperman and his colleagues have charted a forward-looking and implementable approach that will allow nature and society to coexist on our precious and shrinking riverine landscape. They have made the case for reconciliation with nature!”—Gerald E. Their book emphasizes the immense diversity, complexity, and value of floodplains, and it outlines advanced strategies to sustainably manage them as coupled social-ecological systems.”—Klement Tockner, Professor of Aquatic Ecology at Freie Universität Berlin and President of the Austri
Additionally, they use case studies from California’s Central Valley and other temperate regions to show how innovative management approaches are reshaping rivers and floodplains around the world.. It synthesizes decades of research on floodplain ecosystems, explaining hydrologic, geomorphic, and ecological processes and how under appropriate management these processes can provide benefits to society ranging from healthy fish populations to flood-risk reduction. Floodplains provides an overview of floodplains and their management in temperate regions. Drawing on the framework of reconciliation ecology, the authors explore how new concepts for floodplain ecosystem restoration and management can increase these benefits