River channel management : towards sustainable catchment hydrosystems / Peter W. Downs, Kenneth J. Gregory.
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TextPublication details: London : Arnold ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Oxford University Press, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 395 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781444119077
- 1444119079
- 1282667025
- 9781282667020
- 9786612667022
- 6612667028
- 551.483 22
- TC530 .D68 2004eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-384) and index.
Cover; Book title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; SECTION I: INTRODUCTION; SECTION II: RETROSPECT; SECTION III: REALIZATION; SECTION IV: REQUIREMENTS; SECTION V: REVISION; REFERENCES; INDEX.
This is the first book to deal comprehensively with recent revolutions in river channel management. It explores the multidisciplinary nature of such management in relation to modern management techniques that bear the background of the entire drainage basin in mind, use channel restoration where appropriate, and are designed to be sustainable.
Print version record.
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