Rehabilitation of Rivers
Subtitle: Principles and Implementation
Contributors: Louise de Waal (Editor); P. Max Wade (Editor); Andy Large (Editor)
Publisher: Wiley
Published: January 5, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780471957539
Subjects: Geological surface processes (geomorphology); Hydrology (freshwater); Management of land & natural resources; Pollution of rivers & water supplies; Sanitary & municipal engineering; Stream restoration; Nature; Hydrology; River Engineering; Science; Science/Mathematics; Ecology; Environmental Science; Life Sciences - Ecology; Technology / Engineering / Civil; Rivers
First sentence: Over the past 6000 years, humans have altered river corridors by over-engineering, pollution, over-abstraction and unsympathetic management.