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River Restoration: Managing the Uncertainty in Restoring Physical Habitat
Darby
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Description for River Restoration: Managing the Uncertainty in Restoring Physical Habitat
Hardcover. The designers and managers of river restoration projects frequently face high levels of uncertainty due to such problems as having to use different models reflecting different results on the same problem, incomplete or absent data, and climatic/social/cultural changes. Editor(s): Darby, Stephen; Sear, David. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 888.
River restoration projects are designed to recreate functional characteristics within a context of physical stability. They tend to focus on the development and application of geomorphic principles for river restoration design. Due to different models obtaining different results on the same problem, incomplete or absent data, and climatic/social/cultural changes, the designers and managers of such projects frequently face high levels of uncertainty.
This book will provide a systematic overview of the issues involved in minimizing and coping with uncertainty in river restoration projects. A series of thematic sections will be used to define the various sources of uncertainty in ... Read more
River restoration projects are designed to recreate functional characteristics within a context of physical stability. They tend to focus on the development and application of geomorphic principles for river restoration design. Due to different models obtaining different results on the same problem, incomplete or absent data, and climatic/social/cultural changes, the designers and managers of such projects frequently face high levels of uncertainty.
This book will provide a systematic overview of the issues involved in minimizing and coping with uncertainty in river restoration projects. A series of thematic sections will be used to define the various sources of uncertainty in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470867068
SKU
V9780470867068
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About Darby
Stephen Darby is a senior lecturer in Physical Geography at the University of Southampton, UK. David Sear is Professor in Physical Geography at the University of Southampton, UK.
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