Geomorphic Approaches to Integrated Floodplain Management of Lowland Fluvial Systems in North America and Europe /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Hudson, Paul F. (Editor ), Middelkoop, Hans. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Sand and gravel on the move: Human impacts on bed-material load along the lower Rhine River
  • 3. Channel responses to global change and local impacts: perspectives and tools for floodplain management
  • 4. Impact scales of fluvial response to management along the Sacramento River, California, USA: Transience versus persistence
  • 5.  Flooding, structural flood control measures, and a geomorphic context for the flood problem along the Red River, Manitoba, Canada
  • 6. Flooding, structural flood control measures, and a geomorphic context for the flood problem along the Red River, Manitoba, Canada
  • 7. Geomorphic Perspectives of Managing, Modifying and Restoring a River with Prolonged Flooding: Kissimmee River, Florida, USA
  • 8. Managing the Mississippi River Floodplain:  Achieving ecological benefits requires more than hydrological connection to the river
  • 9. The role of floodplain restoration in mitigating flood risk, Lower Missouri River, USA.- 10.  Post-dam channel and floodplain adjustment to the Lower Volga River, Russia
  • 11.  Embanking the Lower Danube: from natural to engineered floodplains and back
  • 12. Historical Development and Integrated Management of the Rhône River Floodplain, from the Alps to the Camargue Delta, France
  • 13. The Role of Floodplain Geomorphology in Policy and Management Decisions along the Lower Mississippi River in Louisiana
  • 14. The palimpsest of river-floodplain management and the role of geomorphology.