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Floodplains : Processes and Management for Ecosystem Services.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (269 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520966321
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: FloodplainsLOC classification:
  • GB561.F566 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- FLOODPLAINS -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Authors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 INTRODUCTION TO TEMPERATE FLOODPLAINS -- 2 HYDROLOGY -- 3 GEOMORPHOLOGY -- 4 BIOGEOCHEMISTRY -- 5 ECOLOGY: INTRODUCTION -- 6 FLOODPLAIN FORESTS -- 7 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PRODUCTION -- 8 FISHES AND OTHER VERTEBRATES -- 9 ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND FLOODPLAIN RECONCILIATION -- 10 FLOODPLAINS AS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE -- 11 CASE STUDIES OF FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND RECONCILIATION -- 12 CENTRAL VALLEY FLOODPLAINS: INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY -- 13 CENTRAL VALLEY FLOODPLAINS TODAY -- 14 RECONCILING CENTRAL VALLEY FLOODPLAINS -- 15 CONCLUSIONS: MANAGING TEMPERATE FLOODPLAINS FOR MULTIPLE BENEFITS -- References -- Geospatial Data Sources -- Index.
Summary: Floodplains provides an overview of floodplains and their management in temperate regions. 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. Drawing on the framework of reconciliation ecology, the authors explore how new concepts for floodplain ecosystem restoration and management can increase these benefits. 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.
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Cover -- FLOODPLAINS -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Authors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 INTRODUCTION TO TEMPERATE FLOODPLAINS -- 2 HYDROLOGY -- 3 GEOMORPHOLOGY -- 4 BIOGEOCHEMISTRY -- 5 ECOLOGY: INTRODUCTION -- 6 FLOODPLAIN FORESTS -- 7 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PRODUCTION -- 8 FISHES AND OTHER VERTEBRATES -- 9 ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND FLOODPLAIN RECONCILIATION -- 10 FLOODPLAINS AS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE -- 11 CASE STUDIES OF FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND RECONCILIATION -- 12 CENTRAL VALLEY FLOODPLAINS: INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY -- 13 CENTRAL VALLEY FLOODPLAINS TODAY -- 14 RECONCILING CENTRAL VALLEY FLOODPLAINS -- 15 CONCLUSIONS: MANAGING TEMPERATE FLOODPLAINS FOR MULTIPLE BENEFITS -- References -- Geospatial Data Sources -- Index.

Floodplains provides an overview of floodplains and their management in temperate regions. 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. Drawing on the framework of reconciliation ecology, the authors explore how new concepts for floodplain ecosystem restoration and management can increase these benefits. 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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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