Geomorphic approaches to integrated floodplain management of lowland fluvial systems in North America and Europe. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul F. Hudson, Hans Middelkoop, editors.
• Editors: Hudson, Paul F; Middelkoop, Hans, 1962-
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color), color maps
• Subjects: 627.4; Environment; Floodplain management -- North America; Floodplain management -- Europe; Fluvial geomorphology -- North America; Fluvial geomorphology -- Europe; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- Flood Control; Floodplain management; Fluvial geomorphology; Environment; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution; Science -- Environmental Science; Technology & Engineering -- Environmental -- General; Climate change; Water supply & treatment; Environmental management; Climatic changes; Environmental pollution; Environmental management; Europe; North America; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493923809; 1493923803; 9781493923793
• Related ISBNs: 149392379X; 9781493923793
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed May 5, 2015).
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