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Restoring Neighborhood Streams - Planning, Design, and Construction (Paperback)
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Restoring Neighborhood Streams - Planning, Design, and Construction (Paperback)
Series: Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration
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Thirty years ago, the best thinking on urban stream management
prescribed cement as the solution to flooding and other problems of
people and flowing water forced into close proximity. Urban streams
were perceived as little more than flood control devices designed
to hurry water through cities and neighborhoods with scant thought
for aesthetics or ecological considerations. Stream restoration
pioneers like hydrologist Ann Riley thought differently. She and
other like-minded field scientists imagined that by restoring
ecological function, and with careful management, streams and
rivers could be a net benefit to cities, instead of a net
liability. In the intervening decades, she has spearheaded numerous
urban stream restoration projects and put to rest the long-held
misconception that degraded urban streams are beyond help. What has
been missing, however, is detailed guidance for restoration
practitioners wanting to undertake similar urban stream restoration
projects that worked with, rather than against, nature. This book
presents the author's thirty years of practical experience managing
long-term stream and river restoration projects in heavily degraded
urban environments. Riley provides a level of detail only a
hands-on design practitioner would know, including insights on
project design, institutional and social context of successful
projects, and how to avoid costly and time-consuming mistakes.
Early chapters clarify terminology and review strategies and
techniques from historical schools of restoration thinking. But the
heart of the book comprises the chapters containing nine case
studies of long-term stream restoration projects in northern
California. Although the stories are local, the principles,
methods, and tools are universal, and can be applied in almost any
city in the world.
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