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Rivers for Life
Author | : Sandra Postel,Brian Richter |
Publsiher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2012-06-22 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781597267809 |
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The conventional approach to river protection has focused on water quality and maintaining some "minimum" flow that was thought necessary to ensure the viability of a river. In recent years, however, scientific research has underscored the idea that the ecological health of a river system depends not on a minimum amount of water at any one time but on the naturally variable quantity and timing of flows throughout the year. In Rivers for Life, leading water experts Sandra Postel and Brian Richter explain why restoring and preserving more natural river flows are key to sustaining freshwater biodiversity and healthy river systems, and describe innovative policies, scientific approaches, and management reforms for achieving those goals. Sandra Postel and Brian Richter: explain the value of healthy rivers to human and ecosystem health; describe the ecological processes that support river ecosystems and how they have been disrupted by dams, diversions, and other alterations; consider the scientific basis for determining how much water a river needs; examine new management paradigms focused on restoring flow patterns and sustaining ecological health; assess the policy options available for managing rivers and other freshwater systems; explore building blocks for better river governance. Sandra Postel and Brian Richter offer case studies of river management from the United States (the San Pedro, Green, and Missouri), Australia (the Brisbane), and South Africa (the Sabie), along with numerous examples of new and innovative policy approaches that are being implemented in those and other countries. Rivers for Life presents a global perspective on the challenges of managing water for people and nature, with a concise yet comprehensive overview of the relevant science, policy, and management issues. It presents exciting and inspirational information for anyone concerned with water policy, planning and management, river conservation, freshwater biodiversity, or related topics.
Rivers for Life
Author | : Sandra Postel,Brian Richter |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2003-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : UOM:39015059989627 |
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Outlines plans to manage the world's rivers to restore some necessary functions of river ecosystems such as absorbing pollutants, decomposing waste, producing fresh water, and redistributing sediment to create animal habitats.
Rivers of Life
Author | : J.G. R. Forlong |
Publsiher | : Рипол Классик |
Total Pages | : 659 |
Release | : 1883 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9785872678786 |
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Sources and streams of the faiths of man in all lands; showing the evolution of faiths from the rudest symbolism to the latest spiritual developments
Rivers of Life
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Alaska |
ISBN | : 0893819670 |
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In his most stunningly beautiful book to date, renowned landscape photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum turns his encompassing and color-rich vision to the vast habitat and fisheries resources of southwest Alaska and Bristol Bay.
What Is a River
Author | : Monika Vaicenavičiene |
Publsiher | : Enchanted Lion Books |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2020-02-12 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1592702791 |
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A river is a thread, embroidering our world. This non-fiction picture book brings attention to the rivers that stitch and thread our world together.
For the Love of Rivers
Author | : Kurt D. Fausch |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0870717707 |
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In For the Love of Rivers, stream ecologist Kurt Fausch draws readers across the reflective surface of streams to view and ponder what is beneath, and how they work. While celebrating their beauty and mystery, he uses his many years of experience as a field biologist to explain the underlying science connecting these aquatic ecosystems to their streamside forests and the organisms found there--including humans. More than a book about stream ecology, For the Love of Rivers is a celebration of the interconnectedness of life. It is an authoritative and accessible look at the science of rivers and streams, but it also ponders the larger questions of why rivers are important to humans, why it is in our nature to want to be near them, and what we can do now to ensure the future of these essential ecosystems.
Rivers of Life
Author | : J.G. R. Forlong |
Publsiher | : Рипол Классик |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1883 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9785872679141 |
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Sources and streams of the faiths of man in all lands; showing the evolution of faiths from the rudest symbolism to the latest spiritual developments
Rivers of Living Water
Author | : Ruth Paxson |
Publsiher | : Moody Publishers |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2013-05-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780802489951 |
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"As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." Refreshing insights from former missionary Ruth Paxon point the way to a full and satisfying life in the Spirit of the living Lord, who cleanses our souls and quenches our thirst, that we may never thirst again.