Chapter 22

Using Hydrology in River Restoration

Outline:

• Problems with rivers
• Definitions of actions related to river restoration
• Scope of sceintific needs for restoration
• Empirical hydrogeomorphology
• Reference reach design concept
• Environmental flows concept
• Process-based restoration concept

Textbook reading:

• Chapter 19

Other reading:

• none.

Related web links:

• Professor Pasternack's river rehabilitation website
• Elwha River restoration
• Working with beaver to restore rivers
• Beaver restoration assessment tool (BRAT)
• International river restoration survey
• NCED river restoration toolbox
• Restoring Europe's rivers

Video Podcast: Use of Hydrology in River Restoration

This 62-minute presentation introduces the hydrological and geomorphological concepts guiding elementary river restoration practices in the late 20th and early 21st century.

• 640 x 480 (480p) format that balances speed and quality. (983 MB file)
• 1920 x 1280 (HD) format that provides larges size and best quality. (4.2 GB file)

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