Title Restoring neighborhood streams : planning, design, and construction / Ann L. Riley

Published [United States] : Island Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Series The science and practice of ecological restoration Science and practice of ecological restoration Contents Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Is the Restoration of Urban Streams Possible?- 2. Defining Restoration -- 3. An Introduction to the Schools of Restoration -- 4. Evaluations of Watershed Hydrology, Geomorphology, and Hydraulics Schools -- 5. Evaluations of Applied Wildlife Biology -- 6. Neighborhood-Scale Restoration Projects -- 7. Regional Multiobjective Flood-Damage-Reduction Restoration -- 8. A View across All the Cases -- References Cited Summary 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 Subject Stream conservation -- Planning Stream conservation -- Design and construction Stream conservation -- Case studies Hydrology & the hydrosphere. Regional & area planning. Conservation of the environment. The environment. Science -- Earth Sciences -- Hydrology. Political Science -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development. Nature -- Environmental Conservation & Protection. Science -- Environmental Science. Stream conservation Stream conservation -- Planning Genre/Form Case studies Case studies. Études de cas. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781610917414 1610917413 1610915577 9781610915571

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