vi, 136 pages : color illustrations, color portraits, color maps ; 30 cm
Contents
1. Overview -- 2. What's a floodplain worth? -- 3. Sculpting floodplains -- 4. Nature's foodbowls -- 5. Australia's little Amazon -- 6. Why rivers need floods -- 7. Of drought and flooding plains -- 8. Solar-powered life -- 9. Little animals -- 10. Big animals -- 11. Since European settlement -- 12. Turning off the tap -- 13. The green invasion -- 14. Introduced animals -- 15. Other human impacts -- 16. Life of a thousand bandaids? -- 17. Managing water -- 18. Managing floodplains -- 19. Living on floodplains