Restoring Streams in Cities

A Guide for Planners, Policymakers, and Citizens

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Planning, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Environmental Conservation & Protection
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Author: Ann L. Riley ISBN: 9781610913539
Publisher: Island Press Publication: March 22, 2013
Imprint: Island Press Language: English
Author: Ann L. Riley
ISBN: 9781610913539
Publisher: Island Press
Publication: March 22, 2013
Imprint: Island Press
Language: English

Conventional engineering solutions to problems of flooding and erosion are extremely destructive to natural environments. Restoring Streams in Cities presents viable alternatives to traditional practices that can be used both to repair existing ecological damage and to prevsuch damage from happening.Ann L. Riley describes an interdisciplinary approach to stream managemthat does not attempt to "control" streams, but rather considers the stream as a feature in the urban environment. She presents a logical sequence of land-use planning, site design, and watershed restoration measures along with stream channel modifications and floodproofing strategies that can be used in place of destructive and expensive public works projects. She features examples of effective and environmentally sensitive bank stabilization and flood damage reduction projects, with information on both the planning processes and end results. Chapters provide: background needed to make intelligchoices, ask necessary questions, and hire the right professional help history of urban stream managemand restoration information on federal programs, technical assistance and funding opportunities in-depth guidance on implementing projects: collecting watershed and stream channel data, installing revegetation projects, protecting buildings from overbank stream flowsProfusely illustrated and including more than 100 photos, Restoring Streams in Cities includes detailed information on all relevant components of stream restoration projects, from historical background to hands-on techniques. It represents the first comprehensive volume aimed at helping those involved with stream managemin their community, and describes a wealth of options for the treatmof urban streams that will be useful to concerned citizens and professional engineers alike.

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Conventional engineering solutions to problems of flooding and erosion are extremely destructive to natural environments. Restoring Streams in Cities presents viable alternatives to traditional practices that can be used both to repair existing ecological damage and to prevsuch damage from happening.Ann L. Riley describes an interdisciplinary approach to stream managemthat does not attempt to "control" streams, but rather considers the stream as a feature in the urban environment. She presents a logical sequence of land-use planning, site design, and watershed restoration measures along with stream channel modifications and floodproofing strategies that can be used in place of destructive and expensive public works projects. She features examples of effective and environmentally sensitive bank stabilization and flood damage reduction projects, with information on both the planning processes and end results. Chapters provide: background needed to make intelligchoices, ask necessary questions, and hire the right professional help history of urban stream managemand restoration information on federal programs, technical assistance and funding opportunities in-depth guidance on implementing projects: collecting watershed and stream channel data, installing revegetation projects, protecting buildings from overbank stream flowsProfusely illustrated and including more than 100 photos, Restoring Streams in Cities includes detailed information on all relevant components of stream restoration projects, from historical background to hands-on techniques. It represents the first comprehensive volume aimed at helping those involved with stream managemin their community, and describes a wealth of options for the treatmof urban streams that will be useful to concerned citizens and professional engineers alike.

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