Rivers for life : managing water for people and nature / / Sandra Postel and Brian Richter
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| Autore: |
Postel Sandra
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| Titolo: |
Rivers for life : managing water for people and nature / / Sandra Postel and Brian Richter
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, : Island Press, c2003 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.91/6216 |
| Soggetto topico: | Stream conservation |
| Ecosystem management | |
| Altri autori: |
RichterBrian D
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| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-240). |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Ch 1: Where Have All the Rivers Gone? -- Why We Need Healthy Rivers -- The Disruption of Natural Flows -- Freshwater Life at Risk -- A Conceptual View for Balancing Human and Ecosystem Water Needs -- Ch 2: How Much Water Does a River Need? -- The Evolution of a New River Management Paradigm -- Flow Prescriptions Aimed at Ecological Health -- Setting Ecological Goals -- Learning By Doing -- Rebuilding a River's Natural Flow Patterns -- Lessons from the Colorado Pikeminnow -- Ch 3: The Policy Toolbox -- Allocating Water for Ecosystme Support -- South Africa Pioneers the Water "Reserve -- Australia Overhauls Water Policy and Tries a "Cap -- U.S. Policy Lacks Focus on Ecological Health -- Economic Tools for Securing River Flows -- Ethics in River Policy -- Ch 4: Down to the River -- A Comebacj Chance for the Missouri? -- Resotring the Brisbane River of Australia's Gold Coast -- Groundwater Pumping and the Future of the San Pedro -- Flows for Shrimp in the Tropical Rio Espiritu Santo -- Reducing Impacts of Federal Dams on Kentucky's Green River -- Sharing the Waters of South Africa's Sabie RIver -- Ch 5: Building Blocks for Better River Governance -- Capturing the Value of Ecosystem Services -- Lessons From the World Commission on Dams -- Bottom-up Governance Gets a Try -- River Basin Commissions Work "Outside the Box -- Sparks of Leadership -- Ch 6: Epilogue: Can We Save Earth's Rivers? -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Bibliography -- About the Authors -- Index. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Rivers for life |
| ISBN: | 1-59726-780-5 |
| 1-4175-3881-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812113103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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