Description
Book SynopsisThe text describes the impact and management of rivers and covers issues of river channel stability, flood control, water quality, amelioration of detrimental impacts of utilitarian uses and provision of in-stream habitat in a generally arid continent.
Trade Review"for bringing together some inherently fascinating case studies into a satisfying package, we should be grateful" (Zeitschrift fur Geomorphology, March 2001)
Table of ContentsIntroduction (B. Finlayson S. Brizga).
Some Human Impacts on Australian Stream Channel Morphology (I.Rutherfurd).
Channel Planform Adjustments Along the Waiau River 1946-1992:Assessment of the Impacts of Flow Regulation (G. Brierley K.Fitchett).
The Hydrological and Geomorphological Impacts of the Tinaroo FallsDam on the Barron River, North Queensland, Australia (B. Yu).
Managing Regulated Rivers for Environmental Values: Selected CaseStudies from Southeastern Australia (C. Gippel).
Geomorphic Effects of Extractive Industries and Their Implicationsfor River Management: The Case of the Hawkesbury-Nepean River, NewSouth Wales (W. Erskine D. Green).
The Impact of Mining Waste on the Rivers Draining into Georges Bay,Northeast Tasmania (J. Bird).
The Role of Stormwater Management in Sydney's Urban Rivers (R.Warner).
The Dispersal and Storage of Trace Metals in the Hawkesbury RiverValley (M. Thoms, et al.).
The Role of European Disturbance in the Metamorphosis of the LowerBega River (A. Brooks G. Brierley).
The Management of Unstable Rivers: The Avon River, Victoria,Australia (S. Brizga B. Finlayson).
Measuring Stream Condition (A. Ladson L. White).
Conclusions: Future Directions (S. Brizga B. Finlayson).
Index.
