Author : Les Bechdel
Publisher : Appalachian Mountain Club
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,88 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Rafting (Sports)
ISBN : 9781878239556
Revised new 1997 edition gives expert advice on all aspects of river safety, covers latest gear and methods, and contains expanded material on big-water rescue -- the essential manual for every fast-water paddler.
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Page : 590 pages
File Size : 32,43 MB
Release : 1994
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Author : Manuela Escarameia
Publisher : Thomas Telford
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 42,48 MB
Release : 1998-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780727726919
Provides information on the types of revetment available, and guidance on the choice and design of these systems. This manual includes information on revetments that incorporate some form of structural protection, and those which combine this protection with vegetation to increase the environmental quality of the systems. It is aimed at engineers.
Author : United States. Bureau of Land Management
Publisher :
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 26,4 MB
Release : 1902
Category : Surveying
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Author : Joseph M. Wheaton
Publisher : Usu Restoration Consortium
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,24 MB
Release : 2019-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781543972993
The purpose of this design manual is to provide restoration practitioners with guidelines for implementing a subset of low-tech tools--namely beaver dam analogues (BDAs) and post-assisted log structures (PALS)--for initiating process-based restoration in structurally-starved riverscapes. While the concept of process-based restoration in riverscapes has been advocated for at least two decades, details and specific examples on how to implement it remain sparse. Here, we describe 'low-tech process-based restoration' as a practice of using simple, low unit-cost, structural additions (e.g. wood and beaver dams) to riverscapes to mimic functions and initiate specific processes. Hallmarks of this approach include: - An explicit focus on the processes that a low-tech restoration intervention is meant to promote.- A conscious effort to use cost-effective, low-tech treatments (e.g., hand-built, natural materials, non-engineered, short-term design life-spans) because of the need to efficiently scale-up application.- 'Letting the system do the work', which defers critical decision making to riverscapes and nature's ecosystem engineers.
Author : Pierre Y. Julien
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 28,87 MB
Release : 2002-08-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521529709
This textbook offers a thorough analysis of rivers from upland areas to oceans. It scrutinizes select methods underlining both theory and engineering applications, emphasizing the mechanics of flood wave propagation and sediment transport in rivers. The text covers fundamental principles, engineering analysis, and engineering design, with problems, examples, and case studies throughout. Channel stability and river dynamics are examined in terms of river morphology, lateral migration, aggradation, and degradation. Detailed treatments of riverbank stabilization and engineering methods are provided, while separate chapters cover physical and mathematical models. This essential text presents both the theory and design of measures to reduce flood impact and bank erosion, to improve navigation, and to increase water supply to cities and irrigation canals. Over 100 exercises and nearly twenty case studies make this book an invaluable learning tool for students, and researchers and practitioners will find it a concise resource on the mechanics of rivers.
Author : Victor R. Shinde
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 45,30 MB
Release : 2023-09-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 0323910637
Managing Urban Rivers: From Planning to Practice captures the different facets of river management required for integrating rivers within the development landscape of cities in a sustainable manner. Sections cover the entire spectrum of urban river management, from planning to actual on-the-ground implementation, providing a one-stop destination for knowledge on urban river management. Edited by a team of four experts with practical experience in this domain, the different chapters of the book are authored by eminent scholars and practitioners with expertise in specific areas of urban river management. Urban rivers and their management is a hot topic as governments across the world are focusing on this aspect, especially since it has direct implications for SDG target 6.6, which aims to "protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes. - Presents practical, global case studies in almost every chapter - Provides recommendations for best practices, based on lessons from different successful case studies, as well as the expert insights of the authors - Features contributions from global experts for a unique and specialized approach to the topic of urban rivers
Author : J. H. Hawes
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 17,39 MB
Release : 1868
Category : Public lands
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Author : Hydrologic Engineering Center (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 49,92 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Hydrology
ISBN :
Author : Keith J. Tinkler
Publisher : American Geophysical Union
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 32,5 MB
Release : 1998-02-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 0875900909
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 107. Bedrock river channels are sites of primary erosion in the landscape, fixing the baselevel for all points upstream. This volume provides for the first time an integrated view of the characteristics and operation of this important, though hitherto neglected, class of channels. Examples are provided from several continents and cover a wide range of spatial scales from the large river basins (such as the Colorado River in the United States and the Indus River in Pakistan) down to reach scales and individual sites. Likewise the geologic timescales considered range from erosion and transportation during individual flows to accumulated effects over periods of tens of millions of years.
