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.
1. Managing Urban Rivers - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title Page - p. i 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. List of Contributors - p. xiii 7. Preface - p. xv 8. Messages and blurbs - p. xvii 9. Glossary - p. xxi 10. Chapter 1 Cities and rivers: a symbiotic relationship - p. 3 11. Chapter 2 Urban river management: scope and spectrum - p. 25 12. Chapter 3 Mainstreaming ‘River-Thinking’ into a city’s long-term vision - p. 43 13. Chapter 4 Mainstreaming river thinking into urban planning - p. 57 14. Chapter 5 Understanding riverfront developments: through time, function, and drivers for transformation - p. 73 15. Chapter 6 Urban wetlands and water bodies - p. 91 16. Chapter 7 Enhancing and conserving urban biodiversity - p. 109 17. Chapter 8 Urban river pollution control - p. 131 18. Chapter 9 Enriching and maintaining the riparian buffer zone - p. 161 19. Chapter 10 Addressing urban extensions on floodplains - p. 181 20. Chapter 11 Economics of sustainable urban river management - p. 203 21. Chapter 12 Students breaking barriers: workshops as brokers in riverfront collaboration and design - p. 225 22. Chapter 13 Nine steps towards rehabilitation and restoration of degraded urban rivers - p. 241 23. Chapter 14 Urban river governance - p. 263 24. Chapter 15 Urban river health assessment and management - p. 283 25. Chapter 16 Citizen participation in urban river management - p. 301 26. Chapter 17 Urban river management by innovative monitoring - p. 315 27. Chapter 18 Future considerations for managing urban rivers - p. 333 28. Index - p. 339 29. Index - Continued - p. 349
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.
1. Managing Urban Rivers - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title Page - p. i 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. List of Contributors - p. xiii 7. Preface - p. xv 8. Messages and blurbs - p. xvii 9. Glossary - p. xxi 10. Chapter 1 Cities and rivers: a symbiotic relationship - p. 3 11. Chapter 2 Urban river management: scope and spectrum - p. 25 12. Chapter 3 Mainstreaming ‘River-Thinking’ into a city’s long-term vision - p. 43 13. Chapter 4 Mainstreaming river thinking into urban planning - p. 57 14. Chapter 5 Understanding riverfront developments: through time, function, and drivers for transformation - p. 73 15. Chapter 6 Urban wetlands and water bodies - p. 91 16. Chapter 7 Enhancing and conserving urban biodiversity - p. 109 17. Chapter 8 Urban river pollution control - p. 131 18. Chapter 9 Enriching and maintaining the riparian buffer zone - p. 161 19. Chapter 10 Addressing urban extensions on floodplains - p. 181 20. Chapter 11 Economics of sustainable urban river management - p. 203 21. Chapter 12 Students breaking barriers: workshops as brokers in riverfront collaboration and design - p. 225 22. Chapter 13 Nine steps towards rehabilitation and restoration of degraded urban rivers - p. 241 23. Chapter 14 Urban river governance - p. 263 24. Chapter 15 Urban river health assessment and management - p. 283 25. Chapter 16 Citizen participation in urban river management - p. 301 26. Chapter 17 Urban river management by innovative monitoring - p. 315 27. Chapter 18 Future considerations for managing urban rivers - p. 333 28. Index - p. 339 29. Index - Continued - p. 349
