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Social benefits of river restoration from ecosystem services perspective: A systematic review
Environmental Science and Policy, 2021 Major global initiatives such as the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have overlooked the prospects of the river ecosystem in achieving SDGs (e.g., SDGs 6, 14), despite the substantial role of the river in human civilisation, and ...
Md Sarwar Hossain +2 more
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Integrating river restoration goals with urban planning practices: the case of Kebena river, Addis Ababa [PDF]
Heliyon, 2021 In the urban environment, rivers are most affected by development mismanagement to the extent that some of the essential services such as habitat for biodiversity conservation, recreation and domestic uses to communities are critically impaired ...
Kalkidan Asnake +2 more
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A multiscale approach to balance trade-offs among dam infrastructure, river restoration, and cost. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2018 Significance We assess the trade-offs and synergies involved with coordinated dam removal at three spatial scales in New England. We find that increasing the scale of dam decisions improves trade-offs among ecosystem services, river safety, and cost, but
Roy SG +15 more
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Feeding the Future with the Past: Incorporating Local Ecological Knowledge in River Restoration
Resources, 2020 Despite many years of experience in the river restoration field, which has become one of the most promising areas of water resources management, significant challenges and problems remain.
Ewelina Szałkiewicz +2 more
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Sustainability, 2018 The purpose of the present research was to analyze the available data on river restoration projects in Europe. As the framework of our study, we conducted a structured international survey.
Mateusz Grygoruk +2 more
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Analysis on attribution of runoff evolution in Yiluo River basin in the past 50 years
Shuili Shuiyun Gongcheng Xuebao, 2022 Watershed-scale runoff changes reflect the combined effects of climate and human activities. However, the attribution of runoff evolution in the Yiluo River basin is currently unclear.
NI Yongxin +5 more
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Restoration Ecology, 2022 Restoring river habitat heterogeneity is expensive and time consuming, yet often has little effect on aquatic biota. Such poor restoration outcomes could be partly caused by the predominance of short‐term studies, which do not account for natural ...
J. Sinclair +3 more
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Best Practices for Monitoring and Assessing the Ecological Response to River Restoration
Water, 2021 Nature-based solutions are widely advocated for freshwater ecosystem conservation and restoration. As increasing amounts of river restoration are undertaken, the need to understand the ecological response to different measures and where measures are best
J. England +11 more
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Hyporheic exchange due to in-stream geomorphic structures
Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 2022 In-stream structures, such as channel spanning logs and weirs, can enhance hyporheic exchange in streams. Hyporheic exchange is important for stream ecosystem function, and restoring this function is a goal of many stream restoration projects.
Jinghong Feng +8 more
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Finding the Voice of the River: Beyond Restoration and Management
The AAG Review of Books, 2023 Rivers are vital Earth system components, influencing hydrological and biogeochemical cycles across multiple scales, and providing diverse resources (“services”) for human civilizations.
S. Tooth
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