Rivers in the Landscape: Science and Management
- ISBN-10
- 1118414918
- ISBN-13
- 9781118414910
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-03-07
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Author
- Ellen Wohl
Description
Rivers in the Landscape: Science and Management offers acomprehensive and accessible overview of the current state ofknowledge for river process and form, taking a holistic approach tothe subject with coverage of integrated river science andmanagement in practice. The processes and forms present in channelized surfaceflow–rivers–are systematically explored in this bookto • emphasize the connectivity between rivers and thegreater landscape by explicitly considering the interactions between rivers and tectonics, climate, biota,and human activities; • provide a concise summary of the current state ofknowledge for physical process and form in rivers; • reflect the diversity of river environments, frommountainous, headwater channels to large, lowland, floodplain rivers and from the arctic to the tropics; • reflect the diverse methods that scientists use tocharacterize and understand river process and form, including remote sensing, field measurements, physicalexperiments, and numerical simulations; • reflect the increasing emphasis on quantification influvial geomorphology and the study of Earth surfaces ingeneral; • provide both an introduction to the classic,foundational papers on each topic, and a guide to thelatest, particularly insightful and integrativereferences. Aimed at advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, andprofessionals looking for a concise summary of physical aspects ofrivers, this book emphasizes general principles and conceptualmodels, as well as concrete examples of each topic drawn from theextensive literature on river process and form.
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