Floodplains: Processes and Management for Ecosystem Services

by Eric Larsen, Eric W. Larsen, Peter B. Moyle, et al.

Book Overview

Floodplains provides an overview of floodplains and their management in temperate regions. It synthesizes decades of research on floodplain ecosystems, explaining hydrologic, geomorphic, and ecological processes and how under appropriate management these processes can provide benefits to society ranging from healthy fish populations to flood-risk reduction. Drawing on the framework of reconciliation ecology, the authors explore how new concepts for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520294106
• ISBN13: 9780520294103
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.1" x 10.0"