Restoring Streams in Cities: A Guide for Planners, Policymakers, and Citizens

by Ann L. Riley

Book Overview

Conventional engineering solutions to problems of flooding and erosion are extremely destructive to natural environments. Restoring Streams in Cities presents viable alternatives to traditional practices that can be used both to repair existing ecological damage and to prevent such damage from happening.

Ann L. Riley describes an interdisciplinary approach to stream management that does not attempt to "control" streams, but rather considers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559630426
• ISBN13: 9781559630429
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 10.0"