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Rivers for Life: Managing Water for People and Nature
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Rivers for Life: Managing Water for People and Nature Paperback - 2003 - 1st Edition

by Sandra Postel; Brian Richter; Preface by Nature Conservancy


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The conventional approach to river protection has focused on water quality and maintaining some "minimum" flow that was thought necessary to ensure the viability of a river. In recent years, however, scientific research has underscored the idea that the ecological health of a river system depends not on a minimum amount of water at any one time but on the naturally variable quantity and timing of flows throughout the year. In Rivers for Life, leading water experts Sandra Postel and Brian Richter explain why restoring and preserving more natural river flows are key to sustaining freshwater biodiversity and healthy river systems, and describe innovative policies, scientific approaches, and management reforms for achieving those goals. Sandra Postel and Brian Richter: explain the value of healthy rivers to human and ecosystem health; describe the ecological processes that support river ecosystems and how they have been disrupted by dams, diversions, and other alterations; consider the scientific basis for determining how much water a river needs; examine new management paradigms focused on restoring flow patterns and sustaining ecological health; assess the policy options available for managing rivers and other freshwater systems; explore building blocks for better river governance. Sandra Postel and Brian Richter offer case studies of river management from the United States (the San Pedro, Green, and Missouri), Australia (the Brisbane), and South Africa (the Sabie), along with numerous examples of new and innovative policy approaches that are being implemented in those and other countries. Rivers for Life presents a global perspective on the challenges of managing water for people and nature, with a concise yet comprehensive overview of the relevant science, policy, and management issues. It presents exciting and inspirational information for anyone concerned with water policy, planning and management, river conservation, freshwater biodiversity, or related topics.

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In his 1901 inaugural address, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt set the tone for what would become a century of unprecedented and profound transformation of the earth's rivers.

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  • Title Rivers for Life: Managing Water for People and Nature
  • Author Sandra Postel; Brian Richter; Preface by Nature Conservancy
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 220
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Island Press, U.S.A.
  • Date October 1, 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781559634441 / 1559634448
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.7 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.78 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Ecosystem management, Stream conservation
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003006051
  • Dewey Decimal Code 333.916

About the author

Sandra Postel is director of the Global Water Policy Project in Amherst, Massachusetts. She is author of the books Pillar of Sand and Last Oasis, and of the essay Troubled Waters, selected for the 2001 edition of Best American Science and Nature Writing. In 2002, she was named one of the Scientific American 50, by Scientific American magazine, a new award recognizing contributions to science and technology. Brian Richter is director of the Freshwater Initiative of The Nature Conservancy and is based in Charlottesville, Virginia. In his 16 years with the Conservancy he has provided technical support and strategic advice to more than 80 river conservation projects around the world.

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