Chapter 10. Measures of Success: Uncertainty and Defining the Outcomes of River Restoration Schemes

  1. Dr Stephen Darby,
  2. Professor David Sear
  1. Dr Kevin Skinner1,
  2. Dr F. Douglas Shields Jr.2,
  3. Dr Simon Harrison3

Published Online: 2 APR 2008

DOI: 10.1002/9780470867082.ch10

Book Title

River Restoration: Managing the Uncertainty in Restoring Physical Habitat

River Restoration: Managing the Uncertainty in Restoring Physical Habitat

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How to Cite

Skinner, K., Shields, F. D. and Harrison, S. (2008) Measures of Success: Uncertainty and Defining the Outcomes of River Restoration Schemes, in River Restoration: Managing the Uncertainty in Restoring Physical Habitat (eds S. Darby and D. Sear), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470867082.ch10

Editor Information

  1. School of Geography, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK

Author Information

  1. 1

    Principal Geomorphologist, Jacobs Babtie, School Green, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9HL UK

  2. 2

    Water Quality and Ecology Research Unit, National Sedimentation Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service, National Sedimentation Laboratory, PO Box 1157, Oxford, Mississippi, USA

  3. 3

    Department of Zoology, Ecology and Plant Sciences, University College Cork, Lee Maltings, Prospect Row, Cork, Ireland

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 2 APR 2008
  2. Published Print: 15 FEB 2008

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470867068

Online ISBN: 9780470867082

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Keywords:

  • Riparian planting schemes;
  • post-implementation restoration programmes;
  • pre- and post-monitoring;
  • post-project appraisals (PPAs);
  • project monitoring uncertainty consideration;
  • Environment agency river restoration projects;
  • geomorphic channel recovery and channel formative flows

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Pre-Implementation Protocols and Sources of Uncertainty

  • Post-Implementation Protocols

  • Methodologies from around the Globe

  • Recommendations for Best Practice

  • Concluding Remarks

  • References

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