*Metropolitan Branch. This paper is the winner of the CIWEM Young Members Award 2006 sponsored by Jacobs Babtie.
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Using fluvial geomorphology to inform integrated river basin management
Article first published online: 5 SEP 2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2006.00046.x
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Eyquem, J. (2007), Using fluvial geomorphology to inform integrated river basin management. Water and Environment Journal, 21: 54–60. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2006.00046.x
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*Metropolitan Branch. This paper is the winner of the CIWEM Young Members Award 2006 sponsored by Jacobs Babtie.
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Keywords:
- fluvial geomorphology;
- integrated river basin management;
- Water Framework Directive;
- River Axe
Abstract
Recent years have seen a trend towards larger scale, multidisciplinary approaches to river management. This reflects changes in policy and legislation, particularly the drive towards integrated river basin management as required by the EC Water Framework Directive. Fluvial geomorphology is a discipline that links the physical function of the river to its ecological status, and thus has a fundamental role to play in future river basin management. This is becoming more widely recognised at a project level, as well as nationally and internationally. This paper will demonstrate, using the case study of the Axe Catchment Fluvial Audit, how fluvial geomorphology can be successfully applied to inform river basin management. The outputs from the project are described together with some of the key limitations and lessons learned.