Restoring Streams in an Urbanizing World

Authors:
Bernhardt, E.S. and M.A. Palmer

Publication Date:
2007

Abstract/Summary:
To be effective, urban stream restoration efforts must be integrated within broader catchment management strategies. A key scientific and management challenge is to establish criteria for determining when the design options for urban river restoration are so constrained that a return towards reference or pre-urbanization conditions is not realistic or feasible and when river restoration presents a viable and effective strategy for improving the ecological condition of these degraded ecosystems.

Resource Type:
Peer-reviewed Article

Source:
Freshwater Biology

Link:
http://www.palmerlab.umd.edu/docs/Bernhardt_and_Palmer_2007.pdf