Managing Urban Rivers: From Planning to Practice

Managing Urban Rivers: From Planning to Practice captures the different facets of river management required for integrating rivers within the development landscape of cities in a sustainable manner. Sections cover the entire spectrum of urban river management, from planning to actual on-the-ground implementation, providing a one-stop destination for knowledge on urban river management. Edited by a team of four experts with practical experience in this domain, the different chapters of the book are authored by eminent scholars and practitioners with expertise in specific areas of urban river management. Urban rivers and their management is a hot topic as governments across the world are focusing on this aspect, especially since it has direct implications for SDG target 6.6, which aims to protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes?. Presents practical, global case studies in almost every chapter Provides recommendations for best practices based on lessons from different successful case studies, and well as the expert insights of the authors Features contributions from global experts for a unique and specialized approached to the topic of urban rivers INDICE: 1. Cities and rivers2. Urban river management3. Visioning and goal setting4. Mainstreaming river thinking into city planning 5. Riverfront development6. Wetlands and water bodies7. Riverine biodiversity8. Pollution control9. Riparian zone10. Encroachment11. River economics12. Socio-cultural considerations13. Rehabilitation and restoration of degraded rivers14. Institutional arrangements15. Monitoring mechanisms16. Citizen engagement17. Innovations in urban river management18. Emerging areas of concern

• ISBN: 978-0-323-85703-1
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 350
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2023
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés