Ecological versus Social Restoration? How Urban River Restoration Challenges but Also Fails to Challenge the Science – Policy Nexus in the United Kingdom

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 661-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally Eden ◽  
Sylvia Tunstall
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
River Restoration ◽  
Urban River ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Urban River Restoration

scholarly journals The Urban River Syndrome: Achieving Sustainability Against a Backdrop of Accelerating Change

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 6406
Author(s):  
Martin Richardson ◽  
Mikhail Soloviev
Keyword(s):  
River Restoration ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Similar Type ◽  
Urban River ◽  
Urban Rivers ◽  
River Ecology ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Scales ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
Urban River Restoration

Human activities have been affecting rivers and other natural systems for millennia. Anthropogenic changes to rivers over the last few centuries led to the accelerating state of decline of coastal and estuarine regions globally. Urban rivers are parts of larger catchment ecosystems, which in turn form parts of wider nested, interconnected systems. Accurate modelling of urban rivers may not be possible because of the complex multisystem interactions operating concurrently and over different spatial and temporal scales. This paper overviews urban river syndrome, the accelerating deterioration of urban river ecology, and outlines growing conservation challenges of river restoration projects. This paper also reviews the river Thames, which is a typical urban river that suffers from growing anthropogenic effects and thus represents all urban rivers of similar type. A particular emphasis is made on ecosystem adaptation, widespread extinctions and the proliferation of non-native species in the urban Thames. This research emphasizes the need for a holistic systems approach to urban river restoration.

Conservatives and Champions: River Managers and the River Restoration Discourse in the United Kingdom

10.1068/a3637 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
pp. 1929-1942 ◽  
Author(s):  
William M Adams ◽  
Martin R Perrow ◽  
Angus Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
River Restoration ◽  
The United Kingdom

scholarly journals Influence of urban river restoration on nitrogen dynamics at the sediment-water interface

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. e0212690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna M. Lavelle ◽  
Nic R. Bury ◽  
Francis T. O’Shea ◽  
Michael A. Chadwick
Keyword(s):  
River Restoration ◽  
Nitrogen Dynamics ◽  
Urban River ◽  
Water Interface ◽  
Urban River Restoration

scholarly journals Model-Based Evaluation of Urban River Restoration: Conflicts between Sensitive Fish Species and Recreational Users

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1747 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aude Zingraff-Hamed ◽  
Markus Noack ◽  
Sabine Greulich ◽  
Kordula Schwarzwälder ◽  
Karl Wantzen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
River Restoration ◽  
Urban River ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Urban River Restoration

Bringing Social Change and Urban River Restoration Together Through Public Involvement and Spatial Analysis

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 (2) ◽  
pp. 595-609
Author(s):  
Bryce T. Lawrence ◽  
Carol Grimaldi ◽  
Rodney Knott ◽  
Stephen Hardy ◽  
Rachel Stroer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
River Restoration ◽  
Public Involvement ◽  
Urban River ◽  
Urban River Restoration
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