Systematic postproject appraisals to maximize lessons learned from river restoration projects: Case study of compound channel restoration projects in Northern California

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 524-537

  Tompkins, Mark R ^a   Kondolf, G M ^b  

^a CH2M HILL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compound channels; Flood management; Post project appraisals; River restoration

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL; HABITAT RESTORATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PROJECT DESIGN; RIVER; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547410266     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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