Current and Future Challenges in Managing Natural System Variability for River Conservation in European River Basins

River Conservation and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 381-401

  Large, Andrew R G ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flooding; Fluvial geomorphology; Hydromorphology; Reference conditions; River restoration; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886820699     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119961819.ch31     Document Type: Chapter

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