The Scope of Uncertainties in River Restoration

River Restoration: Managing the Uncertainty in Restoring Physical Habitat

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 21-39

  Wheaton, Joseph M ^a   Darby, Stephen E ^b   Sear, David A ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment scale planning in restoration; Embracing uncertainty; Environmental management restoration; Philosophies of uncertainty; Probabilistic uncertainty; Revisiting river restoration and uncertainty; River restoration uncertainties; Uncertainty lack of sureness; Uncertainty value laden dimensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889364266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470867082.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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