How is success or failure in river restoration projects evaluated? Feedback from French restoration projects

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 137, Issue , 2014, Pages 178-188

  Morandi, Bertrand ^a   Piégay, Hervé ^a   Lamouroux, Nicolas ^b   Vaudor, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UR MALY   (France)

Author keywords

Evaluation; France; Monitoring; Public policy; River restoration; Social values

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; WATER CONSERVATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EVALUATION; EVALUATION STRATEGIES; FRANCE; IS FAILURE; IS SUCCESS; RESTORATION PROJECT; RIVER RESTORATION; RIVER RESTORATION PROJECTS; SOCIAL VALUES;

RESTORATION;

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HABITAT RESTORATION; PROJECT DESIGN; RIVER SYSTEM; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVALUATION STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); PILOT STUDY; POLICY; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; RIVER;

FRANCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FRANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; RIVERS;

EID: 84897863372     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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