Thinking outside the channel: Challenges and opportunities for protection and restoration of stream morphology in urbanizing catchments

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 145, Issue , 2016, Pages 34-44

  Vietz, Geoff J ^a   Rutherfurd, Ian D ^b   Fletcher, Tim D ^a   Walsh, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Floodplain; River management; River restoration; Stormwater; Urban stream; Watershed

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LAND USE; MORPHOLOGY; RESTORATION; RUNOFF; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; URBAN GROWTH; WATERSHEDS;

FLOOD PLAINS; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RIVER RESTORATION; STORMWATERS; URBAN STREAM;

RIVERS;

CATCHMENT; CHANNEL; CHANNEL CHANGE; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; STORMWATER; STREAM CHANNEL; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

EID: 84945157562     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.09.004     Document Type: Article

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