Urban stream renovation: Incorporating societal objectives to achieve ecological improvements

Freshwater Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 364-379

  Smith, Robert F ^a   Hawley, Robert J ^b   Neale, Martin W ^c   Vietz, Geoff J ^d   Diaz Pascacio, Erika ^e   Herrmann, Jan ^f   Lovell, Anthony C ^d   Prescott, Chris ^g   Rios Touma, Blanca ^h   Smith, Benjamin ⁱ   Utz, Ryan M ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Sustainable Streams   (United States)

^c Golder Associates (NZ) Limited   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^f LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g City of Portland   (United States)

^h UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA INDOAMÉRICA   (Ecuador)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j CHATHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Adaptive management; Ecological; Environmental education; Societal; Stewardship; Stream restoration; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EDUCATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84960874865     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/685096     Document Type: Conference Paper

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