Restoring Streams in Cities: A Guide for Planners, Policymakers, and Citizens

by Ann L. Riley, Luna B. Leopold (Foreword)

Conventional engineering solutions to problems of flooding and erosion are extremely destructive to natural environments. Restoring Streams in Cities presents viable alternatives to traditional practices that can be used both to repair existing ecological damage and to prevent such damage from happening. Ann L. Riley describes an interdisciplinary approach to stream management that does not attempt to "control" streams, but rather considers the stream as a feature in the urban environment. She presents a logical sequence of land-use planning, site design, and watershed restoration measures along with stream channel modifications and floodproofing strategies that can be used in place of destructive and expensive public works projects. She features examples of effective and environmentally sensitive bank stabilization and flood damage reduction projects, with information on both the planning processes and end results. Chapters

Genres: Science

448 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1998

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A thorough look at all aspects of restoring streams in cities, including: the ecological, socio-cultural, and economic factors of the process.

Although it cannot help but to be showing its ages at the time I wrote this review, this book was very handy to me when working on my graduate degrees. Much of the information is still pertinent today.

[Zulfika Kusharsanto · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bagi para perencana yang tertarik pada bidang penataan sungai dan sistem drainase, buku ini sangat tepat karena membahas aspek yang cukup luas. Tidak hanya sekadar aspek fisik saja tetapi juga nonfisik seperti sosial dan estetika. Pada dasarnya sungai memiliki nilai manfaat dari hanya sekedar sebagai wadah aliran air.

Terima kasih Riley et al atas bukunya yang sudah membantu meluluskan saya :)