Rivers for Life: Managing Water for People and Nature

by Brian Richter and Sandra Postel

Book Overview

The conventional approach to river protection has focused on water quality and maintaining some "minimum" flow that was thought necessary to ensure the viability of a river. In recent years, however, scientific research has underscored the idea that the ecological health of a river system depends not on a minimum amount of water at any one time but on the naturally variable quantity and timing of flows throughout the year.

In Rivers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559634448
• ISBN13: 9781559634441
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"