Disconnected rivers: linking rivers to landscapes
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Main Author: Wohl, Ellen E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven Yale University Press c2004
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-297) and index
Why should we care about rivers? -- American rivers -- Conquering a new world : pioneer impacts -- Poisoning America : commercial impacts -- Institutional conquest : bureaucratic impacts -- Trying to do the right thing : rehabilitation impacts -- Thinking in terms of rivers
Ellen Wohl offers a survey of the history & present condition of river systems across the US. After describing the biological chemical & physical aspects of the functioning of rivers, she discusses the changes as the result of development & federal management, & examines rehabilitation projects
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 301 p.)
ISBN:0300103328
0300127464
9780300103328
9780300127461

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