Large-scale ecosystem restoration five case studies from the United States (Island Press, 2008)
"Society for Ecological Restoration International.". - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index
The challenges of restoring the Everglades ecosystem - Terrence "Rock" Salt, Stuart Langton, Mary Doyle -- - Everglades ecology : the impacts of altered hydrology - Thomas L. Crisman -- - Rivers of plans for the river of grass : the political economy of Everglades restoration - Stephen Polasky -- - Negotiating for endangered and threatened species habitat in the Platte River Basin - David M. Freeman -- - Platte River Basin ecology : a three-dimensional approach to adaptive management - Thomas L. Crisman -- - Navigating the shoals : costs and benefits of Platte River ecosystem management - Stephen Polasky -- - The California-Bay Delta : the challenges of collaboration - David Nawi, Alf W. Brandt -- - The ecology of Bay-Delta restoration : an impossible dream? - Thomas L. Crisman -- - Water fights : the economics of allocating scarce water and Bay-Delta restoration - Stephen Polasky -- - The culture of collaboration in the Chesapeake Bay program - Mary Doyle, Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm -- - An ecological perspective on management of the Chesapeake Bay - Thomas L. Crisman -- - Murky waters and murky policies : costs and benefits of restoring Chesapeake Bay - Stephen Polasky -- - The Upper Mississippi River and the Army Corps of Engineers' new role : will Congress fund ecosystem restoration? - Cynthia A. Drew -- - Upper Mississippi restoration ecology : putting theory into practice - Thomas L. Crisman -- - Comparing apples and oranges? : costs and benefits of Upper Mississippi River system restoration - Stephen Polasky -- - Conclusion - Assessing ecosystem restoration projects - Mary Doyle
Presents case studies of five of the most noteworthy large-scale restoration projects in the United States: Chesapeake Bay, the Everglades, the California Bay-Delta, the Platte River basin, and the Upper Mississippi River system