TY - GEN
T1 - Assessing reach-based restoration practices in an urban steam from a watershed perspective
AU - Wang, Ying
AU - Herricks, Edwin E
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Stream restoration using a variety of channel habitat improvement techniques are predominantly reach based. Although this reach focus is appropriate in natural streams in largely undisturbed watersheds, when channel modification is pervasive, as in urban watersheds, a reach based approach may lead to a patchwork of inadequate or the inappropriate application of best management practices. In urban settings it is particularly important to understand watershed potential as a part of the selection of best management practices for stream restoration. This paper reviews the development of methods to integrate hydraulic, hydrological, geomorphological, and ecological information to assess the potential for naturalization in urban watersheds. We use indicators of hydraulic variability as a surrogate for habitat and develop procedures to relate characteristics of hydraulic variability to restoration needs in a watershed.
AB - Stream restoration using a variety of channel habitat improvement techniques are predominantly reach based. Although this reach focus is appropriate in natural streams in largely undisturbed watersheds, when channel modification is pervasive, as in urban watersheds, a reach based approach may lead to a patchwork of inadequate or the inappropriate application of best management practices. In urban settings it is particularly important to understand watershed potential as a part of the selection of best management practices for stream restoration. This paper reviews the development of methods to integrate hydraulic, hydrological, geomorphological, and ecological information to assess the potential for naturalization in urban watersheds. We use indicators of hydraulic variability as a surrogate for habitat and develop procedures to relate characteristics of hydraulic variability to restoration needs in a watershed.
KW - Restoration
KW - Streams
KW - Urban areas
KW - Watershed management
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U2 - 10.1061/40856(200)401
DO - 10.1061/40856(200)401
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84863353035
SN - 0784408564
SN - 9780784408568
T3 - Examining the Confluence of Environmental and Water Concerns - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2006
BT - Examining the Confluence of Environmental and Water Concerns - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2006
T2 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2006: Examining the Confluence of Environmental and Water Concerns
Y2 - 21 May 2006 through 25 May 2006
ER -