Seminario 13/10: River Restoration and Management: Two examples from the US
Giovedì 13 Ottobre, alle ore 15:00 presso l'Auletta CIMI (Edificio 4a, Sezione Dottorandi), del Politecnico di Milano, sezione DIIAR, la D.ssa Joanna Curran, dell'Università della Virginia, terrà un seminario dal titolo: River Restoration and Management: Two examples from the US, nell'ambito dell'iniziativo HydroEcoLab.
Di seguito l'abstract del seminario.
Joanna Crowe Curran
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Over recent decades the practice of river restoration in the United States has undergone a number of
transformations. Once a rare, experimental process, restoration has become commonplace and in many
cases a legal requirement. Advances in the processes and practices followed when planning and
undertaking a restoration project have been more controversial. While the science of restoration
continues to move forward, the practices followed when performing a restoration have not always
progressed with the science. Here, two very different approaches to river restoration and management
are presented through the use of case studies. The first is from Meadow Creek in Charlottesville,
Virginia. This project is focused on a middle reach of a channel and follows many commonly used, but
questionable techniques. The second example is the management of the lower San Antonio River in
Texas. A set of management tools is being applied to maintain the processes in the larger San Antonio
River, including setting in-stream minimum flow standards based on sediment transport processes and
selective management of in channel wood.
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Over recent decades the practice of river restoration in the United States has undergone a number of
transformations. Once a rare, experimental process, restoration has become commonplace and in many
cases a legal requirement. Advances in the processes and practices followed when planning and
undertaking a restoration project have been more controversial. While the science of restoration
continues to move forward, the practices followed when performing a restoration have not always
progressed with the science. Here, two very different approaches to river restoration and management
are presented through the use of case studies. The first is from Meadow Creek in Charlottesville,
Virginia. This project is focused on a middle reach of a channel and follows many commonly used, but
questionable techniques. The second example is the management of the lower San Antonio River in
Texas. A set of management tools is being applied to maintain the processes in the larger San Antonio
River, including setting in-stream minimum flow standards based on sediment transport processes and
selective management of in channel wood.
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