River Management The Australasian Experience

by Brizga, Sandra; Finlayson, Brian L.

• ISBN13: 9780471969761
• ISBN10: 0471969761
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-21
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

Only in Australasia can the effect of technological societies on river systems be truly analysed and this unique, accessible book covers key issues in river management from a geomorphological perspective. Australia and New Zealand were colonised only 200 years ago by central bureaucratic administrations. For the whole period of European settlement most river management activities have been carried out by government agencies and the record of their activities is relatively complete. These countries therefore provide good case studies for the impact of technological societies on river systems, having transformed their rivers in a short time from their 'natural' into a heavily managed condition. Geomorphology provides the scientific basis for much of our understanding of river behaviour and geomorphologists are now actively involved in the management process. This book provides a collection of case studies, the first to be produced to date, which describe the management of rivers covering issues of environmental flow, stream condition, mining and extractive activities, river channel change, river stabilisation, river regulation and urban streams. The book will prove invaluable to geomorphologists, river engineers, stream ecologists, river managers, and environmental impact assessors involved in river management and restoration.

Author Biography

Sandra Brizga is the author of River Management: The Australasian Experience, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Introduction	1	(10)
B.L. Finlayson
S.O. Brizga
Some Human Impacts on Australian Stream Channel Morphology	11	(40)
I.D. Rutherfurd
Channel Planform Adjustments Along the Waiau River, 1946--1992: Assessment of the Impacts of Flow Regulation	51	(22)
G.J. Brierley
K. Fitchett
The Hydrological and Geomorphological Impacts of the Tinaroo Falls Dam on the Barron River, North Queensland, Australia	73	(24)
Bofu Yu
Managing Regulated Rivers for Environmental Values: Selected Case Studies from Southeastern Australia	97	(26)
C.J. Gippel
Geomorphic Effects of Extractive Industries and Their Implications for River Management: The Case of the Hawkesbury--Nepean River, New South Wales	123	(28)
W.D. Erskine
D. Green
The Impact of Mining Waste on the Rivers Draining into Georges Bay, Northeast Tasmania	151	(22)
J.F. Bird
The Role of Stormwater Management in Sydney's Urban Rivers	173	(24)
R.F. Warner
The Dispersal and Storage of Trace Metals in the Hawkesbury River Valley	197	(24)
M.C. Thoms
C.R. Parker
M.A. Simons
The Role of European Disturbance in the Metamorphosis of the Lower Bega River	221	(26)
A.P. Brooks
G.J. Brierley
The Management of Unstable Rivers: The Avon River, Victoria, Australia	247	(18)
S.O. Brizga
B.L. Finlayson
Measuring Stream Condition	265	(22)
A.R. Ladson
L.J. White
Conclusions: Future Directions	287	(8)
S.O. Brizga
B.L. Finlayson
Index	295