River Restoration Political, Social, and Economic Perspectives

River restoration initiatives are now widespread across the world. The research efforts undertaken to support them are increasingly interdisciplinary, focusing on ecological, chemical, physical as well as societal issues. River Restoration: Political, Social, and Economic Perspectives provides a comprehensive overview of research in the field of river restoration in humanities and the social sciences. It illustrates how, in the last thirty years or so, such approaches have evolved and strengthened within the restoration sciences.

The scientific community working in this domain has structured itself, often regionally and circumstantially, to critically assess and improve restoration policies and practices. As a research field, river restoration tackles three thematic axes:

• Human-river interactions – especially perceptions and practices of rivers, and how these interactions can be changed by restoration projects
• Political processes, with a particular interest in governance and decision-making, and a specific emphasis on the question of public participation in restoration projects
• Evaluation of the social and economic benefits of river restoration

River Restoration: Political, Social, and Economic Perspectives encompasses these three topics, and more, to provide the reader with the most up-to-date and holistic view of this constantly evolving area. The book will be of particular interest to human and social scientists, biophysical scientists (hydrologists, geomorphologists, ecologists), environmental scientists, public policy makers, design or planning officers, and anyone working in the field of river restoration.

About the Editors

Bertrand Morandi, Marylise Cottet and Hervé Piégay are geographers with an interdisciplinary expertise in the field of river research and restoration. They are all based at the Université de Lyon, France. They are experienced in using integrated approaches to deepen knowledge of river socio-ecosystems. They lead interdisciplinary programs which consider both ecological and social issues of river restoration and aim at providing knowledge and methods to aid public decision making. In this context, they regularly collaborate with water managers and stakeholders. They are also involved in Rhône Basin LTER network and Rhône Valley Human-Environments Observatory (Labex DRIIHM) and actively contribute to an interdisciplinary doctoral School in Watershed Sciences (EUR H2O’Lyon).

Acknowledgments

List of Contributors

Introduction

Chapter 1 – Why are the political and socio-economical questions an issue in river restoration?  Genealogy and current research trends

Marylise COTTET, Bertrand MORANDI, Hervé PIÉGAY

Part 1 - People-river relationships: from ethics to politics

Chapter 2 – Ethics of River Restoration: The Imitationist Paradigm

Henry DICKS

Chapter 3 – Restoring socio-cultural relationships with rivers: experiments in fluvial pluralism

Dan HIKUROA, Gary BRIERLEY, Marc TADAKI, Brendon BLUE, Anne SALMOND

Chapter 4 – Political Ecology and River Restoration

Jamie LINTON

Part 2 - Governance and power relationships between stakeholders

Chapter 5 – The policy and social dimension of restoration thinking: Paying greater attention to ‘interdependency’ in restoration governing practice

Caitriona CARTER, Gabrielle BOULEAU, Sophie LE FLOCH

Chapter 6 – From public policies to projects: factors of success and diversity through a comparative approach

Catherine CARRÉ, Jean-Paul HAGHE, Pere VALL-CASAS

Chapter 7 – How to better involve stakeholders in river restoration projects? The case of small dam removals

Marie-Anne GERMAINE, Ludovic DRAPIER, Laurent LESPEZ, Beth STYLER-BARRY

Chapter 8 – Give More Space for Politics in Participation for River Restoration

Nora S. BULETTI, Franziska E. RUEF, Olivier EJDERYAN

Part 3 – Evaluation of Socio-economical effects

Chapter 9 – What is the total economic value of river restoration and why is it important?

John C. BERGSTROM, John B. LOOMIS

Chapter 10 – Valuation of ecosystem services to assess river restoration projects

Xavier GARCIA, Stefanie MÜLLER, Matthias BUCHECKER

Chapter 11 – Public perspectives of river restoration projects

Riyan VAN DEN BORN, Bernadette VAN HEEL, Kerstin BÖCK, Matthias BUCHECKER, Arjen BUIJS

Part 4 – Diversity of methods, diversity of knowledge

Chapter 12 – Social surveys: methods for taking into account actors’ practices and perceptions in river restoration

Caroline LE CALVEZ, Silvia FLAMINIO, Marylise COTTET, Bertrand MORANDI

Chapter 13 – Documents on river restoration: temporal and spatial analyses of written discourses

Emeline COMBY, Bertrand MORANDI, Silvia FLAMINIO, Yves-François LE LAY, Helena ZEMP

Chapter 14 – Participatory approaches: principles and practices for river restoration projects

Alba JUÁREZ-BOURKE; Kirsty L. BLASTOCK

Chapter 15 - Economic benefits: operationalizing their valuation in river restoration projects

Sylvie MORARDET

Conclusion

Chapter 16 – A need to strengthen links between practitioners and social scientists to improve river restoration practices and policies

Marylise COTTET, Bertrand MORANDI, Hervé PIÉGAY

Index

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