Wetlands and Urbanization
Implications for the Future
Seiten
2000
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-1-56670-386-4 (ISBN)
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-1-56670-386-4 (ISBN)
Focuses on understanding and managing the impacts of urban stormwater on wetlands. This book presents an integrated watershed approach to the scientific evaluation of the impact of landscape urbanization on wetland functions and provides a model for the comprehensive investigations of wetland impacts from urbanization.
Urbanization affects wetlands in direct and indirect ways. Over the past several decades it has become increasingly apparent that unmanaged runoff is the primary threat to the country's watershed resources.
Wetlands and Urbanization: Implications for the Future is the result of a ten year research project focused on the understanding and managing the impacts of urban stormwater on wetlands. The book documents the background, methods, and results of the research and uses the information to draw conclusions about managing wetland ecosystems in urban areas. The project culminates in a set of comprehensive guidelines for the management of wetland hydrology.
While the focus of this research is regional in nature, its applications are broad. First, the research shows how to measure and assess the impact of urbanization on wetlands. Secondly, it presents scientific approaches available for use in an integrated assessment of wetland condition. And thirdly, it provides guidelines for biomonitoring wetlands using multiple indicators.
Wetlands and Urbanization presents an integrated watershed approach to the scientific evaluation of the impact of landscape urbanization on wetland functions. It associates the source of impact (the landscape) with the sink (the wetland), relates findings to implications for future planning and management of watersheds and provides a model for future comprehensive investigations of wetland impacts from urbanization.
Urbanization affects wetlands in direct and indirect ways. Over the past several decades it has become increasingly apparent that unmanaged runoff is the primary threat to the country's watershed resources.
Wetlands and Urbanization: Implications for the Future is the result of a ten year research project focused on the understanding and managing the impacts of urban stormwater on wetlands. The book documents the background, methods, and results of the research and uses the information to draw conclusions about managing wetland ecosystems in urban areas. The project culminates in a set of comprehensive guidelines for the management of wetland hydrology.
While the focus of this research is regional in nature, its applications are broad. First, the research shows how to measure and assess the impact of urbanization on wetlands. Secondly, it presents scientific approaches available for use in an integrated assessment of wetland condition. And thirdly, it provides guidelines for biomonitoring wetlands using multiple indicators.
Wetlands and Urbanization presents an integrated watershed approach to the scientific evaluation of the impact of landscape urbanization on wetland functions. It associates the source of impact (the landscape) with the sink (the wetland), relates findings to implications for future planning and management of watersheds and provides a model for future comprehensive investigations of wetland impacts from urbanization.
Amanda Azous, Richard R. Horner
Overview of the Puget Sound Wetlands and Stormwater Management Research Program. Descriptive Ecology of Freshwater Wetlands in the Central Puget Sound Basin. Functional Aspects of Freshwater Wetlands in the Central Puget Sound Basin. Management of Freshwater Wetlands in the Central Puget Sound Basin.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.8.2000 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 81 Tables, black and white; 25 Halftones, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Bosa Roca |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 820 g |
| Einbandart | gebunden |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-56670-386-7 / 1566703867 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-56670-386-4 / 9781566703864 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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