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Gary J. Brierley

Gary Brierley is an environmental scientist with specialist knowledge in fluvial geomorphology. Currently he is Chair of Physical Geography, School of Geography and Environmental Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

River Futures

River Futures

An Integrative Scientific Approach to River Repair

Across much of the industrialized world, rivers that were physically transformed and ecologically ruined to facilitate industrial and agricultural development are now the focus of restoration and rehabilitation efforts. River Futures discusses the emergence of this new era of river repair and documents a comprehensive biophysical framework for river science and management.
The book considers what can be done to maximize prospects for improving river health while maintaining or enhancing the provision of ecosystem services over the next fifty to one-hundred years.