Resilience and Riverine Landscapes presents contributed chapters from global experts in Riverine Landscapes, making it the most comprehensive reference available on the topic. The book explores why rivers are ideal landscapes to study resilience and why studying rivers from a resilience perspective is important for our biophysical understanding of these landscapes and for society. The book focuses on the biophysical character of resilience in riverine landscapes, providing an interdisciplinary perspective of the structure, function, and interactions of riverine landscapes and the ecosystems they contain. The editors conclude by proposing a research agenda for the future, emphasizing the need for transdisciplinary research across a range of spatial and temporal scales and research domains.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1 Resilience and Rivers 2 Resilience and ecological communities 3 Resilient floodplains 4 Thresholds tipping points 5 Trajectories of change 6 Geomorphic resilience 7 Droughts and resilience 8 Resilience and ecological networks 9 Dryland rivers and resilience 10 Resilience and the Anthropocene 11 Invasions and resilience 12 Mississippi and resilience 13 Physical science and river 14 Sustainability 15 Neoliberal resilience 16 Policy and governance 17 Fostering resilience 18 Indigenous knowledge 19 Finance and rivers 20 Resilience sustainability 21 Deltas and SES 22 River management and resilience 23 Resilience and environmental flows 24 Resilience and fisheries management 25 River recovery and resilience 26 Slow the flow and resilience 27 Resilience planning 28 Applying resilience thinking
Authors
Martin Thoms Professor of River Science and Chair of Geography and Planning, University of New England, Australia.
Martin Thoms is Professor of River Science and Chair of Geography and Planning at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia. His research activities focus on the boundaries of river science - boundaries between different disciplines (geomorphology-hydrology-ecology-biogeochemistry), the science-management-policy boundary and the boundaries between rivers and their floodplains. His research in this domain has occurred in both national and international settings. He is currently Regional Editor for River Research and Applications, on the editorial board of four other international journals and has been President of the International Society for River Science.
Ian Fuller Professor in Physical Geography, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Ian Fuller is currently Professor in Physical Geography at Massey University in Palmerston North, New Zealand, where he co-directs the Innovative River Solutions group and where he has been based since 2003. His research in fluvial geomorphology provides an integrated understanding of river systems at multiple spatial and temporal scales. He has completed numerous projects for stakeholders in river management and worked in catchments throughout New Zealand, as well as the UK and Europe. Prior to arriving in New Zealand, Ian completed his PhD at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1996, which was followed by a lectureship in Physical Geography at Northumbria University. He is passionate about educating students in NZ's rivers and linking geomorphology with river management, and serves on the Executive Committee of Engineering New Zealand's Rivers Group.
