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Watershed Planning within a Quantitative Scenario Analysis Framework
Published on: July 24, 2016
The third dimension in river restoration: how anthropogenic disturbance changes boundary conditions for ecological
Martin Guzelj1, Christoph Hauer2, Gregory Egger3
1Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, Institute of Water Management, Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, BOKU, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Vienna, Austria. martin.guzelj@yahoo.de.
Abstract:
The goals of the European Water Framework Directive changed the perspective on rivers from human to ecosystem-based river management. After decades of channelizing and damming rivers, restoration projects are applied with more or less successful outcomes. The anthropogenic influence put on rivers can change their physical parameters and result in a different morphological type of river. Using the Ammer River as an example, a comparison between applied systems of corridor determination based on historical maps and data; calculation of regime width; and the change in parameters and river typology are pointed out. The results showed (a) a change in stream power and morphology (b) great difference between the historical and the predicted river type and (c) that regulated rivers can have a near-natural morphology.
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