A Systems Approach for River and River Basin Restoration

Abstract

This Special Issue solicits contributions that advance knowledge in the following systems approach topics: Identifying, understanding, and working with the catchment and riverine physical, chemical and biological processes comprising river basin and river health and delivering ecosystem services; Identifying, incorporating, and involving socio-economic values and broader planning and development activities linked to river basin and river health; Addressing structure and function relationships at the appropriate scales to address limiting factors to river health; Setting clear, achievable, and measurable goals, framed (as much as possible) in terms of changes to ecosystem structure and function, the provisioning of ecosystem services and, where feasible, socioeconomic factors, ...