Dr Peter Downs is currently Senior Fluvial Geomorphologist at Stillwater Sciences, Berkeley, California. He has taught and researched extensively on geomorphological applications to river channel management and restoration. Professor Ken Gregory is currently Visiting Professor, University of Southampton and Emeritus Professor, University of London. He was awarded the Founders Medal of the Royal Geographical Society for research on river channels. He is the author of Palaeohydrology: Understanding Global Change (Wiley, 2003) and The Changing Nature of Physical Geography (Arnold, 2000).
Part One Introduction
The need for river channel management
Part Two Retrospect
Land use changes conditioning river management
River channel management: early 20th century approaches
Part Three: Realisation
Consequences of river engineering
River channel sensitivity to change
Ecological unity of the river corridor
Integrated river basin planning
Part Four: Requirements
Post-modern river management - river restoration
Environmental assessment in support of river channel management
Environmental aligned river engineering - working with the river
Part Five: Revision
Design with nature: prospects for 21st century river channel management.
