Résumé :
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This book highlighted the use of geomorphic principles in river management, documenting the application of the River Styles framework. In our teaching of these principles, both in university classrooms and as professional short courses (in Australia and other parts of the world), we continue to encounter a gap in the understanding of both students and river practitioners in terms of basic river geomorphology. This book will endeavour to meet this shortcoming. Principles from fluvial geomorphology, defined as the study of the forms, processes and evolutionary trajectories that shape river systems, determine the physical (landscape) template upon which a range of ecosystem processes operates. Viewed in this light, geomorphology presents a fundamental platform with which to develop and apply integrative river science. We explored this theme in a recent co-authored book entitled "River Futures" (Island Press, 2008). Increasingly, principles from fluvial geomorphology are used as a core component of decision-making and design of conservation and management practices. As such, environmental and natural resource officers are increasingly required to have fluvial geomorphology training. This textbook will fill a niche in the geomorphology teaching market.
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