Sediment loads and processes in large rivers
Sediment loads and processes in large rivers作者机构:University of natural resources and life sciences ViennaInstitute for water managementHydrology and hydraulic engineering
出 版 物:《International Journal of Sediment Research》 (国际泥沙研究(英文版))
年 卷 期:2013年第28卷第4期
页 面:429-429页
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学科分类:08[工学] 081501[工学-水文学及水资源] 0815[工学-水利工程]
主 题:Sediment loads and processes in large rivers
摘 要:The pressure and impact on large rivers have increased greatly in recent years,as a consequence of their exploitation to meet various human *** rivers are particularly exposed to problems of multiple uses,often with conflicting *** the global scale river systems are increasingly altered by dams,leading to interruption of continuity and a disrupted sediment regime,which results in far-reaching *** challenges point also to the need for more integrated management approaches and consideration of catchment-river interactions emphasizing land use management and effects of these *** the global scale,there is currently no overview assessment of the current status of the world s large rivers,the conflicting demands on such rivers,and likely future anthropogenic impacts,as well as the potential for restoration,improvements in integrated management and the associated problems caused by their multiple *** special issue in the International Journal of Sediment Research onSediment loads and processes in large riversaims to provide a global forum for a wide-ranging discussion of key issues related to research on large rivers and to their effective and sustainable management,involving both scientists and decision *** sequence of papers in the special issue highlights the current situation in different river systems with regard to morphodynamic reactions of