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Using fluvial geomorphology to inform integrated river basin management
Author(s) -
Eyquem Joanna
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2006.00046.x
Subject(s) - fluvial , drainage basin , multidisciplinary approach , water framework directive , environmental resource management , river management , structural basin , legislation , scale (ratio) , directive , geography , hydrology (agriculture) , water resource management , environmental science , geology , geomorphology , ecology , cartography , computer science , water quality , political science , geotechnical engineering , law , biology , programming language
Recent years have seen a trend towards larger scale, multidisciplinary approaches to river management. This reflects changes in policy and legislation, particularly the drive towards integrated river basin management as required by the EC Water Framework Directive. Fluvial geomorphology is a discipline that links the physical function of the river to its ecological status, and thus has a fundamental role to play in future river basin management. This is becoming more widely recognised at a project level, as well as nationally and internationally. This paper will demonstrate, using the case study of the Axe Catchment Fluvial Audit, how fluvial geomorphology can be successfully applied to inform river basin management. The outputs from the project are described together with some of the key limitations and lessons learned.