Assessing the conservation value of fresh waters : an international perspective / edited by Philip J. Boon and Catherine M. Pringle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boon, P. J.

Pringle, Catherine M.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Ecology, biodiversity, and conservation

Ecology, biodiversity and conservation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freshwater biodiversity conservation.

Freshwater ecology.

Physical Description:

x, 293 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Summary:

Fresh water has many uses, such as for drinking, hydroelectric power and recreation. This creates conflict between conservation and exploitation. This book explores various aspects of conservation evaluation, including the selection of important areas for protection, responding to threats from catchment development, and determining the restoration potential of degraded water bodies. Aimed at academic researchers, graduate students and professionals, each chapter is written by a pair of UK and US authors, who compare methods used for evaluating rivers and lakes for conservation in these countries, which share a long history of fresh-water science but approach nature conservation very differently. Sweden, Australia and South Africa are also examined, and there is a chapter on developing countries, allowing examination of the role of social and economic conditions in conservation ethics.

Contents:

Background, philosophy and context / Philip J. Boon and Catherine M. Pringle

Freshwater conservation in action: contrasting approaches in the USA and the UK / Catherine M. Pringle and David Withrington

So much to do, so little time: identifying priorities for freshwater biodiversity conservation in the USA and Britain / Jonathan Higgins and Catherine Duigan

Responding to environmental threats within the UK and North America / Christopher A. Frissell and Colin W. Bean

Evaluating restoration potential / T. E. L. Langford and C. A. Frissell

Methods for assessing the conservation value of rivers / Philip J. Boon and Mary Freeman

Methods for assessing the conservation value of lakes / Laurie Duker and Margaret Palmer

System Aqua : a Swedish system for assessing nature conservation values of fresh waters / Eva Willén

Evaluating Australian fresh waters for nature conservation / Jon Nevill and Andrew Boulton

Evaluating fresh waters in South Africa / Jay O'Keeffe and Christa Thirion

Evaluating fresh waters in developing countries / Robin Abell and Mark Bryer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780521848855

0521848857

9780521613224

0521613221

OCLC:

232327376