	Wetlands and Urbanisation: Implications for the Future
	Order Code: SWM002L ISBN Number: 9781566703864 Publisher: CRC No. of Pages: 356 Date of Publication: 2000 Price: £61.00
Urbanisation affects wetlands in direct and indirect ways. Over the past several decades it has become increasing apparent that unmanaged runoff is the primary threat to the country's watershed resources. Wetlands and Urbanisation: Implications for the Future is the result of a ten year research project focusing on the understanding and managing the impacts of stormwater on wetlands. This book identifies the background, methods and results of the research and used the information to draw conclusions about managing wetland ecosystems in urban areas. The book culminates in a set of comprehensive guidelines for the management of wetland hydrology and includes: Research showing how to measure and access the impact of urbanisation on wetlands. Presents scientific approaches available for use in an integrated assessment of wetland condition Provides guidelines for biomonitoring wetlands using multiple indicators. Wetlands and Urbanisation: Implications for the Future presents an integrated watershed approach to the scientific evaluation of the impact of landscape urbanisation on wetland functions. It associates the source of impact (the landscape) with the sink (the wetland), relates findings to implications for future planning and management of watersheds and provides a model for future comprehensive investigations of wetlands impacts from urbanisation.



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