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Urban stream renovation: incorporating societal objectives to achieve ecological improvements

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Smith, Robert F., Hawley, Robert J., Neale, Martin W., Vietz, Geoff J., Diaz-Pascacio, Erika, Herrmann, Jan, Lovell, Anthony C., Prescott, Chris +3 more·2016·Freshwater Science

Abstract

Pervasive human impacts on urban streams make restoration to predisturbance conditions unlikely. The effectiveness of ecologically focused restoration approaches typically is limited in urban settings because of the use of a reference-condition approach, mismatches between the temporal and spatial scales of impacts and restoration activities, and lack of an integrative approach that incorporates ecological and societal objectives. Developers of new frameworks are recognizing the opportunities for and benefits from incorporating societal outcomes into urban stream restoration projects. Social, economic, cultural, or other benefits to local communities are often opportunistic or arise indirectly from actions intended to achieve ecological outcomes. We propose urban stream renovation as a flexible stream improvement framework in which short-term ecological and societal outcomes are leveraged to achieve long-term ecological objectives. The framework is designed to provide additional opportunities for beneficial outcomes that are often unattainable from ecologically focused restoration approaches. Urban stream renovation uses an iterative process whereby short-term ecological and societal outcomes generate public support for future actions, which may provide opportunities to address catchment-level causes of impairment that often exist across broad temporal scales. Adaptive management, education, and outreach are needed to maintain long-term public engagement. Thus, future work sh…

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Smith, R. F., Hawley, R. J., Neale, M. W., Vietz, G. J., Diaz-Pascacio, E., Herrmann, J., Lovell, A. C., Prescott, C., Rios-Touma, B., Smith, B., & Utz, R. M.
Affiliations
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • Linnaeus University (SE)
  • City of Portland (US)
  • King's College London (GB)
  • Chatham University (US)
Corresponding author
  • Smith, Robert F.
  • Hawley, Robert J.
  • Neale, Martin W.
  • Vietz, Geoff J.
  • Herrmann, Jan
  • Lovell, Anthony C.
  • Prescott, Chris
  • Smith, Benjamin
  • Utz, Ryan M.
Venue
Freshwater Science
Published
2016-03-01
Volume
35
Issue
1
Pages
364-379
ISSN
  • 2161-9549 (ISSN-L)
  • 2161-9565
OpenAlex
W2289980738
Cited by
69
References
130
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc
Locations
  • Freshwater Science (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (1427007, 1215896)
  • Sichuan University of Science and Engineering
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
Keywords
urban river restoration, social outcomes, ecological restoration, citizen participation, adaptive management, education and outreach, reference conditions, community stewardship, urban rivers

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