Historical Change of Large Alluvial Rivers: Western Europe

Abstract

Historical analysis of fluvial hydrosystems, G.E.Petts impact of 18th and 19th century river training works - three case studies from Switzerland, D.Vischer hydro-climatic fluctuations of some European rivers since 1800, J.L.Probst hydrological changes of the Rhone river, H.Vivian use of cartographic sources for analyzing river channel change with examples from Britain, J.M.Hooke and C.E.Redmond cartography of rivers in France, J.-P.Bravard and J.Bethemont evolution of the Po river - an example of the application of historical maps, G.Braga and S.Gervasoni evidence for historical heavy metal pollution in floodplain soils - the Meuse, M.C.Rang and C.J.Shouten palaeoecological analysis of large rivers - some principles and methods, C.Amoros and G.van Urk the Lower Rhine - geomorphological changes, G.van Urk and H.Smit the Lower Rhine - palaeoecological analysis, A.Klink changes in fish stocks and fisheries - the lower Elbe river, H.Moller changes of the fish fauna of the River Duero, J.Lobon-Cervia et al fish and fisheries of the River Ebro - present state and recent history, A.de Sostoa and J.Lobon-Cervia historical changes of the Garonne River, southern France, H.Decamps et al recent historical changes of the Belgian Meuse, J.C.Micha and M.-C.Borlee historical changes of the River Weser, D.Busch et al ecological changes of the French Upper Rhone since 1750, A.L.Roux et al.