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| Acknowledgments | ||
| Ch. 1 | Where Have All the Rivers Gone? | 1 |
| Why We Need Healthy Rivers | 5 | |
| The Disruption of Natural Flows | 13 | |
| Freshwater Life at Risk | 26 | |
| A Conceptual View for Balancing Human and Ecosystem Water Needs | 36 | |
| Ch. 2 | How Much Water Does a River Need? | 42 |
| The Evolution of a New River Management Paradigm | 45 | |
| Flow Prescriptions Aimed at Ecological Health | 51 | |
| Setting Ecological Goals | 59 | |
| Learning by Doing | 63 | |
| Rebuilding a River's Natural Patterns | 67 | |
| Lessons from the Colorado Pikeminnow | 74 | |
| Ch. 3 | The Policy Toolbox | 79 |
| Allocating Water for Ecosystem Support | 80 | |
| South Africa Pioneers the Water "Reserve" | 84 | |
| Australia Overhauls Water Policy and Tries a "Cap" | 86 | |
| U.S. Policy Lacks Focus on Ecological Health | 92 | |
| Economic Tools for Securing River Flows | 112 | |
| Ethics in River Policy | 117 | |
| Ch. 4 | Down to the River | 120 |
| A Comeback Chance for the Missouri? | 123 | |
| Restoring the Brisbane River of Australia's Gold Coast | 132 | |
| Groundwater Pumping and the Future of the San Pedro | 139 | |
| Flows for Shrimp in the Tropical Rio Espiritu Santo | 146 | |
| Reducing Impacts of Federal Darns on Kentucky's Green River | 151 | |
| Sharing the Waters of South Africa's Sabie River | 157 | |
| Ch. 5 | Building Blocks for Better River Governance | 167 |
| Capturing the Value of Ecosystem Services | 169 | |
| Lessons from the World Commission on Dams | 177 | |
| Bottom-Up Governance Gets a Try | 182 | |
| River Basin Commissions Work "Outside the Box" | 186 | |
| Sparks of Leadership | 195 | |
| Ch. 6 | Epilogue: Can We Save Earth's Rivers? | 199 |
| Notes | 205 | |
| Bibliography | 227 | |
| About the Authors | 241 | |
| Index | 243 |
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Mark Chown
reviewed Rivers for life on February 01, 2008
Rivers for life
I liked it but it did have more statistics than I wanted or cared to read. It was really informative about how much our earth is really struggling. Mother Earth has cancer and its not getting better thanks to us.
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