MAP20070008855River projects and conservation : a manual for holistic appraisal / edited by John L. Gardiner. — Chichester [etc.] : John Wiley & Sons, cop. 1991XXXIII, 236 p. ; 31 cmSumario: This manual is both an explanatory and a practical guide to the holistic appraisal required for today's river projects. It has been derived from the intense practical experience of a specially-formed appraisal team which tackled a wide range of high value projects between 1985 and 1988. Field-tested and revised several times, it shows how all factors may be brought together within an ordered (an auditable) procedure based on a framework of environmental assessment. The development of a project (once identified within its river catchment context) is described in part one; part two deals in varying depth with a wide range of disciplines typical of modern river projects. The use of up-to-date data handling and modelling techniques are included