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Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Kansas Wetland and Riparian Resources
Author: National Water Summary on Wetland Resources
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN: 9780607856965
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Wetland and Riparian Areas in Kansas
Author: Local Planning Guide for Wetland and Riparian Areas in Kansas
Author: Kenneth R. BrooksPublisher:
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Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
"This planning guide has been prepared for use by community decision-makers -- elected officials, planning commissioners, public agency staff, property owners, private developers and citizen leaders -- who are considering the planning and management of wetland and riparian areas at the local and regional levels in Kansas. This guide is intended to acquaint the layperson with the basic purpose, general scope, and practical methods of planning and managing wetland and riparian areas using existing local, state and federal programs. It will help people to work with conservation and planning professionals and officials. The goals of planners and conservationists include the improvement of coordination and cooperation among federal, state, local and private entities responsible for wetland and riparian stewardship."--Introduction
Riparian Areas
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309082951
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that wetlands be protected from degradation because of their important ecological functions including maintenance of high water quality and provision of fish and wildlife habitat. However, this protection generally does not encompass riparian areasâ€"the lands bordering rivers and lakesâ€"even though they often provide the same functions as wetlands. Growing recognition of the similarities in wetland and riparian area functioning and the differences in their legal protection led the NRC in 1999 to undertake a study of riparian areas, which has culminated in Riparian Areas: Functioning and Strategies for Management. The report is intended to heighten awareness of riparian areas commensurate with their ecological and societal values. The primary conclusion is that, because riparian areas perform a disproportionate number of biological and physical functions on a unit area basis, restoration of riparian functions along America's waterbodies should be a national goal.
Management Practices for Wetlands and Riparian Areas
Author: Draft Kansas Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement
Author: United States. Bureau of Land ManagementPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Birdscapes
Author: Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design
Author: Robert L. FrancePublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420032429
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
Design options and planning procedures must be critically examined to ensure that landscapes are created with sensitivity to water quality and management issues as well as overall ecological integrity. Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design presents the history of water as a design and planning element in landscape architecture and describes new interpretations of water management. This text pushes the frontiers of standard water management in new directions, challenging readers into abandoning the comfortable safety of conducting business-as-usual within narrow disciplinary confines, and instead directing views outward to the exciting and incompletely mapped regions of true interdisciplinary water sensitive planning and design. With contributions from renowned practitioners, Part I provides seventeen chapters addressing the subject of site-specific water sensitive design and Part II presents another seventeen chapters focusing on issues relating to the water sensitive planning of riparian buffers and watersheds. In addition, Professor France has provided a "Response" to accompany each chapter, which succinctly underscores the salient features in more detail and emphasizes cross-linking to other chapters in the book. The "Overview" provides a brief road-map to navigate through the section. Finally, the discussion summaries at the end of each section elaborate on past problems, current challenges, and future directions. Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design puts forward the very best of modern water sensitive planning and design and should be required reading for everyone involved in this dynamic and crucial field.
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