Effects of Forest Practices on Peak Flows and Consequent Channel Response
Effects of Forest Practices on Peak Flows and Consequent Channel Response

Author: Gordon E. Grant

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-09

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 1437927130

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Includes a database of relevant studies reporting peak flow data across rain-, transient-, and snow-dominated hydrologic zones. Provides a quantitative comparison of changes in peak flow across both a range of flows and forest practices. Increases in peak flows generally diminish with decreasing intensity of percentage of watershed harvested and lengthening recurrence intervals of flow. Peak flow effects on channel morphology should be confined to stream reaches where channel gradients are less than 0.02 and streambeds are composed of gravel and finer material. Managers should evaluate the potential risk of peak flow increases based on factors such as presence of roads, specific mgmt. treatments employed, and watershed drainage efficiency.

Greening in the Red Zone
Greening in the Red Zone

Author: Keith G. Tidball

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-07-22

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9048199476

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Creation and access to green spaces promotes individual human health, especially in therapeutic contexts among those suffering traumatic events. But what of the role of access to green space and the act of creating and caring for such places in promoting social health and well-being? Greening in the Red Zone asserts that creation and access to green spaces confers resilience and recovery in systems disrupted by violent conflict or disaster. This edited volume provides evidence for this assertion through cases and examples. The contributors to this volume use a variety of research and policy frameworks to explore how creation and access to green spaces in extreme situations might contribute to resistance, recovery, and resilience of social-ecological systems.