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Finding the Voice of the River: Beyond Restoration and Management

Finding the Voice of the River: Beyond Restoration and Management

Brierley, Gary J.

Hardcover

Environmental StudiesGeneral SociologyGeography

ISBN10: 303027067X
ISBN13: 9783030270674
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Published: Oct 8 2019
Pages: 179
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book addresses societal relationships to river systems, highlighting many unexplored possibilities in how we know and manage our rivers.

Brierley contends that although we have good scientific understanding of rivers, with remarkable prospect for profound improvements to river condition, management applications greatly under-deliver. He conceptualizes approaches to river repair in two very different ways: Medean (competitive) and Gaian (cooperative). Rather than 'managing' rivers to achieve particular anthropogenic goals (the former option), this book adopts a more-than-human approach to 'living with living rivers' (the latter option), applying a river rights framework that conceptualizes rivers as sentient entities.

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