Ecological Aspects of Water Management in Britain

Eaton, John W.

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“…Agricultural surpluses and European Economic Community quota limits on cereal reduced the economic justification for land drainage expenditure, and along with the concern for wetland preservation had led to cuts in government funding (Eaton, 1989 Finding "Space for Water": crossing concrete policy thresholds in England…”

Section: The Changing Scene Of River Management In England: From "Flomentioning

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Making Space for the River: Governance Experiences with Multifunctional River Flood Management in the US and Europe

Warner¹

2012

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Section: The Changing Scene Of River Management In England: From "Flomentioning

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Making Space for the River: Governance Experiences with Multifunctional River Flood Management in the US and Europe

Warner¹

2012

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“…This brought pressures on water resources and water quality which, together with the widespread use of rivers for power, led to consequent ecological damage. By 1900, over 75% of the population lived in cities and all the major rivers were grossly polluted and often fishless (Eaton, 1989). In the last 30 years, there has been significant de‐industrialization as manufacturing has moved to lower cost countries, including China.…”

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Integrated catchment management: path to enlightenment

Lerner

Chen

2011

Hydrological Processes

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“…Owing to organic pollution, the river systems in urban Britain changed greatly from the mid nineteenth century onwards or even earlier (Eaton, 1989) but anecdotal evidence suggests that the lakes were not seriously affected by human activities until much later. For lakes the pace of change accelerated markedly after the Second World War (1939)(1940)(1941)(1942)(1943)(1944)(1945).…”

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August Thienemann and Loch Lomond — an approach to the design of a system for monitoring the state of north-temperate standing waters

Moss

Johnes

Phillips³

1994

Hydrobiologia

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Limnologists had an early preoccupation with lake classification. It gave a necessary structure to the many chemical and biological observations that were beginning to form the basis of one of the earliest truly environmental sciences. August Thienemann was the doyen of such classifiers and his concept with Einar Naumann of oligotrophic and eutrophic lakes remains central to the world-view that limnologists still have.Classification fell into disrepute, however, as it became clear that there would always be lakes that deviated from the prescriptions that the classifiers made for them. Continua became the de rigeur concept and lakes were seen as varying along many chemical, biological and geographic axes. Modern limnologists are comfortable with this concept. That all lakes are different guarantees an indefinite future for limnological research.For those who manage lakes and the landscapes in which they are set, however, it is not very useful. There may be as many as 300000 standing water bodies in England and Wales alone and maybe as many again in Scotland. More than 80 000 are sizable (> 1 ha). Some classification scheme to cope with these numbers is needed and, as human impacts on them increase, a system of assessing and monitoring change must be built into such a scheme. Although ways of classifying and monitoring running waters are well developed in the UK, the same is not true of standing waters. Sufficient understanding of what determines the nature and functioning of lakes exists to create a system which has intellectual credibility as well as practical usefulness. This paper outlines the thinking behind a system which will be workable on a north European basis and presents some early results.

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Ecological Aspects of Water Management in Britain

Cited by 4 publications

References 28 publications

Making Space for the River: Governance Experiences with Multifunctional River Flood Management in the US and Europe

Making Space for the River: Governance Experiences with Multifunctional River Flood Management in the US and Europe

Integrated catchment management: path to enlightenment

August Thienemann and Loch Lomond — an approach to the design of a system for monitoring the state of north-temperate standing waters

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