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    Course description

    • PREVIOUS REQUIREMENTS:

      Basic Hydrology.

       

      OBJETIVES:

      The Objective of this course is to present the state of art on River Management, especially focus on restoration, so as to make students able to analyse and discuss the strategies to follow and the techniques to use in order to recover the good ecological status

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    Syllabus

    • FLUVIAL ECOSYSTEMS.

      1. The river and its valley. Geomorphology and Fluvial Dynamics.
      2. Natural flow regime characterization. Indicators of Hydrological Alteration.
      3. Riparian systems and fluvial Floodplains. Riparian vegetation: composition, structure and function.
      4. Fluvial ecology. Biological componets. Physical requirements for the ecosystem functioning. Aquatic Habitat evaluation.
       
       

      ANALYSIS TOOLS

      1. Optimization tools. Multicriteria decision analysis.
      2. Riparian landscapes. Ecologycal Aesthetics. Artistic componets in river restoration activities. Landscape design. Feeling and perception on rivers. Cultural hereditage.
      3. GIS and Remote Sensing for Fluvial Segmentation and Landscape Assessment .
      4. Ecological Modelling.
      5. Tools for Evaluating Fluvial Geomorphological Integrity and Riparian Vegetation Status.
       
       

      RIVER MANAGEMENT

      1. Water Resources Planning. River uses management.
      2. River typology and Water Bodies characterization.
      3. Economic valuation of aquatic resources and environmental services
      4. Public participation. Participatory Decision Making: Methods and Applications.
      5. The evaluation of the ecological status. Analysis and Monitoring. Heavily modified rivers.
      6. Fisheries Management for angling.
      7. Stream degradation: detecting causes. Pollution. Flow Regulation. Chanalization.
      8. Management and Plans for Irrigation Developments
       
       

      RIVER RESTORATION

      1. Principles on River Restoration. Strategies and Technics on Restoration.
      2. River Restoration Projets: design, structure and contents. Restoration Plans. Economic analysis. Social and Environmental impacts.
      3. Habitat Improvement  technics. Fluvial Simulation Models.
      4. Urban rivers restoration.
      5. Case Histories: River Jarama (restoration), River Manzanares (rehabilitation) and Arroyo Pozuelo (urban strem cosmetics)

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    Readings

    • Tema 1: The river and its valley. Geomorphology and Fluvial Dynamics.

      •  Vizcaíno, Pilar, Kondolf, G. Mathias, García de Jalón, Diego, Miller, Peter. "Changes in Channel Morphology and Floodplain in Clear Creek, California, in Response to Dam Constructions".  (PDF)
       

      Tema 2: Natural Flow regime characterization. Indicators of Hydrological Alteration.

      • Key lectures. (PDF)
      • MARTÍNEZ SANTA-MARÍA,C.. & FERNÁNDEZ YUSTE,J.A.(2008)
        "Índices de Alteración Hidrológica en Ríos (IAHRIS)" Software de libre difusión. Contenido: Aplicación; Manual de Usuario; Manual de Referencia Metodológica.
        ISBN: 978-84-692-4947-5 Fecha: 2008
        Editorial : Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
      • MARTÍNEZ SANTA-MARÍA,C &FERNÁNDEZ YUSTE,J.A., 2008
        "IAHRIS: a new software to evaluate hydrologic alteration"
        4 th ECCR International Conference on River Restoration
        Venecia (Italia)
       

      Tema 3: Riparian Systems and fluvial floodplains. Riparian vegetation: composition, structure and function.

      • García Amorena, Ignacio & Rubiales, Juan Manuel. "Riparian vegetation of the Iberian peninsula. Composition and structure". (PDF)
       

      Tema 4: Fluvial Ecology. Biological components. Physical requirements for the ecosystem functioning. Aquatic Habitat evaluation.

      • García de Jalón, Diego. "The River as ecosystem". (PDF)
       

      Tema 5: Optimization Tools. Multicriteria decision analysis.

      • Carlos Romero and Tahir Rehman (Firs edition 1989, second edition 2003)/./. /Multiple Criteria Analysis for Agricultural Decisions/ /./ Elsevier, Amsterdam, 186pp.
      • Enrique Ballestero and Carlos Romero (1998). /Multiple Criteria Decision Making and its Applications to Economic Problems/. Kluwer, Boston, 168pp.
      • Luis Díaz Balteiro, Carlos Romero (2008) Making Forerstry Decisions with Multiple Criteria: A Review and a Assessment. /Forest Ecology and Management/,/ /*255*:3222-3241 (PDF)
       

      Tema 6: Riparian Landscapes. Ecological Aesthetics. Artistic components in River restoration activities. Landscapes design. Feelings and perception on Rivers. Cultural hereditage.

      • Establishing Function, Process and Landscape Structure Objetives for Large Scale Ecosystem Restoration (PDF)
      • Planning for river restoration (PDF)
      • Cobb County Stream Buffer Revegetation Guidelines (PDF)
       

      Tema 7: GIS and Remote Sensing for Fluvial Sementation and Landscape Assesment.

      • Magdaleno, F., Fernández, J.A. 2010. HYDROMORPHOLOGICAL ALTERATION OF A LARGE MEDITERRANEAN RIVER: RELATIVE ROLE OF HIGH AND LOW FLOWS ON THE EVOLUTION OF RIPARIAN FORESTS AND CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY. River Research and Applications. In press - Available on-line.
      • Hughes, M.L., McDowell, P.F., Marcus, W.A. 2006. ACCURACY ASSESSMENT OF GEORECTIFIED AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MEASURING LATERAL CHANNEL MOVEMENT IN A GIS. Geomorphology 74: 1-16.
      • Gurnell, A.M. 1997. Channel change on the River Dee Meanders, 1946–1992 from the analysis of air photographs. Regul. Rivers 13: 13–26.
      • Gurnell, A.M., Bickerton, M., Angold, P., Bell, D., Morrissey, I., Petts, G.E., Sadler, J. 1998. Morphological and ecological change on a meander bend: the role of hydrological processes and the application of GIS. Hydrol. Proc. 12: 981–993.
      • Mount, N.J., Louis, J., Teeuw, R.M., Zukowski, P.M., Stott, T. 2003.
        Estimation of error in bankfull width comparisons from temporally sequenced raw and corrected aerial photographs. Geomorphology 56: 65– 77.
      • Whited, D., Stanford, J.A., Kimball, J.S. 2002. Application of airborne multispectral digital imagery to quantify riverine habitats at different base flows. Regul. Rivers 18: 583–594.
      • Winterbottom, S.J. & Gilvear, D.J. 1997. Quantification of channel bed morphology in gravel-bed rivers using airborne multispectral imagery and aerial photography. Regul. Rivers 13: 489–500.
      • Winterbottom, S.J. & Gilvear, D.J. 2000. A GIS-based approach to mapping
        probabilities of river bank erosion: regulated River Tummel, Scotland. Regul. Rivers 16: 127–140. 
       

      Tema 8: Ecological Modelling.

      • Alonso, C., Gortázar, J. Baeza, D., García de Jalón, D. 2008. Dam function rules based on brown trout flow requirements: design of environmental flow regimes in regulated streams. Hydrobiologia, 609: 253-262. (PDF)
      • Alonso, C. García de Jalón, D. 2001. Bases para la ordenacion de la pesca en la cuenca del Alto Tormes (Avila). Limnetica, 20(2): 293-304. (PDF)
      • Alonso, C. Marchamalo, M. Aquatic Habitat Modelling. (PDF)
       

      Tema 11: River typology and Water Bodies characterization.

      • González del Tánago, Marta & García de Jalón, Diego. "Hierarchical Classification of Rivers: A proposal for eco-geomorphic characterization of Spanish rivers within the European Water Frame Directive". (PDF)
       

      Tema 12: Economic valuation of aquatic resources and environmental services.

      • R. Kerry Turner, Jouni Paavola, Philip Cooper, Stephen Farber, Valma Jessamy, Stavros Georgiou. "Vaulin nature: lessons learned and future research directions". (PDF)
      • Robert Costanza, Ralph d´Arge. Rudolf de Groot, Stephen Farbeck, Monica Grasso, Bruce Hannon, Karim Limburg, Shahid Naeem, Robert V. O´Neil, Jose Paruelo, Robert G. Raskin, Paul Sutton & Marjan van den Belt. "The value of the world´s ecosystem services and natural capital". (PDF)
       

      Tema 13: Public participation. Participatory Decision Making: Methods and Applications.

      • Diaz-Balteiro, Luis, Gonzalez-Pachon, Jacinto and Romero, Carlos (2009). "Forest management with multiple criteria and multiple stakeholders: An application to two public forest in Spain", Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research,24:1,87-93. (PDF)
      • Nordström, Eva-Maria, Romero, Carlos, Eriksson, Ljusk Ola and Öhman, Karin. "Aggregation fo preferences in participatory forest planning with multiple criteria: an application to the urban forest in Lycksele, Sweden.", NRC Research Press Web site at cjfr.nrc.ca on 15 October 2009. (PDF)
      • González-Pachón, Jacinto & Romero, Carlos. "Inferring consensus weights from pairwise comparison matrices without suitable properties". (PDF)
      • Linares, Pedro & Romero, Carlos. "Aggregation of preferences in an environmental economics context: a goal-programming approach". (PDF)
      • Marchamalo, Miguel & Romero, Carlos. "Participatory decision-making in land use planning: An application in Costa Rica". (PDF)
       

      Tema 15: Fisheries Management for angling .

       

      Tema 16: Stream degradation: detecting causes. Pollution. Flow Regulation. Chanalization.

      • García de Jalón, Diego. "The Spanish Experience in Determining Minimum Flow Regimes

        in Regulated Streams". (PDF)

       

      Tema 17: Principles on River Restoration. Strategies and Technics on Restoration.

      • M.A. Palmer, E.S. Bernhardt, J.D. Allan, P.S. Lake, G. Alexander, S. Brooks, J. Carr, S. Clayton, C.N Dahm, J. Follstad Shah, D.L. Galat, S.G. Loss, P. Goodwin, D.D. Hart, B. Hassett, R. Jenkinson, G.M.Kondolf, R. Lave, J.L. Meyer, T.K. O´Donnell, L. Pagano $ E. Sudduth"Standards for ecologically successful river restoration". (PDF)
      • Craig Fishchenich & James V. Morrow Jr. "Reconnection of Floodplains with Incised Channels". (PDF) 
       

      Tema 18: River Restoration Projects: design, structure and contents. Restoration Plans. Economic analysis. Social and Enviroment impacts.

      • Public and private compromises in agricultural water management (PDF)
       

      Tema 19: Habitat Improvement technics. Fluvial Simulation Models.

      • Gortázar, J., Alonso-González, C. & García de Jalón D. "Do current deflectors actually improve habitat in channel-like natural streams? A two-dimensional approach". (PDF)
      • Marchamalo, Miguel, Bejarano, María Dolores, García de Jalón, Diego and Martínez Marín, Rubén. "Fish habitat characterization and quantification using LIDAR and conventional topographic information in river survey. (PDF)
      • García de Jalón, Diego and Gortázar, Javier. "Evaluation of instream habitat enhancement options using fish habitat simulations: case-studies in the river Pas (Spain)". (PDF)
       

      Tema 20: Urban Rivers Restoration.

      • Zhao, Y.W., Yang, Z.F., Xu, F. "Theoretical framework of the urban river restoration planning". (PDF)

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    Lecture notes

    • Tema 1: The river and its valley. Geomorphology and Fluvial Dynamics.

      • Basic Fluvial Geomorphology. (PDF)
       

      Tema 2: Natural Flow regime characterization. Indicators of Hydrologycal Alteration.

      • Exercise. (PDF)
      • IAHRIS Methodologhy. (PDF)
      • IAHRIS Users Manual 1.0. (PDF)
      • Indicators of hidrologic alteration 1. (PDF)
      • Indicators of hidrologic alteration 2. (PDF)
       

      Tema 3:  Riparian systems and fluvial Floodplains

      • Riparian Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula. Composition and structure. (PDF)
       

      Tema 4:  Fluvial Ecology.

      • Biological components. Physical requeriments ecosystem functioning. Aquatic Habitat Evaluation. (PDF)
       

      Tema 5: Optimization Tools. Multicriteria decision analysis.

      • Multicriteria Decision Analysis for River Basin Management. (PDF)
      • XXII European Conference on Opertional Research. (PDF)
       

      Tema 6: Riparian Landscapes. Ecological Aesthetics. Artistic components in River restoration activities. Landscapes design. Feelings and perception on Rivers. Cultural hereditage.

      • Lanscape River Restoration. (PDF)
       

      Tema 7: GIS and Remote Sensing for Fluvial Sementation and Landscape Assesment.

      • Remote Sensing and GIS. (PDF)
      • Visual test. (PDF)
      • Landscape Preference Analysis. (PDF)
      • Tools for Landscape Assesment: Quantitative Analysis. (PDF)
      • Image Digital Analysis for River Segmentation and Biodiversity Assessment. (PDF)
       

      Tema 8: Ecological Modelling.

      • Aquatic Habitat Modelling. (PDF)
       

      Tema 9: Tools for Evaluating Fluvial Geomorphological Integrity and Riparian Vegetation Status.

      • Tools for Evaluating Fluvial Geomorphological Integrity. (PDF)
       

      Tema 10: Water Resources Planning. River uses management.

      • The use of fluvial resources and river ecosystems degradation. (PDF)
       

      Tema 11: River typology and Water Bodies characterization.

      • Spanish River Types. (XLS)
      • Natural flow regimes in rivers typology proposed in Spain. (PDF)
      • Typology of Rivers. (PDF)
       

      Tema 12: Economic valuation of aquatic resources and environmental services.

      • Economic Valuation of Environmental Goods and Services. (PDF)
      • Environmental Policy and Economic Valuation. (PDF)
       

      Tema 13: Public participation. Participatory Decision Making: Methods and Applications.

      • Participatory Decision Making. Case studies. (PDF)
       

      Tema 14: The evaluation of the ecological status. Analysis and Monitoring. Heavily modified rivers.

      • Assessing the ecological status of riparian systems. (PDF) 
       

      Tema 15: Fisheries Management for angling .

      • Angling and Sport Fisheries Management. (PDF)
       

      Tema 16: Stream degradation: detecting causes. Pollution. Flow Regulation. Chanalization.

      • Main pressures and impacts on rivers. (PDF)
       

      Tema 17: Principles on River Restoration. Strategies and Technics on Restoration

      • River Restoration: Principles and Practices. (PDF)
       

      Tema 18: River Restoration Projects: design, structure and contents. Restoration Plans. Economic analysis. Social and Enviroment impacts.

      • River Restoration Planning. (PDF)
      • River Basin Management Plans. (PDF)
       

      Tema 19: Habitat Improvement technics. Fluvial Simulation Models.

      • Introduction to the modeling methodologies of the Physical Habitat. (PDF)
       

      Tema 20: Urban Rivers Restoration.

      • Urban Stream Rehabilitation in Madrid (Spain). (PDF) 
       

      Tema 21: Case Histories: River Jarama (restoration), River Manzanares (rehabilitation) and Arroyo Pozuelo (urban strem cosmetics).

      • Jarama River Restoration Project (Valdetorres). (PDF)

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    Authors of material

    • departamento 
       

      Montes

      Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes
      Carlos Alonso González

      Profesor Titular Interino de Universidad
      U.D. Zoología y Entomología
      Departamento de Ingeniería Forestal
      ETSI Montes- UPM

      		 carlos_alonso_2

      Autor de:

      • 8. Ecological Modelling.
      Carlos Romero López

      Catedrático de Universidad
      U.D. Economía y legislación
      Departamento de Economía y Gestión Forestal
      ETSI Montes- UPM

      		 CarlosRomero

      Autor de:

      • 5. Optimization tools. Multicriteria decision analysis.
      • 12. Economic valuation of aquatic resources and environmental services.
      • 13. Public participation. Participatory Decision Making: Methods and Applications.
      Carolina Martínez Santa María

      Profesora Titular de Universidad
      U.D. Hidráulica e Hidrología
      Departamento de Ingeniería Forestal
      EUIT Forestal- UPM

      		 foto_carol

      Autora de:

      • 2. Natural flow regime characterization. Indicators of Hydrological Alteration.
      Casimiro Herruzo Martínez

      Catedrático de Universidad
      U.D. Economía y legislación
      Departamento de Economía y Gestión Forestal
      ETSI Montes- UPM

      		 casimiro

      Autor de:

      Diego García de Jalón Lastra

      Catedrático Universitario
      U.D. Zoología y Entomología
      Departamento de Ingeniería Forestal
      ETSI Montes- UPM

      		 diegogarciajalon

       

      • 4. Fluvial ecology. Biological components. Physical requirements for the ecosystem functioning. Aquatic Habitat Evaluation.
      • 10. Water Resources Planning. River uses management.
      • 11. River typology and Water Bodies characterization.
      • 14. The evaluation of the ecological status. Analysis and Monitoring. Heavily modified rivers.
      • 16. Stream degradation: detecting causes. Pollution. Flow Regulation. Chanalization.
      • 18. Principles on River Restoration. Strategies and Technics on Restoration.
      • 20. Habitat Improvement technics. Fluvial Simulation Models.
      • 22. Case Histories: River Jarama (restoration), River Manzanares (rehabilitation) and Arroyo Pozuelo (urban stream cosmetics).
      Fernando Torrent Bravo

      Profesor Asociado de Universidad
      U.D. Industrias Forestales y Acuicultura
      Departamento de Ingeniería Forestal
      ETSI Montes- UPM

      		 foto_torrent

      Autor de:

      • 15. Fisheries Management for angling.
      Ignacio García-Amorena Gómez del Moral

      Profesor Ayudante
      U.D. Botánica
      Departamento de Silvopascicultura
      ETSI Montes- UPM

      		 ignacio

      Autor de:

      • 3. Riparian systems and fluvial Floodplains. Riparian vegetation: composition, structure and function.
      Joaquín Solana Gutiérrez

      Catedrático de Universidad
      U.D. Estadística Aplicada e Investigación Operativa
      Departamento de Economía y Gestión Forestal
      ETSI Montes- UPM

      		 solana

      Autor de:

      • 7. GIS and Remote Sensing for Fluvial Segmentation and Landscpe Assessment.
      Marta González del Tánago del Río

      Profesora Titular de Universidad
      U.D. Hidráulica e Hidrología
      Departamento de Ingeniería Forestal
      ETSI Montes- UPM

      		 MartaGonzales

      Autora de:

      • 1. The river and its valley. Geomorphology and Fluvial Dynamics.
      • 14. The evaluation of the ecological status. Analysis and Monitoring. Heavily modified rivers.
      • 18. Principles on River Restoration. Strategies and Technics on Restoration.
      • 19. River Restoration Projects: design, structure and contents. Restoration Plans. Economic analysis. Social and Environmental impacts.
      • 21. Urban rivers restoration.
      • 22. Case Histories: River Jarama (restoration), River Manzanares (rehabilitation) and Arroyo Pozuelo (urban strem cosmetics).
      Miguel Marchamalo Sacristán

      Profesor Titular de Universidad
      U.D. Laboratorio de Topografía y Telemática
      Departamento de Ingeniería y Morfología del Terreno
      ETSI Caminos, Canales y Puertos- UPM

      		 marchamalo 

      Autor de:

      • 8. Ecological Modelling.
      • 9. Tools for Evaluating Fluvial Geomorphological Integrity and Riparian Vegetation Status.
      • 13. Public participation. Participatory Decision Making: Methods and Applications.
      Rafael Escribano Bombín

      Profesor Titular de Universidad
      U.D. Planificación y Proyectos
      Departamento de Proyectos y Planificación Rural
      ETSI Montes-UPM

      		 rafael

      Autor de:

      • 6. Riparian landscapes. Ecologycal Aesthetics. Artistic components in river restoration activities. Landscape design. Feeling and perception on rivers. Cultural hereditage.
      Silvia Merino de Miguel

      Profesora Titular de Universidad Interina
      U.D. Topografía
      Departamento de Construcción y Vías Rurales
      EUIT Forestal- UPM

      		 foto_silvia_gate1

      Autora de:

      • 7. GIS and Remote Sensing for Fluvial Segmentation and Landscape Assessment.
      Leonor Rodríguez

      Autora de:

      • 17. Management and Plans for Irrigation Developments.