Management of Fluvial Ecosystems
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.
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)