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)