River Restoration: Political, Social, and Economic Perspectives

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 What are the Political, Social, and Economic Issues in River Restoration? Genealogy and Current Research Issues
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Genealogy of research on societal issues in river restoration
1.3 A scientific community organized regionally and occasionally around river restoration projects
1.4
1.5 A diversity of researchers’ positions with regard to operational action
1.6 A book to share a diversity of societal approaches in the field of river restoration
Notes
References
Part 2 People–River Relationships: From Ethics to Politics
Chapter 2 Ethics of River Restoration: the Imitationist Paradigm
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Three challenges of river restoration
2.3 Restoration ecology as a type of biomimicry
2.4 Conclusions
Notes
References
Chapter 3 Restoring Sociocultural Relationships with Rivers: experiments in Fluvial Pluralism
3.1 Introduction
3.2 What is river restoration?
3.3 Placing river restoration in its biophysical and sociocultural contexts
3.4 Emerging approaches to knowing and valuing rivers differently in Aotearoa New Zealand
3.5 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Chapter 4 Political Ecology and River Restoration
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Political ecology: a critical approach to environmental issues
4.3 Political ecology and river restoration
4.4 Restoring the ecological continuity of rivers: controversies involving different meanings of the river
4.5 Conclusions: What does political ecology have to offer river restoration?
Notes
References
Part 3 Governance and Power Relationships Between Stakeholders
Chapter 5 The Policy and Social Dimension of Restoration Thinking: Paying Greater Attention to “Interdependency” in Restoration Governing Practice
5.1 Introduction
5.2 River restoration and the importance of interdependencies between public policies and between public and private rights
5.3 River restoration and interdependencies in territorial construction
5.4 River restoration and interdependencies of sciences and knowledge forms
5.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 6 From Public Policies to Projects: Factors of Success and Diversity Through a Comparative Approach
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Toward a multifunctional, ecosystem-based paradigm for river restoration
6.3 Political factors that determine river restoration
6.4 Field-testing the river restoration new paradigm: from operation acceptance to rejection
6.5 Conclusions
Notes
References
Chapter 7 How to Better Involve Stakeholders in River Restoration Projects: The Case of Small Dam Removals
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The role of stakeholders in dam removal in two different institutional contexts
7.3 From the involvement of the stakeholders to the enrichment of the project
7.4 Some key points to improve stakeholders’ involvement
7.5 Conclusions
Notes
References
Chapter 8 Letting the Political Dimension of Participation in River Restoration have its Space
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Participation and river restorations
8.3 Participation in Swiss river management
8.4 Processes of depoliticization at work
8.5 Recommendations for taking into account the political dimension of participation
8.6 Conclusions
References
Part 4 Evaluation of Socioeconomic Effects
Chapter 9 What is the Total Economic Value of River Restoration and Why is it Important?
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Defining and valuing the total economic value of river restoration
9.3 Estimation and application of river restoration total economic value
9.4 Conclusions
Notes
References
Chapter 10 Valuation of Ecosystem Services to Assess River Restoration Projects
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Analytical framework of ecosystem services valuation
10.3 Case studies of ecosystem services valuations in river restoration project assessments
10.4 Case studies analysis: valuation of ES for assessing river restoration projects
10.5 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Chapter 11 Public Perspectives of River Restoration Projects
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Theoretical foundations of public perspectives
11.3 Two empirical examples of how to include residents’ perspectives
11.4 Conclusions and Implications
Acknowledgments
References
Part 5 Diversity of Methods, Diversity of Knowledge
Chapter 12 Social Surveys: Methods for Taking into Account Actors’ Practices and Perceptions in River Restoration
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Survey methods for studying the social dimensions of river restoration
12.3 Choosing between interviews and questionnaires for river restoration surveys
12.4 Conclusions
Notes
References
Chapter 13 Documents on River Restoration: Temporal and Spatial Analyses of Written Discourses
13.1 Introduction
13.2 What kind of documentary material can be used for what purpose?
13.3 What are the methods of documentary analysis and what results do they produce?
13.4 When to use a documentary approach? The pros and cons compared to survey methods
13.5 Conclusions
Notes
References
Chapter 14 Participatory Approaches: Principles and Practices for River Restoration Projects
14.1 Introduction
14.2 What are good practice principles for participatory river restoration?
14.3 What methods could be used for participatory river restoration?
14.4 Conclusions
References
Chapter 15 Economic Benefits: Operationalizing their Valuation in River Restoration Projects
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Main phases of a valuation study and points of attention
15.3 Conclusions
Note
References
Part 6 Conclusions
Chapter 16 Social, Economic, and Political Stakes of River Restoration: : A Dynamic Research Field Facing Several Challenges to Strengthen Links with Practitioners
16.1 Humanities and social sciences now fully engaged within the field of restoration
16.2 Analysis of people–river relationships: from ethics to politics
16.3 Understanding of governance and power relationships between stakeholders
16.4 Evaluation of socioeconomic effects of river restoration projects
16.5 Strengthening collaborations between HSS and restoration stakeholders
Notes
References
Index
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