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River restoration ‘quick-wins’ – getting the best flow for your florin

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Trevor Bond

It’s not all about Manning’s n and Navier-Stokes. . Trevor Bond explains that a fair amount of good river restoration can be done without a calculator. Continue reading →

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River restoration: Part 2 – What you shouldn’t do

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Trevor Bond

Originally posted on The Geography and Environment postgraduate blog:
We’ve seen what you should do in terms of river restoration in our last post. Now, what shouldn’t you do? What are the things that cause river restoration schemes to fail?…

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River restoration: Part 1 – What you should do

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Trevor Bond

Originally posted on The Geography and Environment postgraduate blog:
River restoration was recently described to me as being more of an art than a science. Well, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that it is a somewhat subjective practice. That isn’t to say we…

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