River restoration is one of the most prominent areas of applied water‐resources science.
From an initial focus on enhancing fish habitat or river appearance, primarily through …

The rivers of the world are undergoing accelerated change in the Anthropocene, and need
to be managed at much broader spatial and temporal scales than before. Fluvial remote …

Abstract The Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC (WFD) is widely accepted as the most
substantial and ambitious piece of European environmental legislation to date. It has been …

The European Water Framework Directive (WFD), which was adopted in 2000, changed
water management in all member states of the European Union fundamentally, putting …

The natural wood regime forms the third leg of a tripod of physical processes that supports
river science and management, along with the natural flow and sediment regimes. The wood …

Ecological restoration is key to counteracting anthropogenic degradation of biodiversity and
to reducing disaster risk. However, there is limited knowledge of barriers hindering the wider …

A new index has been developed for the hydromorphological assessment of Italian rivers.
The method was designed to comply with the EU Water Framework Directive requirements …

Legacies are persistent changes in natural systems resulting from human activities.
Legacies that affect river ecosystems can result from human alterations outside of the river …

River hydromorphology has long been subjected to huge anthropogenic pressures with
severe negative impacts on related ecosystems' functioning and water quality. Therefore …

Riparian vegetation is a central component of the hydrosystem. As such, it is often subject to
management practices that aim to influence its ecological, hydraulic or hydrological …