River restoration is a rapidly maturing focus of scientific and practitioner activity, which draws
on a long history of intervention in watercourses for varied economic and social reasons …

Freshwater ecosystems and their biota are more seriously threatened than their marine and
terrestrial counterparts. A solution to halt increasing negative impacts of anthropogenic …

In the last two decades river restoration has become increasingly a field of research asking a
series of complex questions related not just to science but also to society. Why should we …

This paper is a comprehensive and updated overview of river restoration and covers all
relevant aspects from drivers of restoration, linkages between hydromorphology and biota …

Globally, ecosystems have suffered from anthropogenic stressors as we enter the sixth mass
extinction within the Anthropocene. In response, the UN has declared 2020–2030 the …

Aquatic species living in running waters are widely acknowledged to be vulnerable to
climate‐induced, thermal and hydrological fluctuations. Climate changes can interact with …

River restoration or improvement is widely practiced in cities around the world to promote
sustainable urban development. However, post-project evaluation is not commonly …

Evidence for successful restoration of riverine communities is scarce, particularly for benthic
invertebrates. Among the multitude of reasons discussed so far for the lack of observed …

Frameworks for assessing geomorphic river condition constitute a core part of the river
management process, providing a critical platform for environmental decision‐making and …

The degradation of aquatic habitats through decades of human activities has lead to large
efforts to restore and rehabilitate freshwater habitats for fisheries and aquatic resources in …