Ecological restoration has grown rapidly and now encompasses not only classic ecological
theory but also utilitarian concerns, such as preparedness for climate change and …

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 …

Extensive degradation of ecosystems, combined with the increasing demands placed on the
goods and services they provide, is a major driver of biodiversity loss on a global scale. In …

River management based solely on physical science has proven to be unsustainable and
unsuccessful, evidenced by the fact that the problems this approach intended to solve (eg …

River restoration is at the forefront of applied hydrologic science. However, many river
restoration projects are conducted with minimal scientific context. We propose two themes …

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 …

Despite some highly visible projects that have resulted in environmental benefits, recent
efforts to quantify the number and distribution of river restoration projects revealed a paucity …

Next year will mark the 20th anniversary of Jim Gore's seminal text on The Restoration of
Rivers and Streams: Theories and Experience (Gore, 1985). At the time of its publication …

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 …

Stream ecosystems are increasingly impacted by multiple stressors that lead to a loss of
sensitive species and an overall reduction in diversity. A dominant paradigm in ecological …