Browsing Theses by Subject "river restoration"
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Achieving contrapuntal balance at a lake outlet: Restoring salmon spawning habitat with gravel augmentation design
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-09)The degradation of gravel bed rivers in logging and climate-impacted watersheds has led to an increase in salmonid habitat conservation and restoration efforts. Gravel augmentation is one such technique that seeks to restore ... -
Bedload sediment transport regimes of urban gravel-bed rivers under different management scenarios
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-09)Watershed urbanization profoundly alters the hydrologic characteristics of urban rivers compared to their rural counterparts. This change in hydrologic conditions in combination with alterations to the sediment supply ... -
WaterWoven: Living on the margins in the Roncador River region, Brazil
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-20)Informal settlements located on river edges in impoverished Brazilian urban peripheries, such as the Roncador River region in Duque de Caxias city, have been increasingly suffering from the effects of more intense urban ...