Things we can do now that we could not do before: Developing and using a cross-scalar, state-wide database to support geomorphologically-informed river management.

ABSTRACT: A fundamental premise of river management is that practitioners understand the resource they are working with. In river management this requires that baseline information is available on the structure, function, health and trajectory of rivers. Such information provides the basis to contextualise, to plan, to be proactive, to prioritise, to set visions, to set goals and to undertake objective, pragmatic, transparent and evidence-based decision making. In this paper we present the State-wide NSW River Styles database, the largest and most comprehensive dataset of geomorphic river type, condition and recovery potential available in Australia. The database is an Open Access product covering over 216,600 km of stream length in an area of 802,000 km2. The availability of the database presents u

SUBMITTER: Fryirs K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7822514 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature