Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/30944
Title: Eco-geomorphology: an interdisciplinary approach to river science
Contributor(s): Thoms, Martin C  (author)orcid ; Parsons, Melissa  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2002
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/30944
Abstract: Eco-geomorphology is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of river systems that integrates hydrology, fluvial geomorphology and ecology. This approach facilitates a new understanding of river systems by bridging dominant paradigms from individual disciplines. Each discipline views river systems from a spatial and temporal perspective, but we suggest that one of the main impediments to further expansion of intterdisciplinary study is the mismatch of scales between disciplines. A hierarchical and integrative framework for interdisciplinary study is required and would overcomes scale issues by matching a problem with a river system process to identify causal explanations at the correct spatial and temporal scales. We use the example of enviromnental flows to demonstrate the utility of an eco-geomorphological approach for identification of characteristic scales of hydrological, geomorphological and ecological influence in the Condamine-Balonne River.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: IAHS International Symposium 2002: International Association of Hydrological Sciences International Symposium, Alice Springs, Australia, 2nd - 6th September, 2002
Source of Publication: The Structure, Function and Management Implications of Fluvial Sedimentary Systems, p. 113-119
Publisher: International Association of Hydrological Sciences
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 370999 Physical geography and environmental geoscience not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 180399 Fresh, ground and surface water systems and management not elsewhere classified
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/474781500
Series Name: IAHS publication
Series Number : 276
Appears in Collections:Conference Publication
Institute for Rural Futures
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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