River Restoration

River Restoration River restoration initiatives are now widespread across the world. The research efforts undertaken to support them are increasingly interdisciplinary, focusing on ecological, chemical, physical as well as societal issues. River Restoration: Political, Social, and Economic Perspectives provides a comprehensive overview of research in the field of river restoration in humanities and the social sciences. It illustrates how, in the last thirty years or so, such approaches have evolved and strengthened within the restoration sciences. The scientific community working in this domain has structured itself, often regionally and circumstantially, to critically assess and improve restoration policies and practices. As a research field, river restoration tackles three thematic axes: Human-river interactions – especially perceptions and practices of rivers, and how these interactions can be changed by restoration projects Political processes, with a particular interest in governance and decision-making, and a specific emphasis on the question of public participation in restoration projects Evaluation of the social and economic benefits of river restoration River Restoration: Political, Social, and Economic Perspectives encompasses these three topics, and more, to provide the reader with the most up-to-date and holistic view of this constantly evolving area. The book will be of particular interest to human and social scientists, biophysical scientists (hydrologists, geomorphologists, ecologists), environmental scientists, public policy makers, design or planning officers, and anyone working in the field of river restoration.

Series Foreword vii Acknowledgments viii List of Contributors ix Part I Introduction 1 1 What are the Political, Social, and Economic Issues in River Restoration? Genealogy and Current Research Issues 3 Marylise Cottet, Bertrand Morandi, and Hervé Piégay Part II People–River Relationships: From Ethics to Politics 49 2 Ethics of River Restoration: The Imitationist Paradigm 51 Henry Dicks 3 Restoring Sociocultural Relationships with Rivers: Experiments in Fluvial Pluralism 66 Dan Hikuroa, Gary Brierley, Marc Tadaki, Brendon Blue, and Anne Salmond 4 Political Ecology and River Restoration 89 Jamie Linton Part III Governance and Power Relationships Between Stakeholders 107 5 The Policy and Social Dimension of Restoration Thinking: Paying Greater Attention to “Interdependency” in Restoration Governing Practice 109 Caitriona Carter , Gabrielle Bouleau, and Sophie Le Floch 6 From Public Policies to Projects: Factors of Success and Diversity Through a Comparative Approach 128 Catherine Carré, Jean-Paul Haghe, and Pere Vall-Casas 7 How to Better Involve Stakeholders in River Restoration Projects: The Case of Small Dam Removals 147 Marie-Anne Germaine, Ludovic Drapier, Laurent Lespez, and Beth Styler-Barry 8 Letting the Political Dimension of Participation in River Restoration have its Space 169 Nora S. Buletti, Franziska E. Ruef, and Olivier Ejderyan Part IV Evaluation of Socioeconomic Effects 189 9 What is the Total Economic Value of River Restoration and Why is it Important? 191 John C. Bergstrom and John B. Loomis 10 Valuation of Ecosystem Services to Assess River Restoration Projects 210 Xavier Garcia, Stefanie Müller, and Matthias Buchecker 11 Public Perspectives of River Restoration Projects 233 Riyan van den Born, Bernadette van Heel, Kerstin Böck, Arjen Buijs, and Matthias Buchecker Part V Diversity of Methods, Diversity of Knowledge 253 12 Social Surveys: Methods for Taking into Account Actors’ Practices and Perceptions in River Restoration 255 Caroline Le Calvez, Silvia Flaminio, Marylise Cottet, and Bertrand Morandi 13 Documents on River Restoration: Temporal and Spatial Analyses of Written Discourses 273 Emeline Comby, Bertrand Morandi, Yves-François Le Lay, Silvia Flaminio, and Helena Zemp 14 Participatory Approaches: Principles and Practices for River Restoration Projects 294 Alba Juárez-Bourke and Kirsty L. Blackstock 15 Economic Benefits: Operationalizing their Valuation in River Restoration Projects 308 Sylvie Morardet Part VI Conclusions 333 16 Social, Economic, and Political Stakes of River Restoration: A Dynamic Research Field Facing Several Challenges to Strengthen Links with Practitioners 335 Marylise Cottet, Bertrand Morandi, and Hervé Piégay Index 351