Sediment loads and processes in large rivers

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摘要 Thepressureandimpactonlargerivershaveincreasedgreatlyinrecentyears,asaconsequenceoftheirexploitationtomeetvarioushumanneeds.Largeriversareparticularlyexposedtoproblemsofmultipleuses,oftenwithconflictingaims.Attheglobalscaleriversystemsareincreasinglyalteredbydams,leadingtointerruptionofcontinuityandadisruptedsedimentregime,whichresultsinfar-reachingproblems.Thesechallengespointalsototheneedformoreintegratedmanagementapproachesandconsiderationofcatchment-riverinteractionsemphasizinglandusemanagementandeffectsoftheseuses.Attheglobalscale,thereiscurrentlynooverviewassessmentofthecurrentstatusoftheworld’slargerivers,theconflictingdemandsonsuchrivers,andlikelyfutureanthropogenicimpacts,aswellasthepotentialforrestoration,improvementsinintegratedmanagementandtheassociatedproblemscausedbytheirmultipleuses.ThespecialissueintheInternationalJournalofSedimentResearchon"Sedimentloadsandprocessesinlargerivers"aimstoprovideaglobalforumforawide-rangingdiscussionofkeyissuesrelatedtoresearchonlargeriversandtotheireffectiveandsustainablemanagement,involvingbothscientistsanddecisionmakers.Thesequenceofpapersinthespecialissuehighlightsthecurrentsituationindifferentriversystemswithregardtomorphodynamicreactionsof
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出版日期 2013年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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