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Experimental Rehabilitation of Three Concrete, Urban Stretches Streams Through Biophilic Interventions Designed: Environmental Evaluations
(2021-01-01)
In this study, we assumed that river rehabilitation refers to a set of ecological and managing actions aimed to recuperate the natural conditions of a river system to sustain biodiversity, permit recreational uses, manage ...
On site flotation for recovering polluted aquatic systems: is it a feasible solution for a Brazilian urban river?
(IWA PUBLISHING, 2010)
Pinheiros River (Brazil) plays a pivotal role in supplying water to Billings Reservoir, which presents multiple uses (human drinking, energy generation, irrigation, navigation, fishing and leisure) An intense monitoring ...
Urban Water. Venezuela
(Urban Water Challenges in the Americas. Perspectives from the Academies of Sciences, 2015)
Environmental diagnosis of an urban basin from a social–ecological perspective
(Elsevier, 2019-08)
The critical factor in restoration and conservation of urban streams and their catchments is the human population, however the most of studies of urban ecosystems do not present social descriptors as concrete variables of ...
Water quality index including periphyton chlorophyll-a in forested urban watersheds from Tierra del Fuego (Argentina)
(Elsevier Science, 2021-07)
The city of Ushuaia, Argentina, has experienced a rapid and unorganized population growth with possible consequences on the dynamics and functioning of urban lotic ecosystems. Urban expansion was not largely accompanied ...
Water quality assessment of a polluted urban river
(Inderscience Publishers, 2013-10)
Urban rivers in Latin America are heavily impacted by human activities that affect their functions and services. This paper shows the results of a water quality assessment for the Reconquista River, the second most polluted ...