About the course

• presentations by students of proposals, progress reports, and/or results of their independent thesis research projects, and
• reviews of recently published research papers in the field.

Course Requirements

2) Review recent issues of a specific journal for all papers relevant to environmental river planning, management, and restoration, prepare a 1-2 page annotated bibliography (full citations with annotations of methods and major findings), and present your review to the class. Discuss one or more papers of particular interest.
 

Spring 2006: The EU Water Framework Directive and Restoration of European Rivers

This semester the LA228 seminar focused on understanding the EU Water Framework Directive (2000) and its implications for river management and restoration in Europe.  The WFD represents a bold change in river management, emphasizing catchment-scale approaches and requiring member states to make substantial progress towards improving water quality and aquatic ecology in their rivers by 2015.  River basin plans are now being completed.  For students of river management and restoration in North America, the WFD represents the implementation of many recommendations that have been made for American rivers for over a century, but which have generally not occurred because of institutional and political barriers.  Students read the text of the WFD, scholarly articles on the WFD, and participated in seminars by scholars involved in the development and implementation of the WFD.

Guest Lectures:
Giorgis Kallis, University of the Aegean, Athens
Hervé Piégay, CNRS, Lyon France
Klaus Lanz, International Water Affairs, Hamburg, Germany
Marta Tanaga Gonzales, Technical University of Madrid