Perspectives on the potential for reconciliation ecology in urban riverscapes

摘要: Urban riverscapes represent some of the most heavily engineered and degraded freshwater ecosystems in world, offer limited opportunities for restoration or rehabilitation because continued anthropogenic use. The future maintaining biodiversity ecological quality may rest with incorporation novel techniques habitat creation improvement into management such systems, to reconcile requirements ecosystem resource This emerging field is termed ‘reconciliation ecology’ its principles be particularly relevant urban riverscapes. review firstly draws a distinction between river on one hand reconciliation ecology other, before reviewing key factors relating possible methods riverscapes, within context ecology. Examples are mainly drawn from UK, but can have international applications. Although relatively unexplored at present time, this represents useful research area that engender collaborations researchers practitioners regions.