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Manuals
Biodiversity by Design Ltd, Salix River and Wetlands Services Ltd, Beckett Rankine Ltd and EcoSchemes Ltd (2009)
Estuary Edges: Ecological Design Guidance
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Brookes A. & Shields F. D., Jnr (eds) (1996)
River Channel Restoration - Guiding Principles for Sustainable Projects
John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (433pp)
ISBN - 0471961396

Brooks A (2006)
Design guideline for the reintroduction of wood into Australian streams
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Calow P. & Petts G. (eds) (1992)
The Rivers Handbook - Hydrological and Ecological Principles, Volume 1
Blackwell Scientific
ISBN - 0632028327

Calow P. & Petts G. (eds) (1994)
The Rivers Handbook - Hydrological and Ecological Principles, Volume 2
Blackwell Scientific (536pp)
ISBN - 0632029854

DVWK (2002)
Fish Passes - Design, dimensions and monitoring
Food and Agriculture Organisation
ISBN - 95 5 104894 0
(Held at RRC)

Eades P, Bardsley L, Giles N & Crofts A (2005)
Wetlands Restoration Manual
The Wildlife Trusts
ISBN - 0-902484-92-3
(Held at RRC)

Environment Agency (1999)
Rivers and Wetlands Best Practice Guidelines
Environment Agency
(Held at RRC)

Federal Interagency Stream Restoration Working Group (FISRWG) (1998)
Stream Corridor Restoration: Principals, Processes and Practices
Available online

Fisher K.R. (1995)
Manual of Sediment Transport in Rivers
HR Wallingford
HR Wallingford
(Held at RRC)

Fisher, K. & Ramsbottom D. (2001)
River Diversions - A Design Guide
HR Wallingford, DTLR (192pp)
ISBN - 072772959

Fisher, K. R. (2001)
Handbook for assessment of hydraulic performance of environmental channels
HR Wallingford ref: SR490
HR Wallingford Bookshop
(Held at RRC)

HA Wolters, M Platteeuw, MM Schoor (2001)
Guidelines for Rehabilitation & Management of Floodplains

ISBN - ISSN 1568-234X
(Held at RRC)

Hendry K. & Cragg-Hine D. (1996)
Restoration of Riverine Salmon Habitats; A Guidance Manual
Fisheries Technical Manual 1, R&D: Technical Report W144, Environment Agency
Environment Agency Publications
01454 624400
(Held at RRC)

Kirby, P. (1992)
Habitat Management For Invertebrates: A practical handbook
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
ISBN - 0-903138-55-7
(Held at RRC)

Lovett S. & Price P. (eds) (1999)
Riparian Land Management Technical Guidelines, Volume 1: Principles of Sound Management and Review of legislation relating to Riparian Management
Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation (181pp)
ISBN - 0642267731
(Held at RRC)

Lovett S. & Price P. (eds) (1999)
Riparian Land Management Technical Guidelines, Volume 2: On-ground Management Tools and Techniques
Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation (122pp)
ISBN - 064226774X
(Held at RRC)

Newbury R.W. & Gaboury M.N. (1993)
Stream Analysis and Fish Habitat Design: A Field Manual
Newbury Hydraulics Ltd., Manitoba, Canada (256pp)
ISBN - 0969689101

NRA (1995)
River Habitat Survey - Field Methodology Guidance Manual
NRA
(Held at RRC)

Nunnally N, Douglas S (1985)
Incorporation of environmental features in flood control projects
US Army Corps of Engineers
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Nuttall, P.M., Boon A.G., & Rowell, M. (1997)
Review of the design and management of constructed wetlands
CIRIA
(Held at RRC)

P J Boon, NTH Holmes, P S Maitland & T A Rowell (1996)
SERCON: System for Evaluating Rivers for Conservation: Version 1 manual

ISBN - 1350-3103
(Held at RRC)

Rickard C., Day R. & Purseglove J. (2003)
River Weirs - Good Practice Guide

ISBN - 1 84432 142 8
(Held at RRC)

Rutherford I.D., Jerie K. and Marsh N. (2000)
A Rehabilitation Manual for Australian Streams
Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology, Land and Water Resources Research and Development Council
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Rutherfurd I.D., Jerie K., & Marsh N. (2000)
A Rehabilitation Manual for Australian Streams Volume 2
Land & Water Resources Research & Development Corporation
ISBN - Land & Water Resources Research & Development Corporation
(Held at RRC)

Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (2000)
Ponds, Pools and Lochans - Guidance on Good Practice in the Management and Creation of Small Waterbodies in Scotland
SEPA, Stirling (78pp)
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (2000)
Watercourses in the Community - A Guide to Sustainable Watercourse Managment in the Urban Environment
SEPA, Stirling (52pp)
Available online
(Held at RRC)

SEPA (2002)
Managing River Habitats for Fisheries - a guide to best practice

ISBN - 1 901322 23 8
(Held at RRC)

SEPA (2000)
Ponds, pools & lochans

ISBN - 1-901322-16-5
(Held at RRC)

Soar P.J. & Thorne C.R. (2001)
Channel Restoration Design for Meandering Rivers
US Army Corps of Engineers
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Summers D.W., Giles N. & Willis D.J. (1996)
Restoration of Riverine Trout Habitats; A Guidance Manual
R&D Technical Report W18, Environment Agency, Bristol
Environment Agency Publications 01454 624400
(Held at RRC)

The River Restoration Centre (1999/2002)
Manual of Techniques
Arca Press Ltd.
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Wild Trout Trust (2009)
The Chalkstream Habitat Manual
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Wild Trout Trust (2006)
The Wild Trout Trust Survival Guide - Habitat and fishery management guidelines
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Wolfert H.L. (2001)
Geomorphological Change and River Rehabilitation - Case studies on Lowland Fluvial Systems in the Netherlands
Alterra Green World Research, Wageningen
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Reference
American Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (2002)
Urban Rivers Restoration Initiative
Available online

Andel, J & Aronson, J (2006)
Restoration Ecology
Blackwell Scientific (320pp)
ISBN - 0-632-05834-X
(Held at RRC)

Bailey R.G, Jose P.V and Sherwood B.R (eds) (1998)
United Kingdom Floodplains
Westbury Academic and Scientific Publishing, Otley, West Yorkshire, (504pp)
ISBN - 1841030007

Boon P., Calow P. & Petts G. (1992)
River Conservation and Management
John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (470pp)
ISBN - 471929468

Boon P.J., Davies B. R., Petts G. E. (eds) (2000)
Global Perspectives on River Conservation: Science, Policy and Practice
John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (548pp)
ISBN - 0471960624

Brookes A. (1983)
River Channelization in England & Wales: Downstream consequences for channel morphology and aquatic vegetation
University of Southampton, unpublished Ph.D thesis (446pp)
Contact RRC
(Held at RRC)

Carling P.A. & Petts G.E. (Eds) (1992)
Lowland Floodplain Rivers: A geomorphological perspective
John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (318pp)
ISBN - 0471931195

Chow V.T. (1959)
Open Channel Hydraulics
McGraw-Hill
ISBN - 07-010776-9

Cowx I. G. (2000)
Management and Ecology of River Fisheries
Fishing News Books Ltd (384pp)
ISBN - 0852382502

Cowx I.G. & Welcomme R.L. (eds) (1998)
Rehabilitation of Rivers for Fish
Blackwell Scientific (304pp)
ISBN - 0852382472

Crichton D. (2005)
Flood Risk & Insurance in England and Wales: Are there lessons to be learned from Scotland?
Hazard Research Centre Technical Paper
Available online

Crisp D. T. (2000)
Trout and Salmon - Ecology, Conservation and Rehabilitation
Fishing News Books Ltd (256pp)
ISBN - 0852382561

De Waal L.C., Large A.R.G. and Wade P.M. (eds) (1998)
Rehabilitation of Rivers - Principles and Implementation
John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (344pp)
ISBN - 0471957534

Environment Agency (1996)
Understanding Buffer Strips
Environment Agency Publications
01454 624400

Environment Agency (1998)
Understanding Riverbank Erosion
Environment Agency Publications
01454 624400

Environment Agency (1999)
Waterway Bank Protection: A Guide to Erosion Assessment and Management
R&D Publication 11, The Stationary Office (pp105)
ISBN - 0113101600
(Held at RRC)

Environment Agency (2000)
River Rehabilitation - Practical Aspects from 16 Case Studies
Environment Agency Publications
01454 624400

Environment Agency (1999)
The Role of Bankside Habitat in River Ecology
R&D Publication W198, The Stationary Office
ISBN - 1857050800

Environment Agency (2006)
Bringing your rivers back to life: a strategy for restoring rivers in North London
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Environment Agency (2001)
South London River Restoration Strategy
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Environment Agency (2008)
London Rivers Action Plan
River Restoration Centre
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Environment Agency (1999)
Enhancing the environment - 25 Case studies from Thames Region

ISBN - TH-4/99-2k-B-BEKF
(Held at RRC)

Environment Agency (2000)
The Use of Temporary Structures to Revitalise River Habitats
Environment Agency
(Held at RRC)

Environment Agency (2003)
Guidance for the control of invasive weeds in or near fresh water
Environment Agency
(Held at RRC)

European Environmental Agency. Technical Report No. 25 (1999)
Environmental Indicators: topology and overview
Available online

Everard M. (2005)
Water Meadows
Forrest Text (289pp)
ISBN - 0-95507-401-0
(Held at RRC)

Federal Interagency Stream Restoration Working Group (FISRWG) (1998)
Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes and Practices
Available online

Fitter R, Manuel R ()
Lakes, Rivers, Streams & Ponds

ISBN - 0 00 219999 8
(Held at RRC)

Frazier, S. (1999)
Ramsar Sites - a Synopsis of the Worlds Wetlands of International Importance

ISBN - 1 900442 19 1
(Held at RRC)

Gordon N, McMarhon T, Finlayson B, Gippel C, Nathan R (2007)
Stream Hydrology - An introduction for ecologists

ISBN - 0-470-84358-6
(Held at RRC)

Gurnell A.M. & Petts G.E. (Eds) (1995)
Changing River Channels
John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (460pp)
ISBN - 0471957275

Hans Ole Hansen (1996)
River Restoration - Danish experience & examples
Ministry of Environment & Energy, Denmark
ISBN - 87-7772-279-5
(Held at RRC)

Harper D.M. & Ferguson A.J.D. (eds) (1995)
The Ecological Basis for River Management
John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (544pp)
ISBN - 047195151X
(Held at RRC)

Haslam SM (2006)
River plants

ISBN - 09550740 40 5
(Held at RRC)

Hawk C. & Jose P. (1996)
Reedbed Management for Commercial and Wildlife Interests
RSPB, Sandy (212pp)
ISBN - 0903138816
(Held at RRC)

Heathcote, J., Martin, D., Petts, G. (2002)
Urban Rivers: Our Inheritance and Future

ISBN - 1900222221
(Held at RRC)

Holdich D, Sibley P (2002)
Management and conservation of crayfish
EA, EMEC Ecology
Environment Agency
(Held at RRC)

Holmes N.T.H. (1998)
A Review of River Rehabilitation in the UK 1990-1996
Environment Agency R&D Technical Report W175
Environment Agency Publications
01454 624400
(Held at RRC)

Institute of Civil Engineers (1998)
Liquid Assets - Making the Most of our Urban Watercourses
Westminster (15pp)
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Kirkby M.J. (ed) (1994)
Process Models and Theoretical Geomorphology
John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (440pp)
ISBN - 0471941042

Land & Water Australia (2006)
Managing rivers, streams and creeks - A wool growers guide

ISBN - PX051003
(Held at RRC)

Land & Water Australia (2006)
Wool industry river management guide - high rainfall zones including tableland areas

ISBN - IDPX050951
(Held at RRC)

Lane S. (2006)
Catchment-scale approaches to restoring rivers with coarse sediment problems
RRC Newsletter Issue 23
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Lane S. N. in Atherden M. (ed) (2003)
More Floods, Less Rain? Changing Hydrology in a Yorkshire Context (chapter in: Global Warming: A Yorkshire Perspective)
Place Research Centre
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Larinier M., Travade F., Parcher J.P. (2002)
Fishways: Biological Basis, Design Criteria and Monitoring
Bull. Fr. Peche Piscic
ISBN - 9251046684

Le Quesne T. (2006)
Cornwall Rivers Projects: Independant Economic Evaluation
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Lewis V. (1999)
The Management of Freshwater Fisheries
The National Trust
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Mackay AW, Murlis J (1996)
Britains Natural Environment: A state of the nation review
Environement Agency
ISBN - 1 87 1275 16 4
(Held at RRC)

Mainstone C.P. (1999)
Chalk Rivers: Nature Conservation and Management
English Nature / Environment Agency
ISBN - 0113101600
(Held at RRC)

Maitland PS, Campbell RN (1992)
Freshwater Fishes

ISBN - 0 00 219380 9
(Held at RRC)

McCombm, AJ. & Davis, J.A. (1998)
Wetlands for the Future

ISBN - 1 87553 04 5
(Held at RRC)

Moss, T., Monstadt, J. (2008)
Restoring Floodplains in Europe: Policy Contexts and Project Experiences
IWA Publishing, Hardback, 350pp
ISBN - 1843390906

Naden P, Smith B, Jarvie H (2003)
Siltation in rivers - A review of monitoring techniques: Conserving Natura 2000 rivers, conservation techniques series No. 6
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Newbold C., (1997)
Water Level Requirements of Wetland Plants and Animals (No.5)
English Nature
ISBN - 1-85716-269-2
(Held at RRC)

Newbold N, Honnor J & Buckley K (1989)
Nature Conservation and the Management of Drainage Channels

ISBN - 0-86139-581-6
(Held at RRC)

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources & Watershed Science Centre (2004)
Adaptive Management of Stream Corridors in Ontario

ISBN - 0-9688196-0-5
(Held at RRC)

Parrot J. & MacKenzie N. (2000)
Restoration and Managing Riparian Woodlands
Scottish Native Woodlands, Aberfeldy, Perthshire (36pp)
Scottish Native Woodlands 01456 486426
(Held at RRC)

Pinkham R. (2000)
Daylighting - New Life for Buried Streams
Rocky Mountain Institute, Old Snowmass Colorado (256pp)
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Raven P.J.,Holmes N.T.H., Dawson F.H., Fox P.J.A., Everard M., Fozzard I.R., Rouen K.J. (1998)
River Habitat Quality - The Physical Charcter of Rivers and Streams in the UK and the Isle of Man
Environment Agency, Bristol
Environment Agency Publications
01454 624400
(Held at RRC)

Riley, A. (1998)
Restoring Streams in Cities: A Guide for Planners, Policymakers, and Citizens
ISBN - 1559630426

Robinson, P.J., Jones, J.A.A., Woo, M-K. (2007)
Managing water resources in a changing physical and social environment
IGU Home of Geography Publ. Series
ISBN - 978-88-88692-35-7

Roni P (2005)
Monitoring stream and watershed restoration
Northwest fisheries science centre
ISBN - 978-0-85199-907-4
(Held at RRC)

Roni P, Hanson K, Beechie T, Pess G, Pollock M (2005)
Habitat rehabilitation for inland fisheries - Global review of effectiveness and guidance for rehabilitation of freshwater ecoystems

ISBN - 92-5-105354-5
(Held at RRC)

Schanze J. & Olfert A. (2004)
Existing Urban River Rehabilitation Schemes
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Simon A. & Hupp C.R. (1992)
Geomorphic and vegetative recovery processes along modified stream channels of West Tennessee
US Geologiccal Survey Open-File Report, 91-502, Nashville, Tennessee
Available online

Steele J. (ed) (1999)
Deptford Creek - Surviving Regeneration
Deptford Forum Publishing
Deptford Forum Publishing, 441 New Cross Road, SE14 6TA. ?20
(Held at RRC)

The Rivers Agency (2000)
Sensitive River Maintenance
The Rivers Agency (028) 902 53406

Thorne C.R. (1998)
Stream Reconnaissance Guidebook - Geomorphological Investigations and Analysis of River Channels
John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (127pp)
ISBN - 0471968560

Thorne C.R., Hey R.D., Newson M.D. (eds) (1997)
Applied Fluvial Geomorphology for River Engineering and Management
John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (384pp)
ISBN - 471969680

Tourbier J.T. & Schanze J. (eds) (2005)
Urban River Restoration: Proceedings from the International Conference on Urban River Restoration 2005
Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development
ISBN - 3933053293
(Held at RRC)

Ward D., Holmes N., Jose P. (eds) (1994)
The New Rivers and Wildlife Handbook
RSPB, Sandy (426pp)
ISBN - 0903138700
(Held at RRC)

Williams J.E., Wodd C.A. & Domeback M.P. (1997)
Watershed Restoration: Principles and Practices
American Fisheries Society (561pp)
ISBN - 1888569042

Williams p., Biggs J., Whitfield M., Thorne A., Bryant S., Fox G., Nicolet P. (1999)
The Pond Book - A Guide to the Management and Creation of Ponds
Ponds Conservation Trust (100pp)
The Ponds Conservation Trust 01865 483199
(Held at RRC)

Wolfert, HP. (2000)
Geomorphological Change & River Rehabilitation - Case Studies on Lowland Fluvial Systems in the Netherlands

ISBN - 90-327-0311-0
(Held at RRC)

Wood P, Hannah D, Sadler J (2007)
Hydroecology and ecohydrology - Past, present and future

ISBN - 978-0-470-01017-4
(Held at RRC)

WWF (Scotland) (2000)
Farming and Watercourse Management
Available online

Scientific
Bray D.I. (1992)
Estimating average velocity in gravel-bed rivers
Journal of the Hydraulics Division of the ASCE, 105(HY9), 1103-1122

Brookes A., Chalmer A. and Vivash R. (2005)
Solving an Urban River Erosion Problem on the Tilmore Brook, Hampshire
Water and Environment Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, 199-206
(Held at RRC)

Chang H.H. (1980)
Geometry of gravel streams
Journal of the Hydraulics Division of the ASCE, 106(HY9), 1443-1456

Clifford N.J., Robert A. & Richards K.S. (1992)
Estimation of flow resistance in gravel-bedded rivers:a physical explaintation of the mulriplier of roughness length
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 17, 111-126

Cowan W.L. (1956)
Estimating Hydraulic roughness coefficients
Agricultural Engineering, 121,473-475

Darby S.E. (2001)
Modelling bed topography in river bends with erodible banks
Research in progress with results report at the the attached URL

Darby S.E. & Thorne C.R. (1995)
Discussion of 'Effect of bank stability on geometry of gravel rivers' (Millar R.G. & Quick M.C.)
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 121, 345-346

Gregory K.J. & Park C.C. (1974)
Adjustment of river channel capacity downstream from a reservoir
Water Resources Research, 10, 840-873

Gurnell A.M. (1997)
Channel change of the River Dee meanders, 1946-1997, from analysis of air photographs
Regulated Rivers, 13, 13-26

Habersack. H, Piegay. H, Rinaldi. M. (2007)
Gravel Bed Rivers 6
Elsevier, Hardbound (836pp)
ISBN - 13: 978-0-444-52861-2

Hey R.D. (1979)
Flow Resistance in gravel-bed rivers
Journal of the Hydraulics Division of the ASCE, 105, 365-379

Hey R.D. & Thorne C.R. (1986)
Stable channels with mobile gravel beds
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 112, 671-689

Klaassen G.J. & van der Zwaard (1974)
Roughness coeficients of vegetated floodplains
Journal of Hydraulic Research, 12, 1, 273-289

Lane S. N. et al. (2003)
Land Management, Flooding and Environmental Risk: New Approaches to a Very Old Question
Proc. CIWEM National Conference, Sept
Available online
(Held at RRC)

Lohnes R. & Handy R.L. (1968)
Slope angles in friable loess
Journal of Geology, 76, 247-258

Millar R.G. & Quick M.C. (1993)
Effect of bank stability on geometry of gravel rivers
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 119, 1343-1363

Millar R.G. & Quick M.C. (1998)
Stable width and depth of gravel-bed rivers with cohesive banks
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 124, 1005-1013

Wheaton J.M, Darby S.E, Sear D.A & Milne J,A (2006)
Does scientific conjecture accurately describe restoration practice? Insight from an international river restoration survey
Area, Volume 38, Number 2
(Held at RRC)

White W.R., Bettess R. & Paris E. (1982)
An analytical approach to river regime
Journal of the Hydraulics Division of the ASCE, 108, 1179-1193

Wolman M.G. & Leopold L.B. (1957)
River flood plains: some observations on their formation.
United States Geological Survey Professional Paper, 282C, 87-107

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