Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. The emerging process of river repair : Moves toward an era of river repair / Gary J. Brierley and Kirstie A. Fryirs -- Vision generation: what do we seek to achieve in river rehabilitation? / Darren Ryder [and others] -- Turbulence and train wrecks: using knowledge strategies to enhance the application of integrative river science to effective river management / Andrew Boulton, Hervé Piégay, and Mark D. Sanders -- Part II. An integrative scientific perspective to guide the process of river repair : The spatial organization of river systems / Carola Cullum, Gary J. Brierley, and Martin Thomas -- Working with change: the importance of evolutionary perspectives in framing the trajectory of river adjustment / Gary J. Brierley [and others] -- Ecological function in rivers: insights from crossdisciplinary science / Sarah Mika [and others] -- Principles of river condition assessment / Kirstie A. Fryirs, Angela Arthington, and James Grove -- Social and biophysical connectivity of river systems / Mick Hillman, Gary J. Brierley, and Kirstie A. Fryirs -- Part III. International perspectives on the process of river repair : The Australian river management experience / Kirstie A. Fryirs [and others] -- River management in the United States / Ellen Wohl, Margaret Palmer, and G. Mathias Kondolf -- Integrative river science and rehabilitation: European experiences / Hervé Piégay [and others] -- The light and dark of Sabo-dammed streams in steepland settings in Japan : Tomomi Marutani [and others] -- Application of integrative science in the management of South African rivers / Kate M. Rowntree and Leanne du Preez -- Part IV. Managing the process of river repair : Restoring uncertainty: translating science into management practice / Mick Hillman and Gary J. Brierley -- River futures / Gary J. Brierley, Kirstie A. Fryirs, and Mick Hillman.