Many urban streams have vanished from the surface as a collateral effect of urban growth.
Often, these buried streams have been forgotten, and only street names remind us of their …

Abstract Urban Blue Spaces provide multiple benefits to city dwellers and, therefore, are a
key element in the social-ecological system. To responsibly maximise these benefits, it is …

India and China are huge, neighboring Asian countries that bear the largest populations and
the oldest traditions about rivers–the deep-rooted" Mother"/" God" river identity makes rivers …

The hydrological patterns of all natural water bodies pulse in variable rhythms of high and
low water. The biodiversity of these ecosystems is driven by the changing nature of the …

Water quality characterization of Himalayan streams that provide variety of ecosystem
services including drinking water to zooming population is indispensable. In this …

In the context of socio-ecological change, developing people-nature connections in cities
could potentially improve city dwellers' well-being while developing an attachment to other …

Urban rivers deliver a broad range of contributions of nature to human development. The
exploitation of the riverine ecosystem services evolves with uncertainty. In addition to the …

The environmental management of rivers faces a substantial geographical problem: due to
their elongate shape and their position at the valley bottom, the area that they cover is …

Rivers are social-ecological systems. Yet, in urban contexts, they have often been degraded
to lifeless conduits, failing to promote human-nature interactions. As a countermeasure, river …

Direct and indirect human disturbances present major challenges to sustainable
management of dryland rivers, impacting upon their role as critical lifelines in arid and …