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Table of Contents
1 Cover
7 Part I: Introduction 1 What are the Political, Social, and Economic Issues in River Restoration? Genealogy and Current Research Issues 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Genealogy of research on societal issues in river restoration 1.3 A scientific community organized regionally and occasionally around river restoration projects 1.4 A research field tackling several topics 1.5 A diversity of researchers’ positions with regard to operational action 1.6 A book to share a diversity of societal approaches in the field of river restoration References
8 Part II: People–River Relationships: From Ethics to Politics 2 Ethics of River Restoration 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Three challenges of river restoration 2.3 Restoration ecology as a type of biomimicry 2.4 Conclusions References 3 Restoring Sociocultural Relationships with Rivers 3.1 Introduction 3.2 What is river restoration? 3.3 Placing river restoration in its biophysical and sociocultural contexts 3.4 Emerging approaches to knowing and valuing rivers differently in Aotearoa New Zealand 3.5 Conclusions Acknowledgments References 4 Political Ecology and River Restoration 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Political ecology: A critical approach to environmental issues 4.3 Political ecology and river restoration 4.4 Restoring the ecological continuity of rivers: Controversies involving different meanings of the river 4.5 Conclusions: What does political ecology have to offer river restoration? References
9 Part III: Governance and Power Relationships Between Stakeholders 5 The Policy and Social Dimension of Restoration Thinking 5.1 Introduction 5.2 River restoration and the importance of interdependencies between public policies and between public and private rights 5.3 River restoration and interdependencies in territorial construction 5.4 River restoration and interdependencies of sciences and knowledge forms 5.5 Conclusions References 6 From Public Policies to Projects 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Toward a multifunctional, ecosystem‐based paradigm for river restoration 6.3 Political factors that determine river restoration 6.4 Field‐testing the river restoration new paradigm: from operation acceptance to rejection 6.5 Conclusions References 7 How to Better Involve Stakeholders in River Restoration Projects 7.1 Introduction 7.2 The role of stakeholders in dam removal in two different institutional contexts 7.3 From the involvement of the stakeholders to the enrichment of the project 7.4 Some key points to improve stakeholders’ involvement 7.5 Conclusions References 8 Letting the Political Dimension of Participation in River Restoration have its Space 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Participation and river restorations 8.3 Participation in Swiss river management 8.4 Processes of depoliticization at work 8.5 Recommendations for taking into account the political