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OLIVIA FINCH - WORCESTER Discuss how geomorphologists can make a contribution to river channel rehabilitation. Over the last few decades the application of geomorphology to river engineering has become an important aid to the effective management of river channels and systems. In particular river restoration and channel rehabilitation is now a major theme in river engineering, and one in which major developments in the contribution of fluvial geomorphology have taken place over the past decade (Douglas, 2000). Radical changes in policies and approach to river management as a result of increasing public scrutiny given failures to prevent flood hazards and economic and environmental concerns now highlight the need for fluvial geomorphology to be an integral part in the planning, implementation and post-project appraisal stages of engineering projects. Some of the main contributions that geomorphology can make to river and floodplain management include: the recognition of connectivity in the fluvial system at all...

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