FLOODPLAINS: PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, ECOLOGY AND SOCIETAL INTERACTIONS -- FLOODPLAINS: PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, ECOLOGY AND SOCIETAL INTERACTIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- WATER AND PEOPLE IN THE YAERE FLOODPLAIN (NORTH CAMEROON) -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE STUDY AREA -- Geographical Framework -- Climatic Context -- Hydrological Context -- Geomorphological Context -- DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND HUMAN INTERVENTIONS -- The SEMRY Projects -- The Attempts to Counter the Partial Drying of the Yaere and the Waza Logone Project -- The Fishing Channels and the Artificial Ponds -- The Zilim Dyke on the Logomatia -- SOCIAL SITUATIONS AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES -- Family Rice-farming in the Yaere - A Recent Activity -- Nomadic Herding -- Fishing as the Dominant Activity -- DISCUSSION -- Comparison of the Impact of the Climate and Human Interventions -- The Difficult Governance of Floodplains -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- DESIGNING ACTIONS FOR BIRD CONSERVATION AT THE "YURIRIA" LAGOON, ITS ASSOCIATED FLOODPLAIN AND TERRESTRIAL HABITATS IN MICHOACÁN, MEXICO -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREA -- METHODS -- Prioritization -- Land Use and Land Cover -- Habitat Fragmentation -- Bird Inventory -- Ecological Indices -- Species Distributions -- Zoning within the Protected Area -- RESULTS -- Habitat Fragmentation -- Bird Inventory -- Ecological Indices -- DISCUSSION AND MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- THE 'FLOODPLAIN BURNING' APPROACH FOR DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL PROCESSING IN FLAT AND FLOODED AREAS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE PROPOSED METHOD -- 2.1. Distance Transformation -- 2.2. Elevation Offset Calculation -- 2.3. Floodplain Burning Approach -- 3. IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD TO THE CASE STUDY -- 3.1. The Digital Elevation Model -- 3.2. Digital Channel Network Acquisition -- 3.3. Floodplain Map.

4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 4.1. SRTMv3 DEM -- 4.2. ASTER DEM -- 4.3. SRTMv3 DEM + SB Approach -- 4.4. HydroSHEDS -- 4.5. SRTMv4 DEM -- 4.6. SRTMv3 DEM + FB Approach -- 5. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF WATER AND SEDIMENT COMPOSITION IN THE MIDDLE PARANÁ RIVER SYSTEM -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE BASIN -- 3. STUDY AREA -- 4. WATER -- 5. SEDIMENT -- REFERENCES -- BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES IN THE MIDDLE PARANÁ RIVER FLOODPLAIN (ARGENTINA) -- ABSTRACT -- THE MIDDLE PARANA RIVER FLOODPLAIN -- RESOURCES AND HABITATS -- BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES -- Secondary Channels -- Floodplain Lakes -- Marginal Wetlands -- FUNCTIONAL FEEDING GROUPS -- CONSERVATION OF FLOODPLAIN HABITATS -- REFERENCES -- FLOOD INUNDATION AND THE TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF FLOODPLAIN WATERHOLES IN AN AUSTRALIAN DRYLAND RIVER -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. STUDY AREA -- 2.1. Location -- 2.2. Climate -- 2.3. Geomorphology -- 2.4. Hydrology -- 2.5. Geology -- 2.6. Soils -- 2.7. Vegetation -- 2.8. Land Use -- 2.9. Fish Community and Aquatic Invertebrate Fauna -- 3. METHODS -- 3.1. Study Design -- 3.2. Hydrology -- 3.3. Lagoon Morphology -- 3.4. Habitat Characteristics -- 3.5. Physico-Chemical Parameters -- 3.6. Data Analysis -- 4. RESULTS -- 4.1. General Hydrological Patterns -- 4.2. General Description of the Study Sites -- 4.3. Temporal Variation in Lagoon Morphometry -- 4.4. Lagoon Microhabitat Characteristics -- 4.5. Physico-Chemical Parameters -- 5. DISCUSSION -- 5.1. Macintyre River Flows -- 5.2. Morphology and Habitat Characteristics -- 5.3. Water Quality Characteristics -- 5.4. Concluding Comments -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX I -- METAPOPULATIONS OF DECAPODS IN THE FLOODPLAIN OF PARANA RIVER, SOUTH AMERICA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CHARACTERIZATION OF A COMPLEX SYSTEM.

3. ENVIRONMENT AND HABITAT OF DECAPODS -- 4. DECAPOD METAPOPULATIONS AND LANDSCAPES IN THE FLOODPLAIN OF THE PARANA RIVER -- 5. PASSIVE AND ACTIVE MOVEMENTS OF DECAPODS IN THE FLOODPLAIN -- 6. SOME EXAMPLES IN THE FLOODPLAIN OF PARANA RIVER -- 6.1. True Crabs in the Floodplain -- 6.2. Pseudocrabs, Unique Anomurans that Live in Freshwater Environments -- 6.3. Prawns, Abundant Species in the Floodplain -- 7. CONCLUSIONS: POPULATION DYNAMIC? -- REFERENCES -- A SUCCESSFUL COMBINED USE OF TELEMETRIC MONITORING SYSTEM AND SPATIAL DATA MODELING TO STUDY THE TURBIDITY BEHAVIOR IN THE AMAZON FLOODPLAIN -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY SITE AND BACKGROUND -- 3. THE DATA SET AND METHODS -- 3.1. In Situ Data -- Temporal Domain -- Spatial Domain -- 3.2. Methodological Approach -- Time Series Analysis -- Spatial Analysis -- 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Time Series Analysis -- Cross-wavelet Spectrum and Wavelet Coherence and Phase -- Spatial Analysis -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHARACTERIZATION OF GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF SIMULATED DROUGHTS AND FLOODS OF WATER BODIES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES UNDER STUDY -- 2.1. Convexity -- 2.2. Influence Zones -- 2.3. Skeletons -- 2.4. Regions of Change -- 3. METHDOLOGY -- 3.1. The Data Set -- 3.2. Generation of Simulated Droughts and Floods of Water Bodies Using Mathematical Morphology -- 3.3. Computation of Geometric Properties of Simulated Droughts and Floods of Water Bodies -- 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- DISASTER-RESILIENT SUBDIVISION DESIGN: EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL AND PERFORMANCE OF NEW URBANISM FOR REDUCING FLOOD RISKS -- ABSTRACT -- REFERENCES -- RECENT EVOLUTION OF THE JOURDAIN RIVER BRAIDPLAIN ON ESPIRITU SANTO ISLAND, VANUATU -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CHANNEL MIGRATION -- BRAIDPLAIN LITHOLOGY.

TECTONISM AND CLIMATIC INFLUENCES -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- RESTORATION OF CHANNELIZED FLUVIAL SYSTEMS AND THEIR FLOODPLAINS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FLOODPLAIN FORMATION -- SEDIMENT -- HYDROLOGY -- FLOODPLAIN FEATURES -- Channels -- Natural Levees -- Floodbasins and Backswamps -- Ridge and Swale Topography -- Scour Channels, Hummocks, and Mini-Basins -- FLOODPLAIN FORESTS -- Composition and Structure -- Floodplain Forest Succession -- ALTERATIONS TO FLUVIAL SYSTEMS -- CASE STUDY: WESTERN TENNESSEE -- Geology -- Land-Use and Alterations -- Current Problems -- Restoration Potential -- RESTORATION GUIDELINES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.