Working with recovery: Future proofing our rivers against floods & droughts

它发生的!新南威尔士州沿海地区的河流显示出复苏的迹象。经过25年的改善管理，河道的结构和植被粗糙度增加了。将“纤维”放回河流对洪水水文的影响最为积极，但对河岸植被质量的影响较小。该项目旨在了解河流恢复是如何发生的，它对洪水的影响，并测试改善植被质量的新技术。它将调查重建走廊在哪里，重建的优先次序在哪里，以及重建工作的成本与收益。这将有利于公共政策，改善洪水和干旱风险分析，改变决策和恢复实践——本质上是为我们的河流提供未来保障。

It's happening! Rivers in coastal NSW are showing signs of recovery. 25 years of improved management has increased the structural and vegetative roughness of river channels. Getting the ‘fibre’ back into rivers has impacted most positively on flood hydrology, but less so on riparian vegetation quality. This project aims to understand how river recovery occurs, its impact on flood flows and test new techniques to improve vegetation quality. It will investigate where corridors of recovery are, where to prioritise rehabilitation and the cost:benefit of working with recovery. This will benefit public policy, improve flood and drought risk analysis, and change decision-making and rehabilitation practice - essentially future proofing our rivers.