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=REFORM River Restoration Wiki=
 
  
Welcome to the REFORM River Restoration Wiki, a knowledge management tool that addresses the challenges to reach the ecological objectives for rivers as required by the EU Water Framework Directive. The contents are available through the menu (left) or through the links on this main page.<br /><br />
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=REFORM river restoration wiki=
The REFORM wiki is work in progress. It is filled as the deliverables of the REFORM project become available during the period 2012-2015.
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'''Guidance and tools for hydromorphological assessment and physical restoration of rivers and streams in Europe'''
 
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== Hydromorphology and river restoration ==
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Flowing water, inundation, erosion, sedimentation ... These are key processes for river and floodplain ecosystems from the realm of hydromorphology. Yet the European Water Framework Directive pays little attention to hydromorphological processes. That is why the European Commission funded the REFORM project for improving the success of hydromorphological restoration measures. This wiki guides the practitioner along the results.
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== Why this wiki? == 
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Successful river restoration calls for understanding the complex systems of hydromorphology and ecology. Processes operate at different scales, different disciplines play a role, and different species depend on hydromorphology in different ways. River restoration practitioners face the challenge of finding their way in this complexity when developing an integrated design. This wiki provides them with guidance. It structures the information along the different stages of restoration projects and river basin management plans. It offers quick access to key information, with links to deeper background information ranging from case-study experiences to scientific publications.
 
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== Linking Case studies, Knowledge and Tools ==
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'''Click [[River_basin_management_plan|What's in this wiki?]] to start or click on any of the menu items on the left.'''
De REFORM-wiki contains three main parts: '''know-how (case studies)''', '''knowledge''' and '''evaluation (tools)''' that are all interlinked as shown in the figure below. In practice this means:
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* Every river restoration case study contains links to the WFD hydro-morphological quality elements; WFD biological quality elements; pressures and measures relevant for that case study.
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* Every listed pressure under [[:Category:Pressures]] shows all the case studies where that pressure has impact.
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* Every listed restoration measure under [[:Category:Measures]] shows all the case studies where that measure is applied.
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* Every tool listed is linked to the WFD Hydro-morphological and WFD Biological quality elements in [[HYMOQE]] and [[BQE]].
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==Contribute to the restoration wiki==
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<p>''The REFORM web-based tool is a knowledge and information system relating hydromorphology and ecology of European rivers and has been developed as part of the projects [http://www.reformrivers.eu/ REFORM] and [[Forecaster_Description|FORECASTER]] funded by the European Commission, [http://www.iwrm-net.eu/ IWRM-Net] and [http://www.delftcluster.nl/ Delft Cluster].''</p>
 
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Everybody is encouraged to contribute to the system. Any information that complements the existing categories is very welcome. Information for new case studies can be sent to any of the partners of REFORM([[Contact|Contact information]]) to be reviewed.
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* Please register as user by following the link at the top right corner of this page to create your log-in account. Editing rights are preceded by an email request procedure.<br />
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* Please bear in mind that any information you provide is being provided freely, and that no kind of agreement or contract is created between you and the owners or users of this site. Please remember always to acknowledge the original sources of the information.<br />
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* '''Help us to preserve the quality of the information''' by reporting any abuse you detect (e.g. insertion of advertisements or spam) to reformwiki@deltares.nl. Misuse of the granted access rights will give cause to the Administrator to block or remove the user from the system. 
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== How to edit the wiki-pages? ==
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General information about how to work with the wiki language can be found in the World Wide Web. Some useful references are:
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* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents Main Help Menu for editing wiki pages]
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* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing_pages Help on how to edit a page]
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* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing Wiki text markup]
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Particular instructions about how to add information to the systems are provided in the User's Manual: 
 
* [[Media:Manual_FORECASTER_GEOWIKI.pdf]].
 
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<p> The REFORM web-based tool is a knowledge and information system relating hydromorphology and ecology of European rivers and has been developed as part of the projects [http://www.reformrivers.eu/ REFORM] and [[Forecaster_Description|FORECASTER]] funded by the European Commission, [http://www.iwrm-net.eu/ IWRM-Net] and [http://www.delftcluster.nl/ Delft Cluster].</p> 
 
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==Disclaimer==
 
 
This web-based tool is an online open-content repository of information about river restoration experiences. Its structure allows anyone with an Internet connection and World Wide Web browser to alter its contents. Therefore, the FORECASTER consortium does not take responsibility for the veracity and completeness of the information entered in the WIKI pages, nor is liable for the use that third parties may give to this information. Readers are adviced to review the information critically. 
 
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Latest revision as of 16:26, 18 December 2015


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REFORM river restoration wiki

Guidance and tools for hydromorphological assessment and physical restoration of rivers and streams in Europe

What's in this wiki? Click image to start.

Hydromorphology and river restoration

Flowing water, inundation, erosion, sedimentation ... These are key processes for river and floodplain ecosystems from the realm of hydromorphology. Yet the European Water Framework Directive pays little attention to hydromorphological processes. That is why the European Commission funded the REFORM project for improving the success of hydromorphological restoration measures. This wiki guides the practitioner along the results.

Why this wiki?

Successful river restoration calls for understanding the complex systems of hydromorphology and ecology. Processes operate at different scales, different disciplines play a role, and different species depend on hydromorphology in different ways. River restoration practitioners face the challenge of finding their way in this complexity when developing an integrated design. This wiki provides them with guidance. It structures the information along the different stages of restoration projects and river basin management plans. It offers quick access to key information, with links to deeper background information ranging from case-study experiences to scientific publications.

Click What's in this wiki? to start or click on any of the menu items on the left.

The REFORM web-based tool is a knowledge and information system relating hydromorphology and ecology of European rivers and has been developed as part of the projects REFORM and FORECASTER funded by the European Commission, IWRM-Net and Delft Cluster.