Carver, S orcid.org/0000-0002-4202-8234 (2018) The River Wild: Towards a Global Assessment of Wild Rivers. International Journal of Wilderness, 24 (1). ISSN 1086-5519
Abstract
This article looks at the global distribution of wild rivers using GIS-based approaches with the aim of developing and exploring more unified approaches to wild river identification and appraisal. There are several published versions of a global wilderness map but no integrated global map of the distribution of wild rivers. Global hydrological datasets are integrated here with global wilderness maps to identify the top 10% wildest rivers at both global and continental scales. The discussion and conclusions cover the dangers of overreliance on global datasets and the need for multiscale analyses incorporating finer scale datasets and local knowledge.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is an author produced version of a paper published in International Journal of Wilderness. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > Centre for Spatial Analysis & Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 26 Jun 2017 13:01 |
Last Modified: | 26 Apr 2018 09:14 |
Published Version: | https://ijw.org/the-river-wild-towards-a-global-as... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | WILD Foundation |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:118224 |