The Pace of Human-Induced Change in Large Rivers: Stresses, Resilience, and Vulnerability to Extreme Events

Jim Best; Stephen E Darby

doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2020.05.021

The Pace of Human-Induced Change in Large Rivers: Stresses, Resilience, and Vulnerability to Extreme Events

One Earth. 2020 Jun 19;2(6):510-514. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.05.021.

Authors

Jim Best¹, Stephen E Darby²

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Geology, Geography & Geographic Information Science, and Mechanical Science and Engineering and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
² School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.

Abstract

The world's great rivers are threatened by a range of anthropogenic stresses-of which climate change is just one-that decrease resilience and increase vulnerability to extreme events. Future governance must recognize both the rate of change associated with these stressors and the potential for extreme events to transgress sustainability thresholds.

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