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2044 |
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Green, K.C., 2005. A Qualitative Hydrogeomorphic Risk Analysis for British Columbia’s interior watersheds: A discussion Paper. In Streamline Watershed Management Bulletin, Vol 8, No. 2. Spring 2005. |
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University of British Columbia |
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http://forrex.org/sites/default/files/publications/articles/streamline_vol8_no2_art4.pdf |
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Under British Columbia’s new Forest and Range Practices Act, forest management is moving towards risk management and professional reliance. In this new regime, forest managers must understand potential risks to aquatic values associated with existing or proposed development in a watershed. To date, industry and government professionals have had minimal discussions about a standard approach to hydrological risk analysis. Inconsistencies in methods, terminology, and elements being considered in hydrological risk analyses are causing significant differences in the way professionals estimate risk (e.g., Carver 2001; B.C. Ministry of Forests 2001; Uunila 2004). Recently, the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C. (2003) and the B.C. Ministry of Forests (Wise et al. [editors] 2004) have developed provincial standards for landslide risk analysis. These efforts have given professionals an understanding of the terms and methods of risk analysis needed for detailed terrain stability mapping. Similar efforts to standardize methods and terminology are needed if hydrologic risk analyses are to become a widely accepted and valued component of forest management in British Columbia. The author developed this hydro-geomorphic risk analysis for use in Southern Interior B.C. watersheds and presents it to open discussion regarding a consistent methodology for risk analysis. Terminology used in this risk analysis is generally consistent with definitions in Risk Management: Guideline for Decision-Makers (CSA 1997) and Landslide Risk Case Studies in Forest Development Planning and Operations (Wise et al. [editors] 2004). |
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