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PhD and Master's Theses in River Restoration
Many Berkeley students conduct theses and dissertations on topics related to river restoration and environmental management of rivers and runoff from the landscape. These works are undertaken in departments across campus, but the greatest concentration has historically been in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning. Past topics include historical-geomorphic studies of large river systems, the effects of dams and gravel mining on watersheds, restoration master plans for rivers, habitat conservation strategies for threatened wildlife, and human uses of urban stream systems.

All dissertations/theses and some professional reports can be located (in hard copy) by searching the Melvyl catalog by Title or Author, and limit the search fields as follows: Library= UC Berkeley; Format= Dissertations. In addition, a number of recent restoration-related dissertations and theses are now available in full-text below.

 
 
River restoration-related Graduate Theses on Stream Restoration. UC Berkeley 1987-2007
PhD
AUTHORYEARTITLE
Ann Lawrence Riley1988Floodplain use and misuse
Hongmo Yang1992Ecological design of estuarine environment for a sustainable urban ecosystem
Maria Cacho1998A conceptual planning model for the design of buffer zones
Neil Steven Lassettre2003Process based management of large woody debris at the basin scale
Chia-Ning Yang2004Inviting spontaneous use into urban streams (PDF, 17MB)
Mark Robert Tompkins2006Floodplain connectivity and river corridor complexity: implications for river restoration and planning for floodplain management (PDF, 27MB)
Matthew Jaeger Deitch2006Scientific and institutional complexities of managing surface water for beneficial human and ecosystem uses under a seasonally variable flow regime in Mediterranean-climate northern California (PDF, 6MB)
Alison Holmes Purcell2007Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Ecological Assessments: Examining the Biological Potential of Urban Stream Restoration in the San Francisco Bay Area (PDF, 5.6MB)
Masters
AUTHORYEARTITLE
Robert Charbonneau1987Strawberry Creek management plan
Julie Katherine Isbill1988University Village creek corridor design
Marc Lallanilla1988An evaluation of stream restoration projects
Margaret Ellen Johnson1988The expression of natural systems as a concept for urban design: Guadalupe River case study
Terrence A. Neudorf1989Evaluation of DWR urban stream restoration projects of 1987-88
Eve J. Kliszewski1990Design concept plan for Lower Mission Creek: a natural channel alternative, Santa Barbara, California
Janet Lynn Parrish1990Assessment of channel conditions and enhancement opportunities on Jamison Creek within Plumas-Eureka State Park
Mitchell R. Katzel1990Evaluation of spawning gravel resources and review of the Environmental Planning
Jordan Lucas De Staebler1992A Greenway proposal for Wildcat & San Pablo Creeks for the communities of Richmond, San Pablo, and El Sobrante, California
Grayson Baur1994Islais Creek Channel park
Jennifer Carol Vick1995Habitat rehabilitation in the lower Merced River: a geomorphological perspective
Joshua Meyers Langenthal1995The creation and use of information in the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project
Andrea Maxine Lucas1996Biotechnical erosion control for stream bank stabilization: improving biotechnical erosion control success in the Northern California coastal region
Craig W. Mayer1996Warm Springs Creek: wildlife corridor identification model
Lisa Howard1996Paths and processes: Lobos Creek Valley
Ian Simon Moore1997The San Joaquin River conservancy: an application of the California conservancy model to river corridor planning
John Richard Cain1997Hydrologic and geomorphic changes to the San Joaquin River between Friant Dam and Gravely Ford and implications for restoration of Chinook Salmon (oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
Katrin Stockhammer1997Environmental channel assessment as a tool for river basin planning, Traisen River, Austria
Diana Lee Murrell1998Creek, park and neighborhood form and user enjoyment in Berkeley and Pinole, California
Laurie Smith1998Arroyo Viejo Creek Trail Oakland Zoo in Knowland Park
Matthew Wade Smeltzer1998Prospects for restoring the river ecosystem and public trust resources of the Owens River Gorge
Corrina Louise Kweskin1999Urban creeks and community-building: four case studies in the San Francisco East Bay
Idalina Maria de Costa Baptista1999How environmental planning and policy making is changing in Portugal: the case of the Guadiana River Valley Natural Park
Ying-Ling Sun2000Revealing the natural processes of the Los Angeles River through its connection to the surrounding urban environment
Anthony Charles Falzone2001Geomorphic analysis of the Stanislaus River, Goodwin Dam to Oakdale
Erin Lutrick2001A review of gravel addition projects on Clear Creek, the Tuolumne River and the Stanislaus River, California: implications for CALFED Bay-Delta program project management
Ingrid Christina Morken2002Ecological investigations and management strategies for the conservation and restoration of the Sacramento River Oxbow Lakes
Lisa Caroline Kimball2002Analysis of channel geomorphology and habitat forming processes for feasability assessment of rip-rap removal, Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, California
Scott Roark Nicholson2002Water resource development and the evolution of decision-making processes in the post-modern era: claims making in the urban environment
Catherine Marie Hudzik2003Evaluating the effectiveness of collaboration in water resources planning in California: a case study of CALFED
Jesse R. Kupers2003Lake Merrit Channel enhancement plan
Justin Toby Minear2003Sediment dynamics and southern steelhead habitat (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the Matilija Creek watershed, Southern California
Michael Ryan Fainter2003An assessment of the feasibility of restoring bed mobilization, bed scour, and bedload routing in the gravel-bedded reach of the San Joaquin River, California
Michelle Dubin2003Dutch Slough restoration site management plan
Zack David Freedman2003Grounds for renewal: the revitalization of Compton Creek
Jeremy Chapman Thomas2004Riparian conservation in California wine country: a comparison of the county planning approach (PDF, 9MB)
Margaret S. White2004Scientific information in restoration planning : exploring wetland restoration in the Salt River corridor
Sarah Maria Minick2004From water quality regulation to physical form: green storm water infrastructure in two San Francisco Bay Area cities
Shannah Anderson2005San Pablo creek watershed plan: a vision for enhancing environmental resources in El Sobrante, San Pablo and Richmond
Shay Boutillier2005Land use planning and local measures to mitigate sedimentation of coral reefs on the island of Moorea, French Polynesia
Jubilee Daniels2005A sustainable water plan for the University of California at Berkeley
Kathryn Gaffney2005Master plan for Browns Canyon wash watershed
Meredith Hall2005Designing the Datum: revealing landscape change in the South Bay salt ponds
  Title (PDF)
  c1: Introduction (PDF)
  c2: Opportunity for design (PDF)
    c2: p.13-14: images (PDF)
  c3: Landscape dynamics (PDF)
  c4: Revelatory strategies (PDF)
  c5: Designing the datum (PDF)
  c6: Communicating Values (PDF)
Rosey A. Jencks2005Finding room for stormwater: a review of site and design opportunities in San Francisco
S. David Shaw2005Wetland processes and restoration opportunities in the Rodeo Lagoon Watershed, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Marin county, California (PDF, 29.9MB)
PDF includes: "Subsurface Conditions at the Rodeo Beach Parking Lot Fort Cronkhite, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Marin County, California" (Shaw, 2006)
Brooke Ray Smith2008Re-Thinking Urban Wastewater Landscapes: Constructed Wetlands for Urban-Ecological Mutualism in San Francisco (PDF, 50.1MB)
Alex Reed Westhoff2008The Sacramento Delta National Heritage Corridor (PDF, 16.1MB)
 



Gwan-Du Wetlands, Taipei, Taiwan with existing flood control levees designed to protect nearby metropolitan areas (above). Gwan-Du Wetlands three days after the 100-year flood (below). From A Combined Wetland Enhancement and Water Quality Improvement Project: A Conceptual Design for Gwan-Du Nature Park, Taipei, Taiwan, by Yi-Liang Kao, 1997.