2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
6/08/2017 | 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM | CO-PRODUCING URBAN RIVER IMAGINARIES OVER TIME: AN IDAHO RIVER AND ITS COMMUNITY | 301B
CO-PRODUCING URBAN RIVER IMAGINARIES OVER TIME: AN IDAHO RIVER AND ITS COMMUNITY
Urban river systems are designed landscapes that reflect combined human and natural elements. These co-produced systems in part emerge from human “imaginaries” of what a river should be and do that drive its design and management. Urban rivers are particularly affected by shifting imaginaries of urban nature: utilitarian imaginaries in the mid 20th century, which led to channelization of many rivers, have shifted to recognizing multiple social and ecological benefits and roles rivers can play. This has manifested in widespread efforts to revitalize urban rivers as places with high ecological and social values, shifting imagined rivers from spaces of risk to spaces of amenity recreation. We use historical documents and long-term biophysical data to understand the dynamic interplay between urban river ecology and urban river imaginaries over the past 80 years in the Portneuf River and city of Pocatello, Idaho. In particular, we explore how shifting expectations of public participation in decision-making influence the range of river imaginaries considered, and what the presence of multiple imaginaries means for the Portneuf’s ecological character, possible future states, and relationships to its community.
- S23 Rehabilitating urban streams: perspectives from science and management
- C08 Urban Ecology
- S05 Social-Ecological Freshwater Systems
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Rebecca Hale
(), Idaho State University, halereb3@isu.edu;
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Colden Baxter
(), Idaho State University, baxtcold@isu.edu;
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Morey Burnham
(), Idaho State University, burnmore@isu.edu;
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Kevin Marsh
(), Idaho State University, marskevi@isu.edu;
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