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Brian D. Richter is affiliated with The Nature Conservancy in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and engineering, with significant contributions in water resources management and optimization. Their publications explore various subfields, including water science and technology, ocean engineering, nature and landscape conservation, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and environmental engineering.

The main topics of Richter's work include:

  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Richter are:

  • "Water scarcity and fish imperilment driven by beef production" (2020) published in Nature Sustainability
  • "Alleviating water scarcity by optimizing crop mixes" (2023) published in Nature Water
  • "Decoupling Urban Water Use and Growth in Response to Water Scarcity" (2020) published in Water

Richter has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Kyle Frankel Davis
  • Landon Marston
  • Gambhir Lamsal
  • Richard Rushforth
  • Dongyang Wei

Richter's work is published across various academic venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Nature Water
  • Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
  • Nature Sustainability
  • Global Environmental Change

Best Publications

  • The Natural Flow Regime

    N. LeRoy Poff;N. LeRoy Poff;J. David Allan;Mark B. Bain;James R. Karr

  • A Method for Assessing Hydrologic Alteration within Ecosystems

    Brian D. Richter;Jeffrey V. Baumgartner;Jennifer Powell;David P. Braun

  • How much water does a river need

    Brian Richter;Jeffrey Baumgartner;Robert Wigington;David Braun

  • The ecological limits of hydrologic alteration (ELOHA): a new framework for developing regional environmental flow standards

    N. Leroy Poff;Brian D. Richter;Angela H. Arthington;Stuart E. Bunn

  • Rivers for Life: Managing Water For People And Nature

    Sandra Postel;Brian D. Richter

  • ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT: MANAGING RIVER FLOWS FOR ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY

    Brian D. Richter;Ruth Mathews;David L. Harrison;Robert Wigington

  • Global monthly water scarcity: blue water footprints versus blue water availability.

    Arjen Y. Hoekstra;Mesfin M. Mekonnen;Ashok K. Chapagain;Ruth E. Mathews

  • Threats to Imperiled Freshwater Fauna

    Brian D. Richter;David P. Braun;Michael A. Mendelson;Lawrence L. Master

  • MEETING ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIETAL NEEDS FOR FRESHWATER

    Jill S. Baron;N. LeRoy Poff;Paul L. Angermeier;Clifford N. Dahm

  • Restoring Environmental Flows by Modifying Dam Operations

    Brian D. Richter;Gregory A. Thomas

  • A spatial assessment of hydrologic alteration within a river network

    Brian D. Richter;Jeffrey V. Baumgartner;David P. Braun;Jennifer Powell

  • Biodiversity Conservation at Multiple Scales: Functional Sites, Landscapes, and Networks

    Karen A. Poiani;Brian D. Richter;Mark G. Anderson;Holly E. Richter

  • River flows and water wars: emerging science for environmental decision making

    N. LeRoy Poff;J. David Allan;Margaret A. Palmer;David D. Hart

  • A collaborative and adaptive process for developing environmental flow recommendations

    Brian D. Richter;Andrew T. Warner;Judy L. Meyer;Kim Lutz

  • Climate change and river ecosystems: protection and adaptation options.

    Margaret A. Palmer;Dennis P. Lettenmaier;N. LeRoy Poff;Sandra L. Postel

  • A PRESUMPTIVE STANDARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW PROTECTION

    B. D. Richter;M. M. Davis;C. Apse;C. Konrad

  • Application of the Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration Software in Environmental Flow Setting1

    Ruth Mathews;Brian D. Richter

  • Lost in development's shadow: the downstream human consequences of dams.

    Brian D. Richter;Sandra Postel;Carmen Revenga;Thayer Scudder

  • Sustainable Floodplains Through Large-Scale Reconnection to Rivers

    Jeffrey J. Opperman;Jeffrey J. Opperman;Gerald E. Galloway;Joseph Fargione;Jeffrey F. Mount

  • The Brisbane Declaration and Global Action Agenda on Environmental Flows (2018)

    Angela H. Arthington;Anik Bhaduri;Stuart E. Bunn;Sue E. Jackson

Frequent Co-Authors

N. LeRoy Poff
N. LeRoy Poff Colorado State University
Angela Arthington
Angela Arthington Griffith University
Michael E. McClain
Michael E. McClain IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Judy L. Meyer
Judy L. Meyer University of Georgia
Peter H. Gleick
Peter H. Gleick Pacific Institute
Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra
Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra University of Twente
Paul L. Angermeier
Paul L. Angermeier Virginia Tech
Clifford N. Dahm
Clifford N. Dahm University of New Mexico
Alan D. Steinman
Alan D. Steinman Grand Valley State University
Robert B. Jackson
Robert B. Jackson Stanford University

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