Human welfare depends on the health of nature. Decades of ill-conceived management practices caused a decline in the quality of human life, as well as in biological and cultural diversity. Simultaneously, they increased social and ecological risks. For instance, mismanagement of urban rivers jeopardizes their ecological health and ability to provide ecosystem services. While demands for responsible urban riverscape design that fulfill both human and ecosystem needs are increasing, explicit recommendations to achieve these ambitious goals are still lacking. We present a first attempt of a conceptualization of Human–River Encounter Sites for urban rivers that targets reconciliation between humans and nature within urban river corridors. It builds upon the River Culture Concept with literature reviews and experiences from river restoration projects. We identify six tenets that are important to develop guidelines for Human–River Encounter Sites: health, safety, functionality, accessibility, collaboration, and awareness. This paper presents how these tenets can collectively help to harmonize the needs of citizens and biota, and to mitigate the current urban river crisis. This contribution feeds the debate on sustainable socio-ecological management of urban rivers and provides guidelines for the implementation of future urban river restorations and management efforts.

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人与河相遇的地点：城市中人与自然的和谐相处

人类的福利取决于自然的健康。数十年来构思不当的管理做法导致了人类生活质量以及生物和文化多样性的下降。同时，它们增加了社会和生态风险。例如，城市河流管理不善会危害其河流的生态健康和提供生态系统服务的能力。尽管对满足人类和生态系统需求的负责任的城市河景设计的需求不断增长，但仍缺乏明确的建议来实现这些宏伟的目标。我们提出了城市河流“人河相遇地点”概念化的首次尝试，其目标是在城市河流走廊内实现人与自然的和解。它以“河流文化概念”为基础，结合了文献评论和河流修复项目的经验。我们确定了六个原则，这些原则对于制定人与河相遇站点的准则很重要：健康，安全，功能，可访问性，协作和意识。本文介绍了这些原则如何共同帮助协调市民和生物群的需求，以及减轻当前的城市河流危机。这一贡献引起了关于城市河流可持续社会生态管理的辩论，并为实施未来的城市河流恢复和管理工作提供了指导。