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File PDF document Adaptation strategy 2017-2019
Located in Database / Case studies / Implementing climate change allowances in drainage standards across the UK railway network
Image JPEG image Metro network
Map of the metro network of Copenhagen. Author and source: Metroselskabet
Located in Database / Case studies / Integrating adaptation in the design of the metro of Copenhagen
File PDF document Annual report 2019
Located in Database / Case studies / Integrating adaptation in the design of the metro of Copenhagen
File PDF document Brochure
Located in Database / Case studies / Isar-Plan – Water management plan and restoration of the Isar river, Munich (Germany)
Image PNG image Project map
The area of Kruibeke, Bazel and Rupelmonde polders, showing main interventions. Source: SIGMA Plan; https://www.sigmaplan.be/en/projects/polders-of-kruibeke/
Located in Database / Case studies / Kruibeke Bazel Rupelmonde (Belgium): a controlled flood area for flood safety and nature protection
Image PNG image The functioning of the Controlled Flood Area
During normal operation, high tides flow in through the weirs in the lowered outer dike; the water flows at low tide. Source: SIGMA Plan
Located in Database / Case studies / Kruibeke Bazel Rupelmonde (Belgium): a controlled flood area for flood safety and nature protection
Image JPEG image Reconnecting the former floodplain to the Danube at Mahmudia (Romania)
The key restoration work at Mahmudia was the breaching the dike to allow Danube water to re-establish the natural ecosystems on an agriculture polder at Mahmudia. Author: Cristian Mititelu; Source: WWF Romania
Located in Database / Case studies / Lower Danube green corridor: floodplain restoration for flood protection
Image PNG image The agriculture polder at Mahmudia 2 months after the end of the restoration project
The Danube waters flooded the restored area in 2 months. Author: Cristian Mititelu; Source: WWF Romania
Located in Database / Case studies / Lower Danube green corridor: floodplain restoration for flood protection
Image PNG image Before, during and after works
Before (2003), during (2006) and after (2019) works, in one of the compartments of the Broads. Source: Google Earth
Located in Database / Case studies / Regional flood management by combining soft and hard engineering solutions, the Norfolk Broadlands
Image JPEG image After works
River Chet after BFAP Works (2009). This view demonstrates the scale of the works undertaken as part of the project. Whilst this may seem extreme in landscape terms the work is typically confined to a narrow 50 m corridor. In practice the scheme impacts on less than 3% of the project area it protects. Source: Broadland Flood Alleviation Project
Located in Database / Case studies / Regional flood management by combining soft and hard engineering solutions, the Norfolk Broadlands